http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – 2nd Test – Live Updates and Cricket Score
A solid partnership between Misbah-ul- Haq and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, January 25th 2012.
Both men entered into their 30s, resurrecting the innings after the Poms pacer produced two jaffers to uproot the stumps of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890. Despite the hiccups, the post lunch interval also saw the Men In Green scoring at a much faster rate, adding 104 runs in 34 overs to go into tea at 177 for 4.
England seemed encouraged by the early turn for their spin duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 after the opener added 51.
Younis http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 and Azhar Ali were both well set before Broad again proved to be the Poms best seam bowler on display, surprisingly managing to get some nip of the track to account for the duo, who departed for 24 each.
In a fiery spell, the lanky pacer first got rid of Khan where the batsmen was caught well off guard with a delivery, which jacked back to hit his pad before sending the stumps cart wheeling back.
A couple of overs later, Broad was again in the thick of the action, getting the ball to do the talking as Ali’s attempted drive made a gap between bat and pad for the ball to displace the stumps for the second time.
The hosts seemed in plenty of bother at 103 for 4 but again the skipper stuck to his task well, complimented skillfully by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 to guide the team out of a loop hole.
Misbah was at his characteristic best, defending most balls while also showing his explosive side – clobbering Panesar for consecutive sixes. Shafiq also started slowly but soon gathered momentum, hitting the left-armer for a classy maximum strike by using his feet.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576, the part time pacer also tried his hands but both players were resolute in curbing his noxious threat to end the session on a positive note.
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