Pakistan manages small lead
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January 19, 2012, Thursday
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PAKISTAN openers Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar hit half-centuries to steer their team to a 96-run lead over England with three wickets in hand by stumps yesterday on the second day of the first test in Dubai.
Led by Hafeez's chancy 88 and Umar's solid 58, Pakistan reached 288-7 in reply to England's 192.
Offspinner Saeed Ajmal's career-best 7-55 on Tuesday had bundled out top-ranked England on a pitch favorable for batting.
Misbah-ul-Haq (52) frustrated England further with his 11th half-century in 13 tests since being appointed captain in 2010, before England hit back with two wickets just before stumps.
Chris Tremlett and Kevin Pietersen dropped two catches and Ian Bell missed a run out for England.
Hafeez fell 12 runs short of a century. Hafeez and Umar put together 114 runs to give Pakistan a strong start before Stuart Broad struck twice.
Resuming on 42 for no loss, Hafeez and Umar negotiated the English bowlers with consummate ease, while helping themselves to the occasional boundaries. Umar hit Chris Tremlett for two boundaries for his 13th half-century and Hafeez took a single for his seventh fifty.
Led by Hafeez's chancy 88 and Umar's solid 58, Pakistan reached 288-7 in reply to England's 192.
Offspinner Saeed Ajmal's career-best 7-55 on Tuesday had bundled out top-ranked England on a pitch favorable for batting.
Misbah-ul-Haq (52) frustrated England further with his 11th half-century in 13 tests since being appointed captain in 2010, before England hit back with two wickets just before stumps.
Chris Tremlett and Kevin Pietersen dropped two catches and Ian Bell missed a run out for England.
Hafeez fell 12 runs short of a century. Hafeez and Umar put together 114 runs to give Pakistan a strong start before Stuart Broad struck twice.
Resuming on 42 for no loss, Hafeez and Umar negotiated the English bowlers with consummate ease, while helping themselves to the occasional boundaries. Umar hit Chris Tremlett for two boundaries for his 13th half-century and Hafeez took a single for his seventh fifty.
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