Watson captures 5 as Pakistan pegged back
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July 15, 2010, Thursday
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PAKISTAN was all out for 148 in reply to Australia's first innings total of 253 on the second day of the first test at Lord's in London yesterday.
Shane Watson claimed five wickets for 50 as Pakistan collapsed to 141-9 at tea, enduring a torrid afternoon session in which it lost seven wickets.
Pakistan was 49-2 at lunch but after the interval crashed to the lowly total as overcast conditions continued to help the bowlers. Australia was leading by 112 runs at the break on first innings with Watson having figures of 4-40, his previous best being 4-42 in India.
Only Pakistan opener Salman Butt managed to provide some resistance with an innings of 63 in 171 minutes at the crease with 12 fours, while captain Shahid Afridi excited spectators briefly with his cameo of 31 from just 15 deliveries.
Pakistan, seeking a first test win over Australia in 15 years, is playing as the home team even though the match is being played at a neutral venue.
Australia is chasing a seventh consecutive test win.
Debutant Umar Amin (1) fell just after lunch to make the score 54-3 and the slide promptly continued. The surprise bowling of medium pacer Watson did most of the damage, removing brothers Umar (5) and Kamran Akmal (0), Afridi and Butt.
The Akmal brothers were both LBW, while Afridi was caught but only after he entertained with his typically aggressive style, striking four fours and two sixes.
Watson had two wickets for no runs when Afridi came in but those figures soon changed. Afridi was beaten with his first ball, but then struck four runs through square leg, a boundary over third man off the thick edge and flicked a six into the Grand Stand off Watson's final ball.
In the next over, Afridi showed panache when he played an intentional late dab shot off Watson for four down to third man through second slip and gully.
In the same over he clubbed Watson over long-off for another six. When he tried to repeat the stroke, he miscued and was caught at mid-off.
Butt registered his ninth test half century with his 10th boundary and possibly his best, cover driven off Mitchell Johnson. In the same over, Johnson drifted the ball towards Butt's leg stump and was subsequently clipped firmly through midwicket for another boundary.
Shane Watson claimed five wickets for 50 as Pakistan collapsed to 141-9 at tea, enduring a torrid afternoon session in which it lost seven wickets.
Pakistan was 49-2 at lunch but after the interval crashed to the lowly total as overcast conditions continued to help the bowlers. Australia was leading by 112 runs at the break on first innings with Watson having figures of 4-40, his previous best being 4-42 in India.
Only Pakistan opener Salman Butt managed to provide some resistance with an innings of 63 in 171 minutes at the crease with 12 fours, while captain Shahid Afridi excited spectators briefly with his cameo of 31 from just 15 deliveries.
Pakistan, seeking a first test win over Australia in 15 years, is playing as the home team even though the match is being played at a neutral venue.
Australia is chasing a seventh consecutive test win.
Debutant Umar Amin (1) fell just after lunch to make the score 54-3 and the slide promptly continued. The surprise bowling of medium pacer Watson did most of the damage, removing brothers Umar (5) and Kamran Akmal (0), Afridi and Butt.
The Akmal brothers were both LBW, while Afridi was caught but only after he entertained with his typically aggressive style, striking four fours and two sixes.
Watson had two wickets for no runs when Afridi came in but those figures soon changed. Afridi was beaten with his first ball, but then struck four runs through square leg, a boundary over third man off the thick edge and flicked a six into the Grand Stand off Watson's final ball.
In the next over, Afridi showed panache when he played an intentional late dab shot off Watson for four down to third man through second slip and gully.
In the same over he clubbed Watson over long-off for another six. When he tried to repeat the stroke, he miscued and was caught at mid-off.
Butt registered his ninth test half century with his 10th boundary and possibly his best, cover driven off Mitchell Johnson. In the same over, Johnson drifted the ball towards Butt's leg stump and was subsequently clipped firmly through midwicket for another boundary.
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