Match Result: England beat Pakistan by an innings and 225 runs
Man of the match: Stuart Broad
Series Status: England wins the 4-Test series 3-1

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At Stumps Day 2

At Stumps Day 1

4th Test: England v Pakistan at Lord’s
Aug 26-30, 2010 (11:00 local, 10:00 GMT)

Toss: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field

Pakistan (Playing XI): Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat, Salman Butt(c), Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar Ali, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal(w), Mohammad Aamer, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Asif

England (Playing XI): Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss(c), Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior(w), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Pakistan won by 4 wickets

Aamer is the Man of the Match: Everyone feels some pressure in that position, but I held my nerves. I am working hard on my batting. I got some advice from Waqar and it paid rich dividends when I bowled that spell yesterday as the ball was reversing a bit. I also had lots of support from Ajmal, Asif and Riaz. Wasim Akram is my idol and I respect him a lot.

Strauss: I am very pleased with the way we fought, but the wicket was bit dry today, we didn’t bat well in the second innings, all credit to the Pakistan team. We need to come back soon from this defeat. Pakistani bowlers bowled well, they got the ball to reverse and Ajaml too got some spin and bounce. I am very happy with the way Cook batted.

Butt: This match reminded me of the match against Australia where we lost, The boys showed a lot of character, Ali played well, it was a tremendous comeback from Yousuf and all the players contributed to this win. We have a take a call on Gul’s fitness, but Riaz also played well in his place. We dedicate this victory to the people of Pakistan who were affected in the floods.

England v Pakistan, 3rd npower Test, The Oval

Pakistan 308 and 148 for 6 (Butt 48, Yousuf 33, Swann 3-50) beat England 233 and 222 (Cook 110, Amir 5-52, Ajmal 4-71) by four wickets

England 1st Innings 233 (62.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Cook, 1.6 ov), 2-35 (Strauss, 10.3 ov), 3-40 (Trott, 14.1 ov), 4-47 (Collingwood, 15.5 ov), 5-67 (Pietersen, 21.5 ov), 6-74 (Morgan, 27.4 ov), 7-94 (Swann, 30.6 ov), 8-213 (Broad, 58.4 ov), 9-214 (Anderson, 59.3 ov), 10-233 (Finn, 62.3 ov)

Pakistan 1st Innings 308 (100.2 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Imran Farhat, 17.3 ov), 2-48 (Yasir Hameed, 18.2 ov), 3-76 (Salman Butt, 26.2 ov), 4-110 (Wahab Riaz, 42.1 ov), 5-179 (Mohammad Yousuf, 62.4 ov), 6-236 (Umar Akmal, 79.3 ov), 7-251 (Kamran Akmal, 83.1 ov), 8-269 (Mohammad Amir, 89.5 ov), 9-270 (Saeed Ajmal, 90.2 ov), 10-308 (Mohammad Asif, 100.2 ov)

England 2nd Innings 222 (77.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: Fall of wickets1-4 (Strauss, 0.4 ov), 2-40 (Anderson, 11.1 ov), 3-156 (Cook, 50.1 ov), 4-194 (Pietersen, 61.6 ov), 5-195 (Trott, 62.5 ov), 6-202 (Collingwood, 66.3 ov), 7-206 (Morgan, 67.3 ov), 8-210 (Prior, 72.1 ov), 9-220 (Swann, 75.2 ov), 10-222 (Broad, 76.6 ov)

Pakistan 2nd Innings 148-6 (41.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Yasir Hameed, 0.5 ov), 2-57 (Imran Farhat, 11.3 ov), 3-103 (Salman Butt, 21.2 ov), 4-124 (Azhar Ali, 29.3 ov), 5-131 (Mohammad Yousuf, 32.1 ov), 6-132 (Kamran Akmal, 33.3 ov)

England lead by 146 runs with 1 wicket remaining

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