LONDON, Aug 11:
Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali both cashed in on some sloppy Pakistan fielding as they led an England recovery on the first day of the fourth Test at The Oval today.
England were 200 for five at tea, having been 74 for four.
Bairstow was 55 not out and Ali, dropped twice, 52 not out.
England’s sixth-wicket pair had so far added 90 — still some way short of their match-turning stand of 152 in a 141-run win in the third Test at Edgbaston — but significant all the same.
Recalled paceman Wahab Riaz, who struck twice before lunch as England slumped to 74 for four, dismissed Gary Ballance for Pakistan’s lone wicket of a session where England scored 108 runs in 26 overs.(AGENCIES)
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