In the third match against Pakistan at Oval cricket ground England have won the toss and they elected to bat first. M Asif strike first for Pakistan as he picked AN Cook early in the inning. Test match debutant Wahab Riaz took four wickets for Pakistan and destroy England top batting order. M Aamir took 2 wickets.

MJ Prior and SCJ Broad combined together when England lost seven wickets for just 94 runs. They batted aggressively and took England score to 175 runs. At Tea England were 175 for the loss of 7 wickets. In the morning secession England lost 5 wickets and they scored 70 runs. Second secession brought 105 runs for then for just 2 wickets.

England team continue with winning eleven and consists of AJ Strauss , JM Anderson, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, AN Cook, ST Finn, EJG Morgan, KP Petersen, MJ Prior, GP Swann and IJL Trott.

Pakistan after four changes constitutes a team with Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Yousaf, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, and Yasir Hameed. Pakistan is 2 down in the series and to win this match is necessary for them to stay in series.

Tags: AJ Strauss, AN Cook, and Yasir Hameed, Azhar Ali, EJG Morgan, GP Swann and IJL Trott., Imran Farhat, JM Anderson, Kamran Akmal, KP Petersen, MJ Prior, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Yousaf, PD Collingwood, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, SCJ Broad, ST Finn, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz