England need early wickets and Steven Finn obliges with the second ball of the day when he has Yasir Hameed caught behind by Matt Prior and Pakistan are 48-2, still 185 behind
Prior juggles with the ball twice before taking the catch to dismiss Pakistan captain Salman Butt - and off-spinner Graeme Swann once again takes a wicket in his first over of the day
Resilient nightwatchman Wahab Riaz mistimes a sweep but Alastair Cook can't quite hold on to a sharp chance at short leg to remove the Test debutant
Riaz, who took 5-63 on the first day, continues to frustrate the England side, although his unconvincing running between the wickets offers hope of a run-out
Mohammad Yousuf, back in the Pakistan side after coming out of retirement, seeks to build on his impressive record against England - in 13 matches he has scored 1,400 runs and six centuries at an average of 70
Swann, controversially left off the long list for the ICC player of the year award on Wednesday but added to it on Thursday, finally sees off Riaz, leg before for 27, to claim his 99th Test wicket just before lunch
The hard-working Finn falls to the ground as the experienced Yousuf helps his less experienced partner Azhar Ali dig in during the afternoon session at a now somewhat gloomy Oval
Swann makes the breakthrough, dismissing Yousuf caught and bowled for 56 to become the third quickest bowler in terms of time to take 100 Test wickets - only Kapil Dev and Mitchell Johnson were faster
Umar Akmal starts cautiously but in the penultimate over before tea skips down the wicket to hit Swann for an aggressive six and an extravagant four as Pakistan reach 215-5, only 18 runs behind England at the interval
Pakistan move into a three-run lead when Umar attempts a crazy single and is run out by Eoin Morgan's direct hit when he fails to get back into his ground in time
Ali, playing in his fifth Test, brings up his half century and then overtakes his Test-best score as Pakistan's last remaining wickets open a useful first-innings lead
Stuart Broad, handed the second new ball, finally has something to celebrate - first he has Kamran Akmal caught by Morgan and then Mohammad Amir snaffled by Prior
Ali hits some impressive boundaries, but is left stranded on 92 when Mohammad Asif plays a silly shot to hand Swann his fourth wicket - the tourists are all out for 308 and hold a significant lead of 75
England are in big trouble when skipper Andrew Strauss is caught at second slip off Mohammad Amir but a nervy Cook and nightwatchman James Anderson get England to the close on 6-1 to set up an intriguing third day
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