England failed to maintain the strong position they had built up in the third test match, with Pakistan fighting back strongly on day three.
England collapse again
After being just 12 runs behind overnight, with six wickets still in hand, England lost their last five wickets for just 61 runs in the Sharjah heat, as part-time off-spinner Shoaib Malik mopped up the tail to claim figures of 4/33 - his best ever test match figures.
James Taylor, who resumed unbeaten on 74 overnight, was vying for a maiden Test ton but was caught behind to a ball angling across him. Jonny Bairstow - who added 89 with the Nottinghamshire man - was then bowled by a quicker ball after Zulfiqur Babar set him up.
Samit Patel put up some spirited resistence on his return to the side, making 42 off 80 balls, and looked at home facing the hosts' spinners, until Yasir Shah pitched a leggie outside leg stump to click top of off.
The injured Ben Stokes came out to bat at number 11, but was dismissed for a duck, following news that he won't bowl or field again in the test match.
Pakistan build lead
Having been over 70 runs behind going into the innings, Openers Mohammad Hafeez and the recalled Azhar Ali saw off the new ball during a partnership of 101, before the latter was comically run-out.
The pair ended up at the same end, with the shy missing the stumps only for Ian Bell to gather at mid-wicket and throw to Adil Rashid, who at the second attempt whipped off the bails - with Ali still failing to make his ground during the commotion.
Next ball James Anderson had Malik trapped lbw for a golden duck. The 33-year-old has only added 47 runs since his double hundred in Abu Dhabi - including two ducks.
England's spinners had again be the problem, with the three combined going for 0-90 off 27 overs, whilst Anderson and Stuart Broad produced a much better 2-55 from 26 overs.
That second wicket from seam came right at the end of the day, giving England hope going into day four. Younis Khan was out lbw from Broad, wasting a review that proved the ball was going to hit the top of off-stump.
Hafeez ended the day three runs shy of a ninth Test hundred, with Pakistan 146-3, leading by 74 runs.