Pakistan v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – 1st Test – 2nd Day’s Recap
England 192 v Pakistan 288/7 (104.3 ov) - Pakistan lead by 96 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Pakistan amassed 288 runs for the loss of seven wickets against England at stumps on the second day of the first Test at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Earlier, after ending the first day by posting 42 runs without losing a wicket, Pakistan openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 resumed their team’s first innings in a bid to bolster a huge total against the Poms.
The opening duo wrecked havoc on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964’s English side as they belted the bowlers all around the park without a hint of remorse.
The batsmen exhibited tremendous calm and composure as they took on a decent English bowling attack, leaving the tourists in tatters.
Pakistan had amassed 114 runs by the time they suffered the loss of their first wicket, when opener Umar had his stumps shattered by England striker, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, as the batsman walked back to the pavilion after playing a hefty innings of 58 runs.
Middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890, then departed cheaply as he could score only a run before taking a walk off the field.
It was then time for veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, to come in the middle as he forged a respectable partnership with Hafeez to take the English to task.
Both batsmen turned out to be a headache for England as they hammered the bowlers and kept the scoreboard ticking, however, with 176 runs on the board, the side lost their third wicket when Hafeez fell after playing an exuberant knock of 88 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, as the two batsmen tried to establish another daunting partnership in the middle.
Nonetheless, Khan fell short and lost his wicket after playing an innings of 37 runs. At the time of his wicket, Pakistan had managed to post 202 runs.
While dents appeared in the Pakistani batting line-up, Misbah on the other end kept cool and continued playing a well composed innings as he smashed 52 runs before losing his wicket to England’s ace spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501. At the time of his demise, Pakistan had amassed 283 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets.
Later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 perished after scoring only four runs.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 still to come; Pakistan has a chance to post a score around 300 at the end of the first innings to give England a run for their money in the UAE.
On the other hand, England would be aiming to wrap-up http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 innings early in the day to give their batsmen a second go with the bat.
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