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Bairstow resists but Pakistan close in on victory
- Updated: August 14, 2016
Lunch England 328 and 194 for 6 (Bairstow 70*, Woakes 0*) trail Pakistan 542 by 20 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Jonny Bairstow led England’s rearguard on the fourth morning at the Kia Oval, batting with intent and determination to reach 70 not out from 94 balls, but two big wickets in the course of the morning session meant that Pakistan, still leading by 20 runs, went to lunch needing four more wickets to set up a series-squaring victory in the fourth Test.
For the best part of an hour, while Moeen Ali was bedding in alongside Bairstow in a brisk 65-run stand for the sixth wicket, England were able to revive some timely memories of the match-turning alliance that the same pair had produced from a similarly dicey position in the third Test at Edgbaston.
However, with five minutes to go until the interval, Yasir Shah popped up with the vital scalp of Moeen for 32, to add to Sohail Khan’s earlier extraction of Gary Ballance for 17 and leave England’s fortunes hanging by the slenderest of threads. Bairstow and Chris Woakes have the calibre to carve out a lead of some description, but Pakistan’s determination to secure a share of …
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