Swann captures 100th test wicket
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August 20, 2010, Friday
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ENGLAND offspinner Graeme Swann captured his 100th test wicket yesterday during a lengthy spell on the second day of the third test against Pakistan at The Oval.
Swann bowled unchanged throughout the second session to keep England in the match after it had been dismissed for 233 on Wednesday's opening day. At tea he had taken three wickets in a Pakistan total of 215 for five.
Playing in his 23rd test, Swann dismissed captain Salman Butt (17) with his second ball of the day, night-watchman Wahab Riaz (27) and Mohammad Yousuf (56).
Yousuf marked his return to the side with his accustomed elegance combined with the grit which has been missing from his team's batting in this series.
He was ably supported by Riaz, who took five wickets in his debut test on Wednesday, and followed up by batting for three minutes short of two hours yesterday.
Yousuf, 35, the record holder for most test runs in a calendar year, has experienced a tumultuous six months since he led Pakistan on a tour of Australia earlier this year in which it failed to win a match of any description.
He was banned for life by the Pakistan Cricket Board after an inquiry into the tour and not surprisingly decided to retire. He came out of retirement after the PCB lifted the ban to boost a struggling batting lineup and was belatedly flown to England.
Yousuf's 33rd test half-century contained eight boundaries, six of them off the bowling of paceman Steven Finn. Finn made the initial breakthrough with the second ball of the morning when Yasir Hameed was caught behind without adding to his overnight score of 36.
Yousuf's dismissal, caught and bowled by Swann, gave the off-spinner 3-30 from 16.4 overs. His figures later suffered when Umar Akmal hit him straight for six then slogged a leg-side boundary in the same over shortly before tea.
Azhar Ali batted fluently to reach 42 not out at the break.
In Dambulla, Sri Lanka, rain forced the one-day tri-series match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand to be called off without a ball being bowled yesterday.
New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss and elected to bat first, but rain at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium prevented the scheduled start. The rain stopped about 90 minutes later and staff dried the ground for a match with a reduced number of overs.
But the poor weather soon returned and persisted for hours, forcing Australian match referee Alan Hurst to call off the match.
The match will be replayed on the reserve day today.
Swann bowled unchanged throughout the second session to keep England in the match after it had been dismissed for 233 on Wednesday's opening day. At tea he had taken three wickets in a Pakistan total of 215 for five.
Playing in his 23rd test, Swann dismissed captain Salman Butt (17) with his second ball of the day, night-watchman Wahab Riaz (27) and Mohammad Yousuf (56).
Yousuf marked his return to the side with his accustomed elegance combined with the grit which has been missing from his team's batting in this series.
He was ably supported by Riaz, who took five wickets in his debut test on Wednesday, and followed up by batting for three minutes short of two hours yesterday.
Yousuf, 35, the record holder for most test runs in a calendar year, has experienced a tumultuous six months since he led Pakistan on a tour of Australia earlier this year in which it failed to win a match of any description.
He was banned for life by the Pakistan Cricket Board after an inquiry into the tour and not surprisingly decided to retire. He came out of retirement after the PCB lifted the ban to boost a struggling batting lineup and was belatedly flown to England.
Yousuf's 33rd test half-century contained eight boundaries, six of them off the bowling of paceman Steven Finn. Finn made the initial breakthrough with the second ball of the morning when Yasir Hameed was caught behind without adding to his overnight score of 36.
Yousuf's dismissal, caught and bowled by Swann, gave the off-spinner 3-30 from 16.4 overs. His figures later suffered when Umar Akmal hit him straight for six then slogged a leg-side boundary in the same over shortly before tea.
Azhar Ali batted fluently to reach 42 not out at the break.
In Dambulla, Sri Lanka, rain forced the one-day tri-series match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand to be called off without a ball being bowled yesterday.
New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss and elected to bat first, but rain at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium prevented the scheduled start. The rain stopped about 90 minutes later and staff dried the ground for a match with a reduced number of overs.
But the poor weather soon returned and persisted for hours, forcing Australian match referee Alan Hurst to call off the match.
The match will be replayed on the reserve day today.
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