England Vs Pakistan 1st Test
After a disastrous batting collapse in their 1st innings,
England seem to have made a good back. At the end of Play on Day 2 they had
succeeded in getting 7 wickets. Pakistan team had made 288 run(s) in 104.3
over(s) having lost 7 wickets. The match is now more evenly placed than what
was thought earlier. Pakistan still has an upper hand with 96 run(s) lead and 3
wickets in hand.
The key highlight of the days play was the 114 run(s) partnership of M.
Hafeez and T. Umar for the first wicket. Mohammad Hafeez with 88 run(s) of 164
ball(s) was the top scorer, which included 11 boundaries and a sixer. Taufeeq
Umar ( 58 off 113) and Misbah-ul-Haq (52 off 154 balls) also contributed with
valuable half centuries.
English bowlers came up with good performance on a day that mattered.
Anderson, Broad and Swann picked 2 wickets each and Trott picket 1 wicket. The
turning point of the day was Graeme Swann getting Mohammed Hafeez out lbw in
the 57th over. It was a good ball with a hint of spin bowled into the batsman,
Hafeez was trying to sweep the ball and missed it and the ball hit the pad.
With 3 more days to go and plenty of cricket to be played this game
surely looks to be well poised at the moment. England has had an excellent time
in test matches played in 2011 and were deservingly one of the best teams. They
would be hoping to have a good year this time around too. What better than to
begin the year with a victory in this match. All said and done, it’s going be a
lot of hard work for England if they were to win this match.
Other Upcoming Matches:
4th ODI, South Africa Vs Sri Lanka
Fri, Jan 20, 2012 06:00 PM IST
Venue: De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South
Africa
1 comment:
PAK must rape them..
cant digest that they are NO 1 !
what a shame to Australia and S.A
---DeepaK
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