England v Pakistan: Moeen Ali stars for hosts on day one at The Oval
Watch the pick of the day's action in the video below
Thursday 11 August 2016 18:50, UK
England were bowled out for 328 on day one of the fourth Investec Test at The Oval, with Moeen Ali top scoring and Sohail Khan taking five wickets.
Moeen followed up his man of the match performance in the third Test at Edgbaston - in which he scored 63 and an unbeaten 86 before taking the final wicket - with 108 in south London.
The elegant left-hander sealed his third Test ton - and second of the summer following his rumbustious 155 not out against Sri Lanka in Durham in May - with a six off Yasir Shah over deep mid-wicket.
Moeen received stellar support from Jonny Bairstow (55) and Chris Woakes (45) after England had slumped to 110-5, and then dominated a stand of 32 with last man James Anderson before top-edging Sohail (5-68) into the deep.
Pakistan could have removed Moeen and Bairstow early in their innings, though - Moeen spilled by Azhar Ali at slip while on nine and Bairstow caught off a Wahab Riaz no-ball at point when on 13.
England were frustrated in the seventh over of the day when Alex Hales was given caught out by Yasir Shah at midwicket, despite replays suggesting the ball may have bounced before the fielder.
But they finished the day on top after Moeen helped swell their score past 300 and Stuart Broad trapped Sami Aslam (3) to leave Pakistan 3-1 early in their reply.
Watch the pick of the day one action in the video at the top of the page - and then catch live coverage of day two from The Oval from 10.30am, Friday, Sky Sports 2.
You can see highlights of day one from 10.30pm tonight on Sky Sports 2, with The Verdict - featuring Bob Willis and Wasim Akram - following at 11.30pm on the same channel.
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