http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 scores his 11th half century – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium,
on October 27, 2011.
The fixture initially kicked off at the Dubai venue on Wednesday, when the Lankan Skipper won the toss and opted to bat first, but to his disappointment, suffered an early top order crumble, complements to Pakistan’s new ball bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 and Junaid
Khan, who collected four wickets amongst them in just 12 overs.
However, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 to pile up a modest total of 239 runs.
As for Pakistan’s batting response, the innings took off with openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 taking charge of the crease, bringing a closure to Day 1 at 42 runs, without any loss of wicket.
However, with Day 2 already on its way, the team suffered an early blow at the line-up, after Umar made his departure to the pavilion after being caught out by Lankan debutant wicket-keeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jayan-Kaushal-Silva-c66641, off Dhammika Prasad’s delivery, leaving Ali to accompany
Hafeez.
Unfortunately for the batters, the duo could not settle into a partnership after Hafeez too marked his dismissal on a successful Leg before Wicket (LBW) appeal off Prasad’s delivery.
Hafeez made his exit after scoring 33 runs, while the side’s tally stood at 64 for 2 in 23.3 overs.
Ali, who took on a successful task to stall the side’s innings, was then joined in by veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, soon after which the duo managed to make an early footing on the Dubai pitch, leading Pakistan to earn some slow runs on the scoreboard.
As for Ali’s contribution, thanks to Khan’s useful association with the bat, the youngster finally sailed on to earning his half century during the 59th over of the innings, as well as crossing the 1000 runs threshold under the Test format.
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