http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – 2nd Test – Match Update – England ahead
Determined half-centuries from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290
Zayed Stadium, January 26, 2012.
The touring party emphasized on the importance of bouncing back after being humiliated by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 will be pleased with the response of his batters after they posted 132 for 1 at tea.
However, resumption saw Trott departing, after left-armer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691, bowled a peach of a delivery which turned and bounced to clip the off stumps. The player acknowledged the delivery but could have done better with his footwork.
However, his knock of 74 did give his team an excellent platform after the hosts had picked up skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 just before the lunch interval. Following that, it was all Cook-Trott show as the duo added a resolute, if not entirely imposing, 139-run
stand.
They struggled initially but gathered momentum in the post lunch interval, picking up easy runs off the two pacers. Their antics against the spin got them into trouble on more than one occasion but looked defiant in their approach to weather out the threat
with considerable patience.
Trott was handed a lifeline when he was on 22, struck pretty adjacent to the stumps but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 showed reluctance in using the DRS system and was left to rue his decision after it was shown on the big screen.
It was the no.3 batter, who reached to his fifty first, guiding the ball to the mid wicket region to scamper through for a single. However, the drama unfolded either side of his milestone, which saw the Men In Green using up their reviews - first unsuccessfully
calling on Ajmal’s bowling before trying another failed attempt off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898.
Both times, the hawk eye showing that the ball had pitched outside the off stump. The hosts now looked desperate as Cook too brought up an uncanny, yet positive fifty as the Poms ended the second session without losing a wicket.
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