m_vaughan
Chairman of Selectors
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.
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.
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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.
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