Pakistan need 148 runs to win third Test
August 21, 2010 by Trend PK
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LONDON: Pakistan need 148 runs to win the third Test against England at the Oval after bowling England out for 222 in their second innings on Saturday.
But they were immediately put on the back foot when opener Yasir Hameed was out first ball.
Hameed edged James Anderson to second slip, where Graeme Swann needed two attempts to hold on to the chance and leave Pakistan 5 for 1 with captain Salman Butt coming to the crease.
Pakistan needed only four balls of the morning session to wrap up the England innings with Stuart Broad pulling Mohammad Aamer to mid-on to give the Pakistani bowler his fifth wicket of the innings.
Aamer’s figures of 5-52 were his best in Test cricket and gave Pakistan a real chance of pulling one Test back in the series.
England who lost six wickets for 26 runs in a frenzied period on Friday night could only add one run to
Pakistan lose 3 for 15 chasing huge 435 runs
NOTTINGHAM: Matt Prior”s unbeaten century left England well placed for victory inside four days in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
Pakistan, at stumps on the third day, had collapsed to 15 for three – still needing a further 420 runs for what would be a new world record fourth innings victory total of 435.
The most any side has ever made in the fourth innings to win a Test is the 418 for seven scored by the West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2003.
Pakistan”s equivalent record is the 315 for nine they scored against Australia at Karachi in 1994.
Prior”s 102 not out was the major contribution to an England second innings total of 262 for nine declared, made after he came in at 72 for five.
Stuart Broad, on his Nottinghamshire home ground, then had Pakistan captain Salman Butt, flashing outside off-stump, well caught by Paul Collingwood at third slip.
Two balls later, Broad had Azhar Ali lbw for nought and by stumps had taken two wickets for 14 runs in three overs.
Ali, who hadn”t asked for a referral when he might have done in the first innings, requested one under the Decision Review System (DRS) but replays upheld New Zealand umpire Tony Hill”s decision.
Umar Amin was then lbw for one to James Anderson as Pakistan suffered their latest top-order collapse, losing three wickets for one run in seven balls.
Earlier, wicketkeeper Prior was some distance from a century on 63 when last man Steven Finn came to the crease.
But Finn showed a fine defensive technique and good temperament to hold an end up for 50 minutes on his way to nine not out in a last-wicket stand of 49.
Prior hoisted leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for two sixes in three balls but also took a single off the first ball of an over seven times with Finn at the other end.
But Prior”s faith in Finn was rewarded when he late cut-off spinner Shoaib Malik for three to complete a third hundred in his 32nd Test and first against Pakistan, with both his previous centuries against the West Indies.
England captain Andrew Strauss then declared with Prior having faced 136 balls with two sixes and seven fours in over three hours at the crease.
Earlier Umar Gul ensured Pakistan avoided the follow-on with a Test-best 65 not out, and then took three wickets for seven runs in 21 balls.
The only downside to an otherwise fine day for England was Kevin Pietersen”s dismissal for 22 – the 21st Test innings in a row where the star batsman had failed to score a century.
England, 49 for two at lunch, were 66 for four soon afterwards.
Pietersen got an inside edge off seamer Gul and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal held a superb one-handed catch after diving to his left.
However, next ball Collingwood cut flat-footedly and Kamran Akmal dropped a catch that would not have carried to first slip despite getting both gloves on the ball.
In the first innings, Kamran Akmal had missed a chance to stump Collingwood on 48.
Collingwood went on to make 82 and share an England fifth-wicket record stand against Pakistan of 219 with Eoin Morgan.
But that Kamran Akmal”s luck was turning was clear when Gul had Collingwood lbw for one.
Morgan”s first innings 130, his maiden Test century, put England in a strong position, but the left-hander was run out for 17 second time around after a mix-up with Prior.
Before lunch, England lost Strauss for a third ball nought.
He edged left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer to second slip where Umar Akmal fumbled the chance and then, flailing away, knocked the ball up and Umar”s brother Kamran reacted well to complete a diving catch.
Gul”s spirited innings ensured England would have to bat again.
The highlights were when he casually pulled fast bowler Finn for two sixes in as many balls.
Swing bowler Anderson, who took five wickets on his 28th birthday on Friday, finished with five for 54 in 22 overs.
Pakistan lose 3 for 15 chasing huge 435 runs
NOTTINGHAM: Matt Prior”s unbeaten century left England well placed for victory inside four days in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
Pakistan, at stumps on the third day, had collapsed to 15 for three – still needing a further 420 runs for what would be a new world record fourth innings victory total of 435.
The most any side has ever made in the fourth innings to win a Test is the 418 for seven scored by the West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2003.
Pakistan”s equivalent record is the 315 for nine they scored against Australia at Karachi in 1994.
Prior”s 102 not out was the major contribution to an England second innings total of 262 for nine declared, made after he came in at 72 for five.
Stuart Broad, on his Nottinghamshire home ground, then had Pakistan captain Salman Butt, flashing outside off-stump, well caught by Paul Collingwood at third slip.
Two balls later, Broad had Azhar Ali lbw for nought and by stumps had taken two wickets for 14 runs in three overs.
Ali, who hadn”t asked for a referral when he might have done in the first innings, requested one under the Decision Review System (DRS) but replays upheld New Zealand umpire Tony Hill”s decision.
Umar Amin was then lbw for one to James Anderson as Pakistan suffered their latest top-order collapse, losing three wickets for one run in seven balls.
Earlier, wicketkeeper Prior was some distance from a century on 63 when last man Steven Finn came to the crease.
But Finn showed a fine defensive technique and good temperament to hold an end up for 50 minutes on his way to nine not out in a last-wicket stand of 49.
Prior hoisted leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for two sixes in three balls but also took a single off the first ball of an over seven times with Finn at the other end.
But Prior”s faith in Finn was rewarded when he late cut-off spinner Shoaib Malik for three to complete a third hundred in his 32nd Test and first against Pakistan, with both his previous centuries against the West Indies.
England captain Andrew Strauss then declared with Prior having faced 136 balls with two sixes and seven fours in over three hours at the crease.
Earlier Umar Gul ensured Pakistan avoided the follow-on with a Test-best 65 not out, and then took three wickets for seven runs in 21 balls.
The only downside to an otherwise fine day for England was Kevin Pietersen”s dismissal for 22 – the 21st Test innings in a row where the star batsman had failed to score a century.
England, 49 for two at lunch, were 66 for four soon afterwards.
Pietersen got an inside edge off seamer Gul and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal held a superb one-handed catch after diving to his left.
However, next ball Collingwood cut flat-footedly and Kamran Akmal dropped a catch that would not have carried to first slip despite getting both gloves on the ball.
In the first innings, Kamran Akmal had missed a chance to stump Collingwood on 48.
Collingwood went on to make 82 and share an England fifth-wicket record stand against Pakistan of 219 with Eoin Morgan.
But that Kamran Akmal”s luck was turning was clear when Gul had Collingwood lbw for one.
Morgan”s first innings 130, his maiden Test century, put England in a strong position, but the left-hander was run out for 17 second time around after a mix-up with Prior.
Before lunch, England lost Strauss for a third ball nought.
He edged left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer to second slip where Umar Akmal fumbled the chance and then, flailing away, knocked the ball up and Umar”s brother Kamran reacted well to complete a diving catch.
Gul”s spirited innings ensured England would have to bat again.
The highlights were when he casually pulled fast bowler Finn for two sixes in as many balls.
Swing bowler Anderson, who took five wickets on his 28th birthday on Friday, finished with five for 54 in 22 overs.
Pak boxing team named for Commonwealth Games
LAHORE: Pakistan boxing team for the Commonwealth Games has been announced here on Thursday.
The Commonwealth Games will be held from October 3 to 14 in Indian capital New Delhi.
Pakistan team will consist of six boxers. They are Mohammad Waseem, Haroon Shahid, Qadir Khan, Adnan Hussain, Nisar Khan and Mir Waiz Sham while Naimatullah and Arshad Hussain are reserved players.
Cuban coach Fransisco Hernaudz, assistant coach Ali Bakhsh and manager Faqir Hussain will accompany the team.
Training camp of the national boxing team will continue in Karachi.
Ponting leads Australia revival against Pakistan
LEEDS: Ricky Ponting became only the second batsman in history to score 12,000 Test runs as he led Australia”s recovery in the second and final Test against Pakistan at Headingley on Thursday.
Australia were 136 for two in their second innings, just 34 behind, when bad light forced an early close on the second day.
Ponting, the Australia captain, was 61 not out – the first fifty of the match on either side – and Michael Clarke 32 not out following a wicketless final session.
Ponting”s innings saw him get the 40 runs he needed to join India great Sachin Tendulkar as the only other batsman to have broken through the 12,000 Test runs barrier.
His stand with Clarke was worth 81 – almost as many as Australia made when dismissed for just 88 in a dramatic first innings collapse.
Australia had been 170 behind on first innings after Pakistan made 258.
All-rounder Shane Watson took six wickets for 33 runs in 11 overs – the second time in as many matches he”d taken Test-best figures – as Pakistan failed to bat Australia out of the game.
Australia have won their last 13 Tests against Pakistan and in January triumphed by 36 runs at Sydney despite a first innings deficit of 206.
And as for memories of Sydney, preying on Pakistani minds, a defiant Waqar said: “We had this sort of situation in Sydney but this is still a very open game for us.
An edged four to third man off left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer took Ponting to the 12,000 milestone on a ground where he made his first Test hundred back in 1997.
Mohammad Asif”s figures of none for 42 off 13 overs were harsh on the seamer, who saw a number of close lbw calls against both Ponting and Clarke go in the batsmen”s favour.
And when he did err, Ponting pounced to force Asif through cover point and pull him for well-struck fours in nearly three hours at the crease.
Australia”s second innings, like their first, began under grey skies.
And when Simon Katich was bowled round his legs, after shuffling across the crease in trademark fashion, by Aamer, Australia were 15 for one and in danger of a fresh collapse.
The 18-year-old Aamer might have had Ponting lbw for nought when the star batsman padded up and played no stroke to an inswinger. But Rudi Koertzen, in the South African”s last Test as an umpire, was unmoved.
Opener Watson helped Ponting add 40 for the second wicket before, on 24, he edged a cut off occasional medium-pacer Umar Amin into his stumps.
Watson had more joy as a bowler.
He produced a post-lunch burst of four wickets for seven runs in 13 balls, to add to his two wickets on Wednesday, as Pakistan were dismissed for 258.
Watson”s return saw him surpass his previous best of five for 40 achieved only last week in Australia”s 150-run series-opening win at Lord”s.
Pakistan, 218 for five at lunch, were 222 for seven in the space of two Watson balls.
Kamran Akmal (15) was well caught low down at first slip by Marcus North and next ball Aamer was lbw, playing no stroke.
Danish Kaneria and Asif added 24 at a run-a-ball for the last wicket before a comical mix-up saw Kaneria run out after Pakistan had started a rain delayed second day on 148 for three.
Sri Lanka seize control against India in rain-hit Test
GALLE: Retiring spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan dismissed Sachin Tendulkar cheaply as Sri Lanka seized control of the rain-ravaged first Test against India on Tuesday.
The world”s most successful bowler, who was eight short of the 800-wicket mark in his final appearance, trapped batting record holder Tendulkar leg-before for eight before stumps on the third day.
The blow left India on an uneasy 140-3 at close after a superb rearguard action by Sri Lanka”s tailenders helped the hosts pile up 520-8 declared in their first innings by tea.
Virender Sehwag hit a typically robust 85 not out to keep India afloat following the cheap dismissals of opener Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar in the final session of play.
Sehwag hit 14 boundaries and a six before play was called off 10.2 overs early due to bad light at the Galle International Stadium.
The sun broke for the first time in two days to allow play to begin after the entire second day had been washed out and 22 overs were lost on the first day due to heavy rain.
India”s seamers had grabbed four important wickets, three of them to the lanky Ishant Sharma, as Sri Lanka slipped from Sunday”s total of 256-2 to 344-6 before lunch.
But Rangana Herath and Lasith Malinga proved unlikely saviours with career-best scores during a rousing stand of 115 for the eighth wicket.
Herath, who had put on 49 for the seventh wicket with Prasanna Jayawardene, remained unbeaten on 80 with 10 fours and a six.
Malinga smashed nine boundaries and two sixes in a breezy 64 off 75 balls before his dismissal, which signalled the entry of Muralitharan to the crease.
Muralitharan, who retires after this Test, was welcomed to the crease by fireworks in the stands as the Indian fielders lined up to applaud him with a guard of honour.
The off-spinner, who led his team onto the field when India batted, came on to bowl the 17th over and removed Tendulkar with his 16th delivery as the batsman missed a sweep shot.
Muralitharan now has two days to add to his record 793 Test wickets as Sri Lanka attempt to push home the advantage.
Pak bowlers dominate first day as Aussies make 229-9
LONDON: Mohammad Asif took three wickets in a dramatic burst either side of tea as Australia finished on 229 for nine when bad light forced an early close on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan at Lord”s here on Tuesday.
Asif took three wickets for no runs in seven balls on his way to a return of three for 53 in 17 overs.
Meanwhile teenage left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer, his new ball-partner, made the early inroads on his way to a haul of three for 66 in 18 overs.
Australia”s batsmen all struggled after Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to field in overcast, seam-bowler friendly, conditions.
Only left-handed opener Simon Katich, who made 80 but might have been lbw for two, had so far got past fifty although Michael Hussey was 39 not out, with Doug Bollinger unbeaten on nought, at stumps.
Asif struck with the last ball before tea when he had Clarke lbw for 47 to end a third-wicket stand worth 120 with Katich.
And nine balls after the break, Katich pushed uncertainly outside off-stump against Asif and was caught behind by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal for 80.
Katich, who has scored fifty in each of his last nine Tests, faced 138 balls with nine fours in more than three hours at the crease.
By contrast, three balls later, Marcus North, also a left-hander, was clean bowled between bat and pad by an Asif inswinger for nought.
Hussey pulled Kaneria for six to bring up the 200.
But Australia were 208 for seven after Test debutants Tim Paine (seven) and Steven Smith (one) fell cheaply to Umar Gul and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria respectively.
Pakistan, bidding for their first Test win over Australia in 15 years, saw Aamer, who starred in last week”s back-to-back wins over the Aussies at Edgbaston, strike first when he dismissed opener Shane Watson for four to leave Australia eight for one.
The 18-year-old had already had one close lbw decision against Katich, then on two, rejected when he rapped Watson, playing no stroke, on the pad.
English umpire Ian Gould turned down that appeal but next ball Watson again, curiously, padded up.
Gould was in the process of giving him out lbw when the ball trickled onto the stumps and dislodged a bail, meaning Watson was out bowled.
Watson”s exit brought Australia captain and star batsman Ricky Ponting to the crease in what could be the 35-year-old”s last Test at Lord”s.
Ponting, along with India”s Sachin Tendulkar and the West Indies” now retired Brian Lara, the other two outstanding batsmen of the last decade, had yet to make a Test century at the ”home of cricket”.
He had made 26 when he clipped Aamer firmly off his pads only for debutant Umar Amin to take an excellent catch at short-leg.
Pakistan 347-4 at Stumps Napier Test
NAPIER: Pakistan made 347/4 at fourth day stumps in third Test against New Zealand at McLean Park here on Monday. The visitors have 99 runs lead and six wickets remaining.
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Umar Akmal 48 and Misbah-ul-Haq 4, were at the crease.
Earlier, four half centuries of the top order batsmen helped Pakistan in their second innings to erase 248 runs strong lead of New Zealand.
Resuming on 128 without loss, a deficit of 120, Pakistan lost openers Salman Butt (66) and Imran Farhat (61) early in the opening session – both caught and bowled by part-time spinner Martin Guptill.
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Guptill had 2-21 from nine overs – the first wickets of his eight-Test career.
Pakistan resuming after lunch on 2-192, wiped off the remainder of their first innings deficit in the middle session.
Faisal Iqbal was the only casualty of the session when he was caught by Ross Taylor at slip from the bowling of Chris Martin for 67 after he had added 128 for the third wicket with Captain Mohammad Yousuf. Pakistan reached 3-278 at tea.
Umar Akmal 36, in partnership with Yousuf 89, added 59 runs to lead Pakistan to 331/3 when rainfall interrupted the match. As the match resumed the visitors lost Yousuf, who made 89 runs.
Umar Akmal 48 and Misbah-ul-Haq 4, were at the crease at stumps on day four.
Pakistan 347-4 at Stumps Napier Test was first posted on December 14, 2009 at 3:40 pm.
Kiwis hold nerve to clinch 32-run win
Umar Akmal’s heroic knock of 75 (from 174 balls with 5 fours and a six) went in vain as New Zealand won the first Test in a thrilling fashion by 32 runs. The younger Akmal making his Test Debut dazzled with 129 in the first innings as well but the Pakistani top order failed to stand up against the Kiwi attack. The visitors were set a perfectly chasable target of 251 on the last day.
New Zealand resumed the final day at 147 for 8 and could add up just 5 more runs despite having Grant Elliott unbeaten at the end of Day four. Umar Gul finished the Kiwi innings taking the wickets of O’Brien and Elliott to leave his team a target of 251.
The hosts straightaway had Pakistan on the backfoot removing the openers cheaply. They got one more wicket in Fawad Alam before the lunch break and Pak was at a shaky 53 for 3 at the break with Yousuf and Umar Akmal at the crease. Chris Martin provided an important breakthrough by ending Skipper Mohammad Yousuf’s stay for 41 and also a 71-run stand. Umar Akmal kept the fight going with Shoaib Malik (32) and the runs kept flowing before the former got done in by a short ball again.
At Tea, Pakistan was at 165 for 5 with the Akmal brothers at the crease and their side hoping for a repeat of their fighting partnership in the first innings. Shane Bond made sure that the Akmals did not run away with the game by taking a return catch offered by Umar to reduce Pak to 195 for 6. That was the moment for New Zealand and they seized it with both ends taking the remaining four wickets for 21 runs. The important wicket of Kamran Akmal (27) was taken by Iain O’Brien.
It was a perfect team effort from the Kiwi bowlers with Bond, O’Brien taking three wickets each while Martin and Vettori taking two each. Shane Bond picked up the Man of the Match.
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Kiwis hold nerve to clinch 32-run win was first posted on November 28, 2009 at 9:30 pm.
IPL Champions Deccan out from Champions League
Hyderabad:IPL Champions Deccan out from Champions League, Reigning Champions IPL Deccan Chargers crashed out of the Champions League after suffering a three-run narrow defeat against Trinidad & Tobago in their make-or-die Group A match here on Tuesday.
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The seesaw game witnessed vibrant action until the last ball at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
Chasing 150 to win, the hosts could manage only 146 for nine in their stipulated 20 overs.
The hosts required eight more runs, but the last recognized batsman had not in the crease and the bottom club could achieve just four races.
The victory of the Caribbean side was also cleared the entry of Somerset in the quarter-finals of the League of group A.
Deccan had lost its first match against English county of Somerset early in the event.Reigning Champions IPL Deccan Chargers crashed out of the Champions League after suffering a three-run narrow defeat against Trinidad & Tobago in their make-or-die Group A match here on Tuesday.
The seesaw game witnessed vibrant action until the last ball at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
Chasing 150 to win, the hosts could manage only 146 for nine in their stipulated 20 overs.
The hosts required eight more runs, but the last recognized batsman had not in the crease and the bottom club could achieve just four races.
The victory of the Caribbean side was also cleared the entry of Somerset in the quarter-finals of the League of group A.
Deccan had lost its first match against English county of Somerset early in the event.Reigning Champions IPL Deccan Chargers crashed out of the Champions League after suffering a three-run narrow defeat against Trinidad & Tobago in their make-or-die Group A match here on Tuesday.
The seesaw game witnessed vibrant action until the last ball at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
Chasing 150 to win, the hosts could manage only 146 for nine in their stipulated 20 overs.
The hosts required eight more runs, but the last recognized batsman had not in the crease and the bottom club could achieve just four races.
The victory of the Caribbean side was also cleared the entry of Somerset in the quarter-finals of the League of group A.
Deccan had lost its first match against English county of Somerset early in the event.
IPL Champions Deccan out from Champions League was first posted on October 15, 2009 at 3:55 pm.
