Toss: CW XI, bowl
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Pakistan 1st innings Runs Balls 4 6
Imran Farhat lbw b Thomas 23 60 3 0
Mohammad Hafeez c Cloete b Kennett 8 17 0 0
Younis Khan c Cloete b Kennett 57 107 6 0
Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Pickup 36 57 3 0
Inzamam-ul-Haq b Hoy 37 67 2 1
Shahid Afridi lbw b Kennett 51 61 4 1
Kamran Akmal c Mamesh b Hoy 7 14 0 0
Shoaib Akhtar c & b Pickup 4 10 1 0
Mohammad Asif b Kennett 1 12 0 0
Umar Gul c Moerk b Kennett 0 3 0 0
Danish Kaneria not out 4 13 0 0
Extras 21
Total (68.5 overs) 249
Bowling
NS Hoy 21-2-80-2
DM Kennett 17.5-4-31-5
GM Thomas 11-0-59-1
LA Camps 3-0-14-0
NS Pickup 16-1-52-2
Commentary:
The start has been delayed by 12 minutes due to poor light.
Nathan Hoy to take the new ball...
0.1 Hoy to Farhat: flicked to long leg for the opening run.
1.4 Kennett to Farhat: SHORT and PULLED! DROPPED!!! Thomas floors a sitter at midwicket.
5.3 Kennett to Hafeez: pitched up, EDGED! GONE! Easy as you like at first slip... Cloete doesn't drop those.
5.5 Kennett to Khan: pitched up again... and driven away beautifully for FOUR.
8.5 Hoy to Farhat: too short and punished - FOUR!
Thomas into the attack. CW XI wasting this new ball...
12.1 Thomas to Khan: punched through the covers off the backfoot - FOUR!
13.2 Kennett to Khan: short and pulled beautifully! Younis looking in top
14.1 Thomas to Khan: loud shout for LBW! Not given. That looked close...
17.6 Camps to Khan: lofted back overhead! FOUR!
20.5 Thomas to Farhat: flicked past midwicket and that races away to the rope - FOUR.
20.6 Thomas to Farhat: full again and this time he misses it - HOWZAT?!? GONE!!!
Farhat lbw b Thomas 23
Balls 60 4's 3 6's 0
21.4 Camps to Khan: laced through the covers for FOUR.
21.6 Camps to Yousuf: straying on leg' and clipped fine - FOUR!
Lunch: Pakistan 77-2
29.4 Hoy to Khan: flashing cut stroke - FOUR! Fifty up. Brilliantly played.
Khan not out 50 Balls 87 4's 6 6's 0
34.3 Kennett to Khan: pushing at it and some extra bounce! OUT! Another catch for Cloete at slip. Big wicket!
Khan ct Cloete b Kennett 57
Balls 107 4's 6 6's 0
Pickup enters the attack at a crucial stage...
37.1 Pickup to Yousuf: short long hop and dispatched through midwicket - FOUR!
Thomas back...
42.1 Thomas to Inzamam: flicked high and hard... it clears Pickup's head! SIX!
43.4 Pickup to Yousuf: HOW IS HEEEE?!?! GONE!!!! Pickup traps him with a beautiful topspinner! What a ball!
Yousuf lbw b Pickup 36
Balls 57 4's 3 6's 0
Tea: Pakistan 177-4
50.3 Hoy to Afridi: BANG! It was only a matter of time. He smashed that one over the longoff ropes off a full length. SIX of the best!
52.2 Hoy to Afridi: too short! FOUR.
53.1 Pickup to Afridi: he unpacks the slog sweep and smashes that one for FOUR.
54.5 Hoy to Inzamam: BOWLED! Oh, he needed that. Hoy must be lifted by that. Inzamam dragged that back onto his stumps.
ul-Haq b Hoy 37
Balls 67 4's 2 6's 1
55.6 Pickup to Afridi: he goes for the slog sweep again! Mistimed and dropped! Oh dear... Kearsley put it down...
56.1 Hoy to Akmal: bounce and pace and EDGED and DROPPED! Mamesh has floored an absolute sitter at third slip. How in the world did he put that down??
58.4 Hoy to Akmal: AGAIN! But he takes the catch this time! Played just as poorly as a couple overs back, but Mamesh makes no mistake this time and Hoy gives him a firm embrace...
Akmal ct Mamesh b Hoy 7
Balls 14 4's 0 6's 0
16 minutes lost due to bad light.
59.4 Pickup to Afridi: wow... they've contrived to drop Afridi again. Hoy puts this one down at midoff.
59.6 Pickup to Akhtar: short and wide long hop - cut - FOUR!
62.5 Hoy to Afridi: driven on the up and it beats cover - FOUR! Fifty to Afridi. He's passed 50 for the third consecutive innings in this series...
Afridi not out 50 Balls 55 4's 4 6's 1
63.6 Pickup to Akhtar: full toss chipped straight back to the bowler. Pickup accepts it gleefully.
Akhtar ct & b Pickup 4
Balls 10 4's 1 6's 0
Kennett returns to the attack with the Webheads looking to wrap things up quickly here...
64.1 Kennett to Afridi: full and struck on the pad!!! That's OUT!!! Beauty from Kennett first up! What a day he's having!
Afridi lbw b Kennett 51
Balls 61 4's 4 6's 1
64.4 Kennett to Gul: he gets it right this time and Gul edges it to Moerk behind. Simple stuff and Kennett verges on 5...
Gul ct Mørk b Kennett 0
Balls 3 4's 0 6's 0
65.5 Pickup to Asif: in and out... Moerk floors a sitter behind...
68.5 Kennett to Asif: WELL PLAYED MR. KENNETT! A beautiful spell comes to a 5-wicket reward with a superb yorker that was far too good for Asif.
Asif b Kennett 1
Balls 12 4's 0 6's 0