Birmingham: Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali shared an unbeaten century stand to help England open a 311-run lead on day four of the third Test against Pakistan.
Bairstow finished the day on 82 and Moeen on 60, with their sixth-wicket stand worth 132.
Alastair Cook (66) and Alex Hales (54) earlier fell with the score on 126 but England recovered to reach 414-5.
South Africa are the only side to successfully chase more than 211 to win a Test match at Edgbaston.
Root was dropped on 25 by Mohammad Hafeez off Rahat Ali, but was eventually caught sweeping to Yasir Shah, who finished the day with 2-152.
James Vince (42) batted for 123 balls to equal his best Test score before falling to Mohammad Amir, who took 2-73, while Gary Ballance (28) contributed to stands of 36 with Vince and 25 with Bairstow.
The four-match series is tied at 1-1.
Brief scores
England - 297 (Ballance 70, Moeen 63, Sohail 5-96) and 414/5 (Bairstow 82*, Cook 66, Root 62*, Hales 54)
Pakistan - 400 (Azhar 139, Aslam 82, Misbah 56, Woakes 3-79, Broad 3-83)
Status - England lead by 311 runs