Younus Khan hit a magnificent 218 before Pakistan reduced England to 88-4 to seize firm control of the final Test of the summer at The Oval. Whereas, Yasir Shah claimed three wickets in five overs as England, faced with a first-innings deficit of 214, collapsed on the third evening to trail by 126.
Younus’ sixth Test double hundred underpinned Pakistan’s total of 542, while Sarfraz Ahmed made 44 and number 10 Mohammad Amir an unbeaten 39, adding 97 for the ninth wicket with Younus.
Victory would earn Pakistan a 2-2 series draw and maintain their hopes of moving to the top of the International Cricket Council
Stats you ought to know:
- The last time England won the final Test of a series was in 2014 against India; in six series since they have lost the final Test five times and drawn it once
- The last time England conceded 500 was at Lord’s last year against Australia, who scored 566
- The dismissal of Wahab was only Bairstow’s second stumping in 31 Tests; he has taken 77 catches
- Only West Indian Colin Croft (33), India’s Kapil Dev (32) and Australian Shane Warne (27) have take more than Woakes’ 26 wickets in a series against Pakistan
- Root, at 25 years and 227 days, became the fourth youngest player to reach 4,000 Test runs, after India’s Sachin Tendulkar, team-mate Alastair Cook and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson
- Root became the first England player to score 500 runs in a series against Pakistan