Story England's International Season [c2005] - Eng's tour of Pak

[m_vaughan]

Lunch - Day TWO

Pakistan suffer horrific collapse



Pakistan have collapsed dramatically in this first session of play on the second day, losing as many as seven wickets, to leave them reeling at 62-7 at lunch, still 46 runs short of the follow-on mark.

Pakistan never got off to any sort of start, losing Taufeeq, Inzamam and Yousuf very early in the innings. After Yousuf's dismissal, Pakistan were struggling at 12-3. Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi then made some sort of a mini-recovery before the former fell to Andrew Flintoff. And after Afridi was out to Hoggard for 25, Pakistan's chances of a comeback were effectively ended. Akmal was then dismissed for a golden duck, and Razzaq also was soon back in the pavillion having scored a mere 11 runs.



With no recognised batsman remaining, the follow-on seems inevitable, though it will be interesting to see if Michael Vaughan enforces it or not.



England's bowlers have done extremely well, with Anderson and Hoggard each picking up two wickets. Harmison, Giles and Flintoff each have one wicket.



Well we had said that the pitch was an excellent one for batting, and that England's 307 in their first innings was an average score. But now I guess we were wrong. The pitch has behaved completely different from what was expected of it, and has been pretty much a nightmare for the batsmen. In just 4 sessions of play, a total of 17 wickets have fallen.

 

[Cricket_60]

I love the way your presenting this m_vaughan. Looks very good with lots of detail. Nice story

 

[m_vaughan]

Cheers mate. I appreciate that!

 

[m_vaughan]

Extreme pressure

England continue to apply pressure and press even harder for more wickets.

How much longer can the Pakistan tail survive?

 

[Cricket_60]

By the way the Pakistanis are going, it will be over soon enough

 

[ashu2411]

By the way the Pakis are going, it will be over soon enough

Yeah looks like.

 

[brettLee]

7 down for 62.. awesome!!!!!!!

 

[aussie1st]

Pakistan tail won't last much longer, this match is over.

 

[m_vaughan]

Well Pakistan have avoided the follow-on, and only just. Last three wickets to fall....coming up now!!

 

[m_vaughan]

Rana Naved out for 0

Giles picks up Rana's wicket
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan played 29 deliveries, but still dint manage to score even a single run, before eventually falling to Ashley Giles, being caught by Michael Vaughan at forward short leg.

Two more wickets to go and Pakistan still need 42 runs to prevent the follow-on.

 

[Bala]

Not a pretty sight - The Pakistan score! England are bang on target to take this match. They should not allow Pakistan to score in the second innings.

 

[m_vaughan]

Harmison too good for Sami

A 94mph Harmison delivery ends Sami's innings
Mohammad Sami was left helpless as Harmison was a bit too fast to handle. Stumps were rattled, and that was the end of the story.

Pakistan hence have lost their ninth wicket, and are still 23 runs behind the follow-on mark.

Pakistan FOW 85-9
Mohammad Sami b Steve Harmison 15(51)

 

[langerrox]

Wow, this is amazing stuff by england and also i never get the cpu out bowled only caught in the deep or edges??

 

[m_vaughan]

Akhtar's 23 saves follow-on, but Anderson gets him in the end

Last wicket pair save Follow-on for Pakistan
Danish Kaneria(11*) and Shoaib Akhtar(23) added a crucial 24 runs for the last wicket, before Anderson had the latter out bowled. And those 24 runs took Pakistan past the follow-on mark, hence making England have to bat again and set a target.

James Anderson's inswinging yorker eventually brought an end to Akhtar's innings, but Pakistan now have some hope after saving the follow-on.

Pakistan FOW 109 all out
Shoaib Akhtar b James Anderson 23(56)

 

[m_vaughan]

End of Innings Stats

Vital knocks from Sami, Akhtar and Kaneria towards the end have saved the follow-on for Pakistan, but now they have to do their main job well. Despite saving the follow-on Pakistan still are 198 runs behind England's first innings score, and by the way the pitch has been behaving in this test match, even that score could be tough to chase in the final innings.

Shahid Afridi's 25 was the top score in this innings. Akhtar was next with 23.

James Anderson was the pick of the England bowlers finishing with figures of 3-22. Harmison, Giles and Hoggard bagged two wickets each, while Flintoff picked up one wicket.

So Pakistan will have to dismiss England for as low a score as possible and then hope their batsmen can chase the target in the fourth innings. Time, however, certainly wont pay a factor in this test match, and hence we can pretty much rule out a draw.

Match Summary
England (1st Innings) 307
Kevin Pietersen 130*
Michael Vaughan 83
Mohammad Sami 4-88

Pakistan (1st Innings) 109
Shahid Afridi 25
James Anderson 3-22


England lead by 198 runs