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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Pakistan claimed three early wickets as England reached 100-3 at lunch in the third test after captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss on Wednesday.
Sohail Khan, returning to test cricket after five years at the expense of Wahab Riaz, removed Alex Hales (17) and in-form Joe Root (3) in successive overs.
Captain Alastair Cook (45) was trapped leg before wicket by Rahat Ali.
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Gary Ballance and James Vince, both yet to fire in the four-match series which is currently 1-1, were unbeaten on 18 and 16 respectively.
England made one change and brought in Steven Finn for injured all-rounder Ben Stokes, who will miss the rest of the test series.
Pakistan dropped out-of-form opener Shan Masood for left-handed Sami Aslam.
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