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England's Warm Up Match (3-day) against Pakistan
A (Nov 6-8) |
England defeated
by Pakistan A in less than three days
November 8, 2005
England faced a crashing 6 wickets defeat in
hands of Pakistan A in its second warm up 3-day
match at the Bagh-e-Jinnah Stadium at Lahore.
Chasing a gettable total of 245, Pakistan A had
made 31/1 at stumps yesterday. The morning
session saw night watchman Shahid Nazir
frustrating the English bowlers with his hitting
and he along with Imran Farhat put Pakistan A
with a fair chance of winning the game. Farhat
was forced to retire hurt when he was hit by a
rising delivery from Steve Harmison and Nazir's
adventurous knock came to an end but by then he
had scored 43 in just 31 balls. It was then
responsible knocks from Shahid Yousuf and Hasan
Raza that batted England out of the game. Farhat
returned back after Yousuf's dismissal and he
along with Raza took Pakistan A to a memorable
victory. Hasan Raza made strong claims to a spot
in the Pakistan Test XI for the first test at
Multan by scoring an unbeaten 71, Raza lifted
the English bowlers for three glorious sixes.
England has had an inauspicious start to its
Pakistan tour as their batting hasn't been able
to put on the runs on the board. If that wasn't
enough they have been hit with Michael Vaughan's
keen injury. The visitors who were short of
fielders today had to get in their assistant
coach Matthew Maynard to field for a while with
some of its players deciding to practice at the
Gadaffi Stadium.
England XI 126 & 256 lost to
Pakistan A 138 all out & 246/4 (Hasan
Raza 71 Shahid Yousuf 57 Shahid Nazir 43 Imran
Farhat 37*, Andrew Flintoff 3/67) by 6
wickets
Collingwood,
Strauss score fifties; England might lose
Vaughan for the 1st Test
November 7, 2005
England fared better in their second innings as
they got 256 runs on the board leaving Pakistan
A with a gettable target of 245. Pakistan A at
stumps on Day 2 were at 31/1 with Matthew
Hoggard giving the breakthrough for the visitors
removing left handed Taufiq Umar. The second
day's play wasn't really good for the tourists
as they lost their skipper Michael Vaughan for
an injury. Michael Vaughan who just faced a ball
twisted his right knee while attempting a third
run with Andrew Strauss. Vaughan who had
on-field treatment was forced to retire hurt and
it's likely that he might have to miss out the
1st Test at Multan starting in another five
days.
Earlier in the morning resuming at an overnight
score of 127/8, Pakistan A closed their innings
adding up only 11 runs. Steve Harmison wasted no
time as he sent the No. 10 and No.11 back into
the pavilion in quick time. England's second
innings was controlled by a 100-runs partnership
between Strauss and Collingwood for the 3rd
wicket. Both batsmen scored fifties with Paul
Collingwood being the aggressor with 4 sixes as
he hit 61 in 70 balls. Ashley Giles then came
down the order as he always does and scored a
valuable 49 to help England make a decent total
of 256. Eighteen year old leg spinner Manjoor
Amjad took 5 wickets and 1st innings destroyer
Mohammad Asif accounted for three wickets.
England XI 126 & 256 (Collingwood 61
Strauss 56 Giles 49 Jones 30, Manjoor Ajmad 5/97
Mohammad Asif 3/44) lead
Pakistan A 138 all out (Hasan Raza 34
Amin-ur-Rehman 32 Imran Farhat 23, Matthew
Hoggard 4/39 Ashley Giles 3/14 Steve Harmison
2/54) & 31/1 (Imran Farhat 12*, Matthew
Hoggard 1/22) by 213 runs at stumps on
Day 2
England's batting woes continue
November 6, 2005
England's batting crumbled to a mediocre total
for the third time in a row. This time it was
its 1st innings against Pakistan A at Lahore
where they were bowled out for a paltry 126. The
batting lasted just a little over 35 overs.
England were at a disastrous position at 53/7
and the lower order somehow took them past
hundred. England are playing their second warm
up game of their tour to Pakistan. The English
bowlers have been keeping up the pride as they
made the home team struggle at 127/8 at the end
of Day 1 at the Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore. For
Pakistan A, the damage was done by the 22 year
old quick bowler Mohammad Asif who took 7
wickets. Pakistan A were rocked by Matthew
Hoggard who got 4 wickets and Ashley Giles who
took 3 wickets. The home team's skipper Hasan
Raza who has been recalled in the Pakistan Test
Squad was the top scorer of the day with 34.
England XI 1st Innings 126 all out (Shaun
Udal 23 Ashley Giles 21 Michael Vaughan 17,
Mohammad Asif 7/62 Shahid Nazir 2/18) trail
Pakistan A 1st Innings 127/8 (Hasan Raza 34
Amin-ur-Rehman 32 Imran Farhat 23, Matthew
Hoggard 4/39 Ashley Giles 3/14) by 1 run at stumps
on Day 1
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