The three Lions are ready to conquer the Pakistan when both teams will lock their horns for the fourth and final test match. England is leading the Test series by 2-1, will look to seal the series, on the other side, Pakistan will love to draw the series.
England and Pakistan will meet on August 11, at Kennington Oval, London.
WHERE TO WATCH
Star Sports Network
TIMING
3:30 PM (IST)
England Team Preview
The home team has looked really good in their summer campaign where, earlier they thrashed Sri Lanka and now, they will look to conquer the Pakistan team.
Alastair Cook’s led side has bounced back strongly after the defeat in the first test and now is just one test match away from sealing the series.
Cook along with Root and Moeen Ali have been the integral cog of the batting department of England and bowling unit is led by the James Anderson and the company.
Although, England has performed well but their middle order never been more settled. The likes of Gary Ballance and James Vince have failed to convert their starts into big runs. But, Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow showed their potential and have been the stalwart for the lower order.
It is believed that Adal Rashid will make into the playing XI in the fourth Test and except this, there is a possibility that England will take the guard with the same playing XI.
England will enter this match with a single motive of winning this match and thus, seal the series and for this, they just need to come up with the all round performance from their players.
ENGLAND TEAM (FROM)
Joe Root, James Vince, Gary Ballance, Jonny Bairstow(w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball, Alastair Cook(c), Alex Hales.
Pakistan Team Preview
Misbah-ul-Haq led side, had shown a lot of promise in the first test, which they won easily, but later they lost the two successive test matches.
In the last match, Pakistan was looking solid on Day 2 to beat the England, but somehow they failed to cash the opportunities and finally resulted in losing the match.
Meanwhile, few players with big reputation are yet t fire in this series. Younis Khan is the legendary batsman in the Pakistan team, who will be disappointed with his poor run form in this series. Also, Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq failed to contribute with the bat.
But, there were some positive for the Pakistan team in the last match as opener Sami Aslam showed his character and scored back to back the fifties. Sohail Khan is the name of the bowling unit, who was impressive in the last match.
Meanwhile, the Mohammad Amir is the name who would look to come handy with the ball and will look to fire in this match.
Well, this team got everything that will win them matches, but they have to come strong against the England team at the Oval, where England has never lost a match.
PAKISTAN TEAM ( FROM)
Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Imran Khan, Wahab Riaz, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shan Masood,Mohammad Hafeez, Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Yasir Shah.
PREDICTION
England is favourite to win this match.
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