Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad set a new world-record eighth-wicket stand of 332 on the third morning at Lord's as their monumental effort lifted England to 445 for 8 at lunch. Broad eventually fell for 169, just four runs short of the best by a No. 9 in Test cricket, after a partnership which spanned almost 96 overs but Trott remained unbeaten on 183.
The new record was brought up in Wahab Riaz's first over the day when Broad slotted a cover drive to the boundary to surpass the 313-run stand by Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1996. Thoughts were turning towards an extraordinary double century from Broad, who had passed his father's Test best of 162, when Pakistan finally struck as Broad was given out lbw on a review.
The first few runs of the day brought a host of landmarks as Trott went to his 150 from 303 balls with his opening scoring shot and a new England record was soon crossed when Gubby Allen and Les Ames were pushed into second place for the eighth wicket. Trott and Broad played themselves in again with some careful batting and Pakistan heads soon went down when they couldn't claim an early breakthrough.
Broad was given a life on 132 when Kamran Akmal couldn't gather an edge off Saeed Ajmal and the scoring rate soon increased as both batsmen began to find the boundary with regularity. Broad lost nothing in comparison with his partner with the cover-driving a highlight of the display as he, too, went past 150 but missed out on knocking Ian Smith from the top spot for a No. 9.
Mohammad Amir toiled away in a far more defensive mindset than the previous day as he persisted with a wide line to Trott who was quite content to let the ball go until something was overpitched or on the pads. His timing and placement was of the highest quality, particularly a couple of off-side strokes against Ajmal, as he approached another milestone of becoming the first batsman to score two Test double centuries at Lord's.
