England v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Lord's

Swann strikes to lift England

Amid a torrid atmosphere of further allegations the fourth one-day international went ahead at Lord's with England reluctantly agreeing to continue despite Ijaz Butt's wild outburst the previous day. Pakistan's openers managed to focus on their job as they added 62, but Graeme Swann turned the match England's way with two wickets including the key scalp of Mohammad Yousuf.

There was plenty of early movement for Tim Bresnan and James Anderson who both beat the outside edge during their initial overs, but slowly Pakistan's openers began to settle. Kamran Akmal collected two boundaries off Bresnan's third over and another off Anderson when he edged short of second slip.

He was showing little sign of discomfort from the damaged finger that forced him to hand the wicketkeeping gloves to his brother, Umar, during the previous match and cracked Bresnan over deep midwicket for the first six of the match. Mohammad Hafeez then followed suit when he flicked Broad over deep square-leg and suddenly the scoreboard was rattling along.

As ever at Lord's the pitch was true and Kamran and Hafeez were able to drive confidently through the line, both finding gaps in the off side. Kamran has played nicely during the one-day series, after a horrid time in the Tests, but having reached 28 he spliced a pull to midwicket.

Hafeez continued to tick along with the talented Asad Shafiq for company as England turned to their two spinners on a dry surface. Swann, who was nominated in the ICC shortlist for Cricketer of the Year, made his customary first-over breakthrough with a classical offspinner's dismissal as Shafiq was bowled through the gate when he tried to drive. However, even the normally jovial Swann couldn't manage his usual expansive celebrations - a sure sign that England would rather not be playing this match.

Still, Swann continued to do a fine job for his team and made the key breakthrough when Yousuf edged a weak dab to Steve Davies to have Pakistan on 94 for 3, leaving Hafeez and Fawad Alam needing to rebuild during the middle overs.

England 1 Andrew Strauss, 2 Steve Davies (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Eoin Morgan, 7 Michael Yardy, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Graeme Swann, 11 James Anderson

Pakistan 1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Shahid Afridi (capt), 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Shoaib Akhtar