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F.O.W
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Day 5 - Pakistan pick up the necessary 10
wickets to win the Test and draw the series.
Overs
: 89.6 F.O.W : 10-214
Lakshmipathy Balaji lbw Danish Kaneria 0(16)
After two shouts negated
by Simon Taufel, Balaji still went on to offer
his pads to Danish Kaneria. And this time it was
the inevitable as the Taufel signalled the end
of the match and thus the Test Match was won by
Pakistan in great style to draw the series.
Overs
: 85.2 F.O.W : 9-210
Harbhajan Singh c
Younis Khan b Danish Kaneria 8(22)
Expecting Harbhajan to
survive without playing his shots is a difficult
thing and that's what happened when he just
prodded Danish Kaneria into the hands of silly
point.
Overs
: 79.5 F.O.W : 8-189
Irfan Pathan
c Yousuf Youhana b Arshad Khan 0(29)
Most unfortunate
dismissal for both Irfan Pathan and India as the
ball hit the batsman's toe and lobbed straight
into the silly point fielder's hands. Pathan was
having a spirited partnership with Kumble and it
was a tragedy to lose his wicket in that
fashion.
Overs
: 70.4 F.O.W : 7-164
Sachin
Tendulkar c Asim Kamal b Shahid Afridi 16(98)
Tendulkar may have been
dropped just before tea off Sami but that didn't
make any difference at all. It was the 71st over
and Afridi got his top spin to jump onto the
batsman and that took the inside edge and the
ball landed straight into the hands of Asim
Kamal at short leg. Sachin has now been
dismissed thrice by Afridi in this series.
Overs
: 69.4 F.O.W : 6-164
Dinesh
Karthik b Mohammad Sami 9(44)
Dinesh Karthik couldn't
get his bat down in time to an express Sami's
yorker and that's 6 down for India.
Overs
: 55.4 F.O.W : 5-135
Sourav
Ganguly b Shahid Afridi 2(14)
Ganguly was cleaned up
by a vicious leg break from Shahid Afridi as the
ball turned square from outside off stump. It
took a long while for Ganguly to realise that he
was bowled, this could well be his last test
innings for a while, who knows! Pakistan now
sense a comfortable victory but Sachin Tendulkar
is in their way.
Overs
: 51.2 F.O.W : 4-127
V.V.S.Laxman
lbw Shahid Afridi 52(127)
Afridi bowled his
skidding top spinner and Laxman was half cock in
his defence and got wrapped on his pads. An easy
decision for the umpire and now Indian batting
looks to be crumbling.
Overs
: 42.4 F.O.W : 3-118
Rahul
Dravid C Younis Khan b Arshad Khan 16(64)
Rahul Dravid failed yet
again at Bangalore. Arshad Khan got the ball to
turn and jump and that took the bat off Dravid
and Younis Khan at silly point took a marvelous
catch.
Overs
: 36.3 F.O.W : 2-108
Gautham
Gambhir lbw Mohammad Sami 52(127)
After lunch, Inzamam
brought back Sami and the fiery fast bowler
responded to his captain's call by dismissing
Gambhir. Gambhir was wrapped on his pads off a
sharp one that swung in late and Billy Bowden
gave the batsman out. One must say that Gambhir
was beaten by both pace and movement of that
delivery. Sami is breathing fire and is
consistently bowling over 145 kmph.
Overs
: 23.4 F.O.W : 1-87
Virender
Sehwag run out (Abdul Razzaq) 38(53)
Just after slogging
Kaneria for a four, Gambhir pushed the next ball
towards Razzaq at mid on and called his partner
for a quick run. It was a bad judgment as the
ball was travelling pretty quickly to Razzaq and
that got Gambhir to say a "no" with
Sehwag already a long way outside the crease.
Razzaq kept his cool and hit the stumps directly
and with this Sehwag's jinx with the 2nd Innings continues.
Day 4 - Four Indian and Two Pakistani wickets
fell
Overs
: 38.2 F.O.W : 2-183
Yasir
Hameed lbw Anil Kumble 76(138)
Yasir Hameed was playing
for the turn and was beaten by Kumble's
trademark delivery that skids into the right
hander. The batsman was wrapped on his pads and
an easy decision for the umpire to declare that
as leg before wicket.
Overs
: 12.4 F.O.W : 1-91
Shahid
Afridi st Dinesh Karthik b Sachin Tendulkar
57(34)
Afridi stepped out a
long way to lift Sachin into the stands. But
with Sachin coming round the stumps and bowling
big leg breaks into the rough, Afridi had
absolutely no chance of making contact with the
ball and Dinesh Karthik finished off an easy
stumping.
Overs
: 128.4 F.O.W : 10-449
Anil
Kumble b Shahid Afridi 22(64)
Kumble did a marvelous
job with Laxman to give a stiff resistance to
the Pakistani bowlers especially Sami and
Kaneria. But the moment, Afridi bowled (or is it
threw?) his faster delivery, it was the end of
the Indian innings with Kumble's stumps being
cleaned up. Now what is Chris Broad doing when
Afridi is chucking his quicker deliveries??
Overs
: 104.2 F.O.W : 9-396
Lakshmipathy
Balaji c Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria 2(16)
Balaji was an unlucky
victim to a horrible decision from 'The Joker'
in the middle - Billy Bowden. Balaji went for a
slog sweep and the leg break from Danish turned
a lot to beat him by a long distance. Billy
Bowden however thought it was a nick and India
lost its 9th wicket. Kaneria has now taken his
2nd 5 wicket haul in this series.
Overs
: 105.3 F.O.W : 8-388
Harbhajan
Singh c Abdul Razzaq b Danish Kaneria 10(37)
Harbhajan went without a
fight this time as he played a club cricketer
slog sweep to be held at mid on. Danish Kaneria
was the bowler and Abdul Razzaq the fielder at
mid on who took the easy catch.
Overs
: 104.2 F.O.W : 7-386
Irfan
Pathan c Yousuf Youhana b Mohammad Sami 5(27)
Pathan was the first to
go on Day 4 as he failed to keep his square cut
down and also failed to play it over Youhana at
point. Sami was rewarded once again for his
spirited fast bowling.
Day 3 - India lost 6 wickets
Overs
: 92.6 F.O.W : 6-374
Dinesh
Karthik c Asim Kamal b Mohammad Sami 10(37)
A fighting partnership
was developing between Laxman and Dinesh Karthik
but Sami was relentless and got rewarded for his
speed and direction. Dinesh Karthik went for a
flashing square cut but that powerful stroke
went straight into Asim Kamal's hands at gully.
With 4 more overs to go for stumps, India are
under tremendous pressure.
Overs
: 86.2 F.O.W : 5-343
Sourav
Ganguly st Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria 1(4)
Pakistan didn't have to
wait for another 20 overs to get a breakthrough
and no wonder because they were against a shaky
Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly was dropped by Younis
Khan at silly point off Kaneria and that got the
batsman nervous. Next ball Ganguly stepped out
even before the ball was released from Kaneria
and the bowler just let a googly and that was
the end of a tame innings from the Royal Bengal
Tiger. Kamran Akmal had an easy stumping and
India are in some trouble.
Overs
: 82.6 F.O.W : 4-337
Virender
Sehwag c&b Danish Kaneria 201(262)
It can be taken as a
marathon innings of 201 runs but it was not to
be as the 201 runs had come in just 262 balls.
Now that's not a long innings for Test Match
standards. But what an incredible innings was
that from Sehwag, a great innings but a soft
dismissal in the end. Sehwag was trying to sweep
but changed his mind and tried to push to mid
wicket but in the end the ball stopped on to the
bat and a simple return catch was taken by
Danish Kaneria. You can notice that every Indian
wicket seems to be falling at an interval of
almost 20 overs.
Overs
: 61.2 F.O.W : 3-257
Sachin
Tendulkar c Younis Khan b Danish Kaneria 41(71)
Tendulkar was starting
to feel well after an edgy start where he had
survived some close calls and was playing some
well placed shots. Sehwag moved to his 150 with
a huge six off Kaneria and in the very next
over, Tendulkar probably looking to match
Sehwag's fireworks went on for a lofted shot off
Afridi; result was a lolly dolly catch to Younis
Khan at point. Tendulkar failed to play
according to the situation.
Overs
: 42.1 F.O.W : 2-172
Rahul
Dravid lbw Danish Kaneria 22(53)
Sehwag had just had a
great over smashing Razzaq for 15 runs. India
were looking ominous but a predetermined paddle
sweep in the very next over from Rahul Dravid
off the bowling of Kaneria got Pakistan back in
the game. Dravid missed that ball and was struck
on the pads and Danish Kaneria's loud appeal was
enough to convince Simon Taufel. This could be
one of the most important wickets in this Test
Match and Dravid once again failed at Bangalore.
Overs
: 23.2 F.O.W : 1-98
Gautam
Gambhir c Younis Khan b Mohammad Sami 24(68)
Gautam Gambhir was doing
a fantastic job along with Sehwag by seeing off
the threat from the speedy Sami. However Sami
deserved a wicket after all for all his
energetic fast bowling in this Bangalore heat.
Not a wicket taking delivery but Gautam Gambhir
lost his concentration and just hung his bat
away from his body to give slip catches practice
to Younis Khan at 2nd slip. It was again a case
of Gambhir throwing away his wicket after
looking so good in the middle.
Day 2 - Eight Pakistani Wickets Fell
Overs
: 167.5 F.O.W : 10-570
Danish
Kaneria c V.V.S.Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 0(1)
Danish Kaneria without
wasting anytime went for an almighty heave over
midwicket off Harbhajan. But Kaneria's heave was
straight into Laxman who was patrolling the deep
mid wicket area and that marked the end of the
Pakistani innings. Harbhajan is now just 1 short
of picking up his 200th Test scalp.
Overs
: 167.3 F.O.W : 9-569
Younis
Khan c Irfan Pathan b Harbhajan Singh 267(504)
The innings declaration
was coming up and Younis had to get those quick
30 odd runs for his triple century. And in doing
so he miscued a lofted shot off Harbhajan Singh
and an easy skier was taken at covers by Irfan
Pathan. Harbhajan took his 5th wicket to end
this marathon innings from Younis Khan.
Overs
: 166.1 F.O.W : 8-565
Mohammad
Sami run out (Gambhir/Karthik) 17(64)
Sami pushes Anil
Kumble's delivery to mid wicket and sets off for
a quick run. But Gautam Gambhir is upto the task
and runs quickly to his left and Younis Khan
seeing this said no and that left Sami stranded.
An easy run out as Gambhir fired a straight one
bounce throw to Karthik.
Overs
: 145.5 F.O.W : 7-504
Kamran
Akmal b Harbhajan Singh 28(41)
Kamran Akmal played
superb strokes but he was competing against a
fired up Harbhajan Singh. Akmal tried to
manufacture a shot by putting his weight on the
backfoot and convert the tossed up delivery into
a short one but Harbhajan's delivery was too
good for him and castled his stumps. What was
noticeable was the sharp turn the off spinner
got and the match now looks to be evenly poised.
Overs
: 129.5 F.O.W : 6-446
Abdul
Razzaq c & b Harbhajan Singh 5(37)
It's Harbhajan Singh
again doing the damage. After having the two
batsmen Younis Khan and Abdul Razzaq quiet ,
some sort of pressure was creeping in. And
Razzaq after playing out a few dot balls saw the
flighted off break from Harbhajan and went for
his cover drive, but the ball dipped in and
Harbhajan took a simple caught and bowled.
Harbhajan with that wicket is now just 4 wickets
short of having 200 Test Scalps.
Overs
: 119.3 F.O.W : 5-428
Asim
Kamal c Sourav Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh 4(25)
Asim Kamal who had a
slow start to this innings went for a sweep to a
ball that was well flighted and pitched outside
the leg stump. The ball bounced and took Kamal's
top edge and the result was a simple catch to
Sourav Ganguly at short fineleg.
Overs
: 111.2 F.O.W : 4-415
Yousuf
Youhana c Dinesh Karthik b Harbhajan Singh
37(57)
Even after Inzamam's
exit, Pakistan kept the momentum going with
Yousuf Youhana playing smoothly with Younis
Khan. Harbhajan finally had something to smile
about and that was through the wicket of Youhana.
Youhana tried to square cut Harbhajan, but was a
touch late plus there wasn't much room to play
the shot and the nick was well caught by Dinesh
Karthik. Harbhajan was finally rewarded with a
wicket in his 24th over and this was also the
first wicket taken by a spinner in this Test.
Overs
: 91.1 F.O.W : 3-331
Inzamam-ul-Haq
lbw Lakshmipathy Balaji 184(264)
The Sultan of Multan,
Inzamam-ul-Haq did not give any chances to the
Indian bowlers yesterday and was virtually on a
rampage. The big man went on to score a special
hundred in his 100th Test but he wasn't going to
stop as he took his score to an unbeaten 184 at
stumps on Day1. Pakistan in supreme command at
the start of the 2nd Day but hey wait today is a
fresh day and the wicket would have life early
on. Inzamam got a juicy delivery that looked to
shape in and Inzamam tried to flick to square
leg but the ball held its line and there you go
the batsman wrapped on his pads. Simon Taufel
lifted his finger and that was the break India
needed, by the way it was again Balaji's wicket
off the 1st ball of the day like it was with
yesterday. Most batsmen would have been foxed by
that delivery so the credit goes to Balaji to
have produced that magic delivery. The 3rd
wicket partnership between Younis Khan and
Inzamam was an awesome 344 runs.
Day
1 - Two Pakistani wickets fell
Overs
: 2.5 F.O.W : 2-7
Yasir
Hameed c Dinesh Karthik b Irfan Pathan 6(11)
Yasir Hameed who had
come in place of Taufeeq Umar announced his
arrival with a beautiful off drive for 4 and
then a cover drive for 2 runs. However the
youngster went for a loose shot trying to drive
Pathan's wide delivery and that resulted in an
outside edge. Dinesh Karthik took an easy catch
behind to put Pakistan in early troubles.
Overs
: 1.1 F.O.W : 1-4
Shahid
Afridi c Rahul Dravid b Lakshmipathy Balaji 0(1)
Balaji
bowling his very 1st ball of his spell and just
the 2nd over of the Test Match was right on
target. He forced Afridi to play at the away
swinger and Rahul Dravid at 2nd Slip took a low
neat catch. Afridi was out for a duck in the
first ball he had faced.
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