England players gather for the huddle with Pakistan chasing 323 and everything pointing to a riveting final day's play Monty Panesar bowls the first over and Taufeeq Umar narrowly avoids prodding a catch to Ian Bell at short-leg Matthew Hoggard makes the first strike for England when Salman Butt edges to Marcus Trescothick at first slip for 16 Younis Khan comes to the crease with Pakistan at 23-1 and announces his intentions with some attacking strokes Panesar has Pakistan at 52-2 after Umar nicks one onto his pads and into the hands of Alastair Cook at silly-point England are ecstatic as Mohammad Yousuf is given out by the third umpire after a direct hit from Paul Collingwood's fielding Sajid Mahmood then leaves Pakistan at 84-5 at lunch after two wickets in one over - both caught behind by Chris Read After lunch Panesar produces a beautiful ball that drifts in, turns sharply and just clips the top of Younis Khan's off stump And Pakistan's hopes fade further when Mohammad Sami is run out after neat work from Kevin Pietersen Mahmood comes back on and quickly removes Shahid Nazir, caught by Marcus Trescothick as Pakistan slump to 148-8 Mahmood goes on to pick up his fourth wicket minutes later when Collingwood snaps up a thick edge from Umar Gul Chris Read seals England's series win as Inzamam-ul-Haq fails to make his ground after charging down the wicket to Panesar Panesar is in the thick of it as England celebrate a 167-run win that gives then a 2-0 lead ahead of the final Oval Test
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