http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 vs England – 1st Test – Live Cricket Score – Pakistan dominate
A defiant 88 from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 ensured that Pakistan surpassed the 192 put on by England on a tedious second day of the 1st match, being played at the Dubai International Stadium, January 18, 2012.
The tea interval saw the Men In Green post 213 for 4, taking a lead of 21 with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 remaining the most effective bowler with two scalps.
The proceedings on the 2nd morning failed to match the frantic settings of the first day where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859’s career best figures rocked the touring party on their first assignment after becoming the no.1 ranked Test side.
Nonetheless the hosts maintained their dominance after openers, Hafeez and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 added a commanding century run stand, consequently reaching respective fifties.
The second hour of play finally brought luck for the Poms as Broad’s persistence paid off, cleaning up the left-hander with a ball with held his line to clip the off-stump.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 doing the easy work behind the stumps.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 easily. The Pakistani opener hit the first six of the match- a slog sweep, and was well set to amass a three figure score before attempting another paddled shot off the spinner, who caught him lbw.
It then brought Pakistani skipper, Misbah-ul- Haq to the crease as the batting side went past http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 was brought into the attack before the tea break and his medium pace immediately did the trick.
Trott collected his third ever victim in Test cricket, getting the ball to jack back sharply to hit the front pad of Younis Khan, who departed after making 37.
Misbah and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 then negotiated the next few overs to guide their team safely into the tea interval. Despite taking a lead, the match still hangs in the balance and the bowling side will be looking to dismiss the current pairing, which in turn will exploit a rather inexperienced lower order.
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