Anderson puts England in control

Birthday boy James Anderson's five for 49 helped England rip through Pakistan on a day laden with wickets for the pace bowlers at Trent Bridge.

Mohammad Asif (five for 77) was the first to make the most of conditions in an England collapse from an overnight 331 for four to 354 all out - losing their last six wickets for 17 runs.

But under persistent heavy cloud cover on day two of this npower Test series, Pakistan were always likely to struggle in reply.

Anderson and Steve Finn (three for 20) did not miss their cue, as the tourists stumbled to 47 for six on the way to 147 for nine by the time bad light interrupted and threatened to bring an early close despite the use of floodlights.