4th Test: England v Pakistan at The Oval

Looks that way, Mapoui !

83.5  Broad to Younis, FOUR, pitched up and Younis waltzes out,
 
83.3  Broad to Misbah, FOUR, slightly overpitched, in the slot and creamed
 
83.1  Broad to Misbah, FOUR, good length, ..

misbah out

Ifthikar as well..

The catching on both sides this series has been woeful. Each side seemingly trying to outdo the other. This has been a great day for batting with no cloud cover and almost no swing on offer. Pakistan made great use of this and England's iffy (at best) catching today.

This has been a good ten-minutes for England here nipping out a couple of quick wickets, but Pakistan will still have their eyes set on a decent first innings lead.

Chris Woakes has once again impressed with the ball. He has had a superb series with bat and ball.

100 to Younus : his 32nd

Shabash !

Here's the Lead:

88.2 Anderson to Sarfraz Ahmed, FOUR, drags this down a little..

Another change, Steven Finn for a blast as the shadows lengthen

Pakistan lead by 6 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

[quote author=Roberts link=topic=105726.msg708966#msg708966 date=1471020415]
Asad Shafiq has a damn good future with Pakistan. Perfect temperament for Test cricket, a ready-made replacement for Misbah.
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He'll need to improve outside of the subcontinent. His average in 24 innings outside the subcontinent is 27.95. For comparison, Misbah's average outside of the subcontinent is 41.70 in 36 innings.

Pakistan lead by 12 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings     

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Younus khan 101*

Stumps - Day 2

Younus Khan (38y-258d) 11th oldest batsman to score a 200+ in Test history. The last 38+ to do so: Shiv Chanderpaul in Nov 2012