England dominated day four of the first test at Lords, against Pakistan.Andrew Strauss made a brilliant century , to give England the upper hand leading into day five.Kaneria was the pick of the bowlers picking figures of 29-5-79-3.Umar Gul picked up two early wickets for Pakistan to bowl out England cheaply.Pietersen and Strauss were rebuilding the England innings, before Pietersen danced down the wicket to Afridi and got stumped by Kamran Akmal for 41.Collingwood came into bat but got caught from a leading edge off the bowling of Kaneria.
 Bell came into bat and gave Strauss some support so he could reach his century.Strauss was on 99  when he tapped the ball into the legside to get a quike single but only reached Inzamam in the infield and Bell got run out.Strauss was quoted to saying"Sorry mate, i was an idiot",but Strauss did reach his century.Grient Jones tried to glide one to third man off Kaneria but got caugt behind.Two balls later Kaneria bowled a quicker and flater ball to Strauss which he edged to Imran Farhat at slip, who finally took a catch.England ended day  four with a lead of 341 and seven wickets down.