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England victorious in their tour game |
November 2, 2005
England have pulled off a sensational victory in
their tour game. Beginning the third and the
final day at 39/6, England added up useful runs
to end up at 112 giving a target of 158 to the
Patrons. Trescothick who came in at No.9 scored
a useful 38*. Medium pacer Yasir Arafat went
onto pick up 5 wickets. Patrons were the
favourites chasing a low total but a spirited
bowling show from the visitors led by Ashley
Giles saw them pull off a 52 runs win. Ashley
Giles and Liam Plunkett picked four wickets
each. Patrons who had the ideal start to their
chase with a 50 runs opening stand folded at 105
all out.
England XI 256/9 dec & 112 (Trescothick
38* Collingwood 34, Yasir Arafat 5/31 Md. Irshad
3/42) bt Patron's XI
211 & 105 (Yasir Hameed 30, Liam Plunkett
4/39 Ashley Giles 4/39) by 52 runs
November 1, 2005
England are in an embarrassing position at 39/6
in their 2nd innings with just a lead of 84
runs. With one full day left in this 3-day match
between England XI and Patron's XI at Rawalpindi,
the remaining England batsmen need to work
really hard to save this match. England XI had
declared its first innings at the overnight
score of 256/9 and then went on to bowl out the
home side for 211 in just over 60 overs. The
English bowlers almost got a big lead for their
side but for the annoying 10th wicket stand of
61 that minimized the lead to 45 runs. For the
visitors, medium pacers Anderson, Plunkett and
off spinner Shaun Udal took three wickets each.
England XI's second innings was disastrous to
say the least as they ended up at 39/6 in 14
overs of play. Medium pacer Mohammad Irshad
created havoc by picking up 3 wickets and was
well supported by Najaf and Yasir Arafat. One of
Irshad's wickets was that of Michael Vaughan as
he dismissed the English Captain lbw for a duck.
At stumps on Day 2, Paul Collingwood and Ian
Bell are the not out batsman for the visitors.
England XI 256/9 dec & 39/6 (Md. Irshad
3/22, Yasir Arafat 2/1) Vs Patron's XI
211 (Shehzad Malik 37, Shaun Udal 3/36
Plunkett 3/41 Anderson 3/50) at stumps on Day 2
October 31, 2005
England had a poor start to their tour of
Pakistan as they struggled to make 256/9 on the
opening day of its 3-day tour match at
Rawalpindi. England were in an embarrassing
position at 130/8 but opener Trescothick and
Matthew Prior rescued them with a century stand
for the 9th wicket. At stumps on Day 1, England
are 256/9 with Trescothick unbeaten on 124. For
the home side Patron's XI, medium pacer Yasir
Arafat took 4 wickets and new ball bowler Najaf
took 3 wickets.
England XI 256/9 (Trescothick 124* Prior
50, Yasir Arafat 4/45 Najaf Shah 3/58) at stumps
on Day 1
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