Pakistan pace bowls out Australia for 88
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July 22, 2010, Thursday
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PAKISTAN was at 64 for no loss at tea yesterday after bowling Australia out for just 88 on day one of the second test at Headingley, Leeds, yesterday in a game it must win to draw the series.
Newly appointed captain Salman Butt was 38 not out and Imran Farhat had 20, as they enjoyed the best batting conditions of the day with sunshine partly breaking out following gloomy bowler-friendly conditions during Australia's innings.
Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Aamer claimed wickets with the first two balls after lunch to help reduce Australia to its lowest test total in 26 years - it was dismissed for 76 by West Indies in 1984 at Perth.
Tim Paine top scored with 17 after Australia skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss.
The Pakistan batsmen were largely untroubled and though there was still swing for the bowlers, they struggled to control it.
Two such examples saw Ben Hilfenhaus and Shane Watson wobble balls into Butt's leg stump, though both were clipped to the boundary. Butt had faced 51 balls and struck seven fours.
Australia resumed on 73 for six after lunch when Aamer, aged 18, bowled Steven Smith with a ball that swung into him sharply.
Left-hander Mitchell Johnson looked to drive a delivery heading for leg stump through mid-on only to see the ball swing prodigiously away from him to smash into his wickets.
The hat-trick ball to Hilfenhaus was also good, passing the outside edge of the bat close enough to excite the smattering of Pakistani fans in the stadium that was sparsely filled. Aamer finished with figures of three for 20.
Before lunch, Australia regularly lost wickets to Pakistan's well disciplined trio of pace bowlers. Four of the first five wickets were LBW decisions as Australia's batsmen failed to deal with the moving ball.
Mohammad Asif swung the ball both ways and moved it off the seam. Watson (bowled) and Ponting (LBW) were undone by his in-swing.
Umar Gul's dismissal of Michael Clarke (bowled) was further evidence of the struggle when he managed to get the ball to swing in and cut back off the seam.
Although the series is being played at neutral venues in England, it is a home one for Pakistan, unable to play in its homeland because of the precarious security situation.
Despite a strong local Pakistani community, the Yorkshire club could only manage advance ticket sales of about 3,000 a day.
Newly appointed captain Salman Butt was 38 not out and Imran Farhat had 20, as they enjoyed the best batting conditions of the day with sunshine partly breaking out following gloomy bowler-friendly conditions during Australia's innings.
Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Aamer claimed wickets with the first two balls after lunch to help reduce Australia to its lowest test total in 26 years - it was dismissed for 76 by West Indies in 1984 at Perth.
Tim Paine top scored with 17 after Australia skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss.
The Pakistan batsmen were largely untroubled and though there was still swing for the bowlers, they struggled to control it.
Two such examples saw Ben Hilfenhaus and Shane Watson wobble balls into Butt's leg stump, though both were clipped to the boundary. Butt had faced 51 balls and struck seven fours.
Australia resumed on 73 for six after lunch when Aamer, aged 18, bowled Steven Smith with a ball that swung into him sharply.
Left-hander Mitchell Johnson looked to drive a delivery heading for leg stump through mid-on only to see the ball swing prodigiously away from him to smash into his wickets.
The hat-trick ball to Hilfenhaus was also good, passing the outside edge of the bat close enough to excite the smattering of Pakistani fans in the stadium that was sparsely filled. Aamer finished with figures of three for 20.
Before lunch, Australia regularly lost wickets to Pakistan's well disciplined trio of pace bowlers. Four of the first five wickets were LBW decisions as Australia's batsmen failed to deal with the moving ball.
Mohammad Asif swung the ball both ways and moved it off the seam. Watson (bowled) and Ponting (LBW) were undone by his in-swing.
Umar Gul's dismissal of Michael Clarke (bowled) was further evidence of the struggle when he managed to get the ball to swing in and cut back off the seam.
Although the series is being played at neutral venues in England, it is a home one for Pakistan, unable to play in its homeland because of the precarious security situation.
Despite a strong local Pakistani community, the Yorkshire club could only manage advance ticket sales of about 3,000 a day.
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