day of the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval today:
England 1st Innings 328 (M Ali 108, J Bairstow 55; Sohail Khan 5-68)
Pakistan 1st Innings (overnight: 340-6)
Sami Aslam lbw b Broad 3
Azhar Ali c Bairstow b Ali 49
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Asad Shafiq c Broad b Finn 109
Younis Khan lbw b Anderson 218
Misbah-ul-Haq c Hales b Woakes 15
Iftikhar Ahmed c Ali b Woakes 4
Sarfraz Ahmed c Bairstow b Woakes 44
Wahab Riaz st Bairstow b Ali 4
Mohammad Amir not out 39
Extras: (B-18, LB-6, W-3, NB-2) 29
Total: (all out in 146 overs) 542
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-52, 3-127, 4-277, 5-316, 6-320, 7-397, 8-434, 9-218
Bowling: Anderson 29-10-78-1, Broad 29-5-99-1, Finn 30-1-110-3, Woakes 30-8-82-3, Ali 23-1-128-2, Root 5-0-21-0
England 2nd Innings
A Cook c Iftikhar Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 7
A Hales lbw b Yasir Shah 12
J Root lbw b Yasir Shah 39
J Vince c Misbah-ul-Haq b Yasir Shah 0
G Ballance not out 4
J Bairstow not out 14
Extras: (B-4, LB-5, NB-3) 12
Total: (4 wkts in 31 overs) 88
Younis later received excellent support from Mohammad
Amir in a ninth-wicket stand of 97 as the tailender frustrated England with a Test-best 39 not out.
Veteran batsman Younis went to 150 by pulling paceman Stuart Broad for four.
Curiously, despite the overcast conditions after lunch, Cook brought on part-time spinner Root and often expensive specialist off-break bowler Moeen Ali for eight consecutive overs from the Pavilion End.
Younis completed his double hundred in style when he advanced down the pitch to drive Ali for a fourth six in 281 balls.
Amir took 24 balls to get off the mark but did so in dashing fashion when he hoisted Ali for six over deep midwicket.
Younis reviewed but replays showed the ball just clipping leg stump.
He walked off to a standing ovation from the Oval crowd after batting for more than seven-and-a-half hours in a 308-ball innings featuring 31 fours and four sixes.
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