Pakistan, needing to avoid defeat to keep the series alive, win the toss but lose Mohammad Hafeez in the second over when James Anderson has him caught behind by Steven Davies
Tim Bresnan joins the party by bowling Kamran Akmal for five in the next over and Pakistan are 8-2 on what is supposed to be a good pitch for batting at The Oval
Anderson, swinging and seaming the ball impressively, is soon celebrating again after winning a leg before appeal to dismiss Mohammad Yousuf in the 10th over
All-rounder Luke Wright, recalled to the side after Paul Collingwood falls ill, appeals unsuccessfully for leg before against Asad Shafiq
Shafiq and Fawad Alam slowly rebuild the innings before Shafiq is out for 40 from 59 balls when Graeme Swann has the batsman caught by Eoin Morgan
Umar Akmal is always keen to get the score moving along but is out for 14 with a wild swish which Swann pockets in the deep - Pakistan 121-5 after 30 overs
Alam looks to increase the tempo but after avoiding a run-out is dismissed for 64, having hit only three fours in 86 balls, when he fires a Michael Yardy delivery straight to Andrew Strauss at extra cover
Captain Shahid Afridi starts to look threatening but is out in strange fashion when, trying to get back into his ground, he lazily fails to ground his bat and instead diverts the ball on to the stumps and is run-out
Abdul Razzaq hits three fours and a six in a belligerent 33 off 24 balls to help Pakistan recover, but the tourists are all out for 241 in the final over, with Anderson the star bowler with 3-26
England start well but lose their first wicket for 35 with the final ball of the sixth over when Razzaq forces one through Davies' defences
Shoaib Akhtar bowls with plenty of pace and gets his reward when a inswinging yorker proves too good for Jonathan Trott and the Warwickshire batsman is out for two
Saeed Ajmal removes Ravi Bopara and then Umar Gul brings one back into Strauss and the skipper loses a stump as he is out for 57 from 54 balls
Gul celebrates with his skipper after bamboozling Michael Yardy with a vicious inswining yorker. England struggling on 103-5 in the 21st over
England are under pressure but Morgan is coolness personified and, helped by Wright, slowly turns the match back in the home side's favour, mixing quick singles with flamboyant sweeps
Umar Akmal takes over wicketkeeping duties for his injured brother Kamran, thinks he has Wright stumped but umpire Billy Doctrove disagrees and does not refer it, although replays show his foot was not grounded
But Gul comes back into the attack and takes the crucial wicket of Morgan for 61 and then removes Bresnan in the same over to put his side back in the hunt
Gul does it again in his next over, producing an unplayable unswinger that beats Stuart Broad all ends up, and England are in immense trouble on 207-8
Gul is unstoppable and has Swann caught to complete a spell of 4-6 in 18 balls (and match figures of 6-42). Abdul Razzaq takes the final wicket to clinch a 23-run win and keep the series alive
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