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Blackleaf
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 Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: Third Test - Pakistan go into narrow lead against England |
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Pakistan edge into a narrow lead against England on this third day of the Third Test.
The score at the end of today's play
1st innings
England 515
Pakistan 538
2nd innings
England 3-0
Pakistan lead by 20 runs
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Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan shared a record stand of 363 for Pakistan against England, to give the tourists a narrow first innings lead at Headingley
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Mohammad Yousuf lasted five-and-three-quarter hours for his 192...
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...before finally gloving a Steve Harmison delivery down leg-side into the grateful arms of Chris Read.
Younis Khan followed him back to the pavilion shortly after, run out with a bit of help from his captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, prompting a Pakistan middle-order collapse
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Inzamam (27) tumbled into his own stumps after misjudging a Monty Panesar ball, and it was the spinner who mopped up the tail end. Danish Kaneria (29) was the last man to fall, edging Panesar to first slip.
Andrew Strauss and Marcus Trescothick safely navigated two overs before stumps, leaving the game finally balanced with two days remaining
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Ian Bell notched up his third hundred in as many games to put England in the driving seat at Headingley.
Kevin Pietersen recovered from cramps in his arm to resume on 104 at the start of the day, going on to make 135 in adding 74 more with Bell.
However, an unbroken stand from Younis Khan (64) and Mohammad Yousuf (91) frustrated the England attack as Pakistan fought back.
That pair shared 60 runs in a dozen overs after tea, after Matthew Hoggard prised out Taufeeq Umar and Bell's fellow centurion Kevin Pietersen ran out Salman Butt
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...before some impressive batting from Bell allowed him to become only the 10th England player to score a hundred in three consecutive Tests...
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...while Pietersen eventually made 135 off only 169 balls, before he was caught by Nazir attempting to hit Sami for six...
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...but far from capitulate after the loss of their last two remaining batsmen, England set out to entertain the Headingley crowd with Steve Harmison and Sajid Mahmood combining in a 56-run stand off only 46 balls...
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...Harmison hammered 36 off only 27 balls, including four fours and sixes off successive balls from Nazir, until he was caught by Sami after getting a leading edge off Kaneria
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Lancashire seamer Mahmood added a further 14 runs with last man Monty Panesar before being bowled by Gul for 34 to give him his fifth victim of the innings
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England's bowlers struggled to make early inroads for 57 minutes, with Yorkshire seamer Matthew Hoggard struggling for rhythm at the Kirkstall Lane End.
Hoggard finally found the right line and length in the 13th over of Pakistan's reply...
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...with opener Taufeeq Umar edging behind and Chris Read taking his first catch back as England's wicketkeeper...
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...Salman Butt then followed him back to the pavillion shortly before tea after being run out by Pietersen
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However, the partnership of Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf steadied the ship, reaching 100 runs from 111 balls...
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...as both men passed the 50-run mark
England
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss (captain)
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Ian Bell
Christopher Read (wicketkeeper)
Sajid Mahmood
Matthew Hoggard
Stephen Harmison
Monty Panesar
telegraph.co.uk
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Fair play, Blackleaf. It was a good bowling display by England today to clinch the win.
They might have a few hard selection decisions to make by the time The Ashes come around. |
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SLG
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I doubt that Blackleaf really cares. If he was at all interested in the cricket he'd also post about the team when they were losing. |
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