Amir rips through England
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August 28, 2010, Saturday
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PAKISTAN teenager Mohammad Amir tore through the England upper order batting at Lord's with six for 47 to become the youngest man to reach 50 test wickets.
England, 39 for one overnight after only 12.3 overs' play was possible on Thursday, was 185 for seven at tea yesterday in the fourth and final test. The home team needs at least a draw to win the series. Its plight would have been much worse had it not been for a composed and technically assured innings of 77 not out from Jonathan Trott. He was given excellent support from Stuart Broad (46 not out), who hooked Amir for an effortless six, and shared an unbroken eighth wicket partnership of 83.
Amir, the man-of-the-match in Pakistan's four wicket win in the third test at the Oval last Saturday, passed the 50 wicket mark at the age of 18 years and 136 days. The previous youngest was New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori.
Denied the wicket of Alastair Cook on Thursday when Umar Akmal dropped Pakistan's 18th chance of the series, Amir dismissed the England opener for 10 from the third ball of the morning, caught behind by Kamran Akmal.
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