Eng vs Pak 4th Test - Pakistan Looks Level Test Series Against England

London: Pakistan can share a series with an Ashes contender for the second time this year when they meet England in the final Test at Lord's in London starting on Thursday.

The Pakistanis drew with Australia 1-1 in England this season and will square the four-Test series with England 2-2 if they win at Lord's. They defeated England by four wickets at the Oval last Saturday.

England play their last Test before starting their Ashes defence in Brisbane on November 25. New Zealanders Billy Bowden and Tony Hill will become the first neutral umpires from the same country to officiate together in a Test match at Lord's.

Team news

England Kevin Pietersen is the batsman under pressure now after Alastair Cook ended a spell of bad form with a second innings century at the Oval.

Although Pietersen is still the leading England batsman in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings, he has not scored a Test century since March last year and averages only 28.00 in the current series.

Squad from Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn and Tim Brensen.

Pakistan Eighteen-year-old fast bowler Mohammad Amir took five wickets in a Test innings for the first time against England in Pakistan's four-wicket victory in the third Test at the Oval.

Amir has dismissed England captain Andrew Strauss four times in five innings this series.

Squad from Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat, Salman Butt (captain), Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar Ali, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Amir, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Asif.

Pitch & conditions
Showers, heavy at times, are predicted for Thursday. They are forecast to clear on Friday with sunny spells forecast for the weekend.

Match facts
August 26-30, 2010
Starts time 11:00 local (10:00 GMT)

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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