Pakistan profit from England butter fingers

THE OVAL – Pakistan took advantage of sloppy England fielding to move fluently on to 97 for two in reply to the hosts' 328 at lunch on the second day of the final test at The Oval on Friday. In perfect batting conditions on a bright sunny day, the touring side lost only the wicket of nightwatchman Yasir Shah as they bid for a victory that would level the series at 2-2. Shah, badly dropped by Alex Hales in the gully off Chris Woakes, fell for 26 when he edged a lifting delivery from Steven Finn to Joe Root at second slip. Finn spilled a straightforward caught and bowled chance off Azhar Ali but the batsman survived and advanced to 36 not out at the interval with Asad Shafiq, also dropped by James Anderson in the slips off Woakes, on 24. SCOREBOARD 

England 1st innings 328 (M. Ali 108, J. Bairstow 55; S. Khan 5-68) 
Pakistan 1st innings (Overnight: 3-1)
S. Aslam                         lbw b Broad               3  
Az. Ali                          not out                   36 
Y. Shah                          c Root b Finn             26 
A. Shafiq                        not out                   24 
Extras                           (b-4 lb-2 nb-2)           8  
Total                            (for 2 wickets, 30 overs) 97 
Fall of wickets: 1-3 S. Aslam,2-52 Y. Shah
To bat: I. Ahmed, Y. Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, S. Ahmed, M. Amir, W. Riaz, S. Khan
Bowling                     
J. Anderson                      8 - 4 - 16 - 0               
S. Broad                         7 - 1 - 23 - 1(nb-1)         
S. Finn                          8 - 1 - 27 - 1               
C. Woakes                        5 - 1 - 21 - 0               
M. Ali                           2 - 0 - 4 - 0(nb-1)          
Referees                    
Umpire: Marais Erasmus                                        
Umpire: Bruce Oxenford                                        
TV umpire: Joel Wilson                                        
Match referee: Richie Richardson. –Reuters