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England's attack strikes back after Butt ton

The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

November 15, 2005

England 418 and 24 for 1 (Strauss 7*, Bell 12*) need a further 174 runs to beat Pakistan 274 and 341 (Salman Butt 122, Inzamam-ul-Haq 72)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball
How they were out



Salman Butt made a well-deserved 122 © AFP


After a day which forked in different directions, this match has been left on a knife edge. Pakistan welded together a strong lead through Salman Butt and Inzamam-ul-Haq, but England's steely seamers blasted through the tail to limit further damage, only for the first-innings mainstay Marcus Trescothick to fall just before the end of play. Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell suffered the occasional alarm but survived the closing overs and England now require a further 174 runs for victory, with nine wickets in hand.

It's a scenario few would have predicted when England were in firm control of proceedings well into the third day, but a sustained fightback from Pakistan, with Butt at the helm, has left both teams with everything to play for, although England have the slight edge.

Butt batted extremely well for his 122, his top score at Test level, and he showed a maturity and composure which belied his 21 years. He brought up his second Test century, his first in Pakistan, in an extraordinary first over after lunch, when he guided Ashley Giles's third ball to leg to scamper a quick two. Three balls later he could have gone as he scrambled to beat Paul Collingwood's throw, but Asad Rauf, the third umpire, eventually turned down the shout even though replays hinted that the bails might have left their grooves with him fractionally short of his ground.

The decision wasn't to prove too costly, though - he was out 19 runs later. And if England feel at all aggrieved then they would do well to remember that Trescothick could have gone when he was on 48, and he went on to add a further 145 runs.

Inzamam and Butt threatened to take the game away from England with some solid batting in the morning, exemplifying the team orders to be positive. They did not play with rapid fire; instead they had to apply themselves on a pitch which demands patience, but which was offering little to the bowlers.

Butt headed into lunch on 99 not out following a morning dominated by Pakistan, who were capitalizing on the momentum they generated yesterday, and he made sure of three figures in the first over after lunch. Inzamam did his bit, too, and he reached his 41st Test fifty just before the break.



Matthew Hoggard grabs the vital wicket of Butt during England's fightback © AFP


England badly needed a breakthrough, but at this stage it was hard to see where it would come from. They had managed just one wicket in the morning session, that of the nightwatchman Mohammad Sami. He had fallen to the fiery Andrew Flintoff, who was roaring to go from the off - and nearly got Butt first ball with a venomous bouncer which was gloved to the slips. But he had overstepped, one of several no-balls.

Cometh the new ball, cometh the breakthrough as Matthew Hoggard trapped Inzamam for 72 after he left one which nipped in at him. In a swift passage of play England's bowlers swung the match back in their favour - quite literally - with a feisty new-ball burst that removed four wickets for 30 runs in 49 balls.

Flintoff removed Mohammad Yousuf and Hasan Raza. Yousuf had taken to heart the team orders to strike out and he put his everything into walloping 16 from 13 balls, including two delicious clips through midwicket off Flintoff. But the bowler had the last laugh as Yousuf clumped a loose delivery straight to gully; a dismissal which owed more to bad batting than good bowling.

The same could not be said of Flintoff's next wicket, a peach of a delivery which kissed Raza's bat and was held by Trescothick at first slip. Raza's stay at the crease was yet again short and sour; he made 1 to go with his equally lamentable duck. Butt was next to go, courtesy of a snorting awayswinger from Hoggard.

Pakistan came out fighting after tea, but England polished off the rest with some hard elbow grease. Kamran Akmal led a rearguard action, biffing a ferocious 33, while protecting the tail. He played sensibly and yet strikingly and his contribution could prove vital as he lifted to take Pakistan to 341, an eventual lead of 197.

Giles got the first breakthrough of the final session - and his first wicket this match - when Bell pulled off a great catch in close to remove Shoaib Akhtar for 11. Shabbir Ahmed was an easy wicket for Steve Harmison, falling first ball.



Inzamam-ul-Haq hooks on his way to his 41st Test fifty © AFP


Harmison added Akmal soon after, as the batsman tried to steer over to midwicket where Kevin Pietersen was waiting. A nation held its breath, Pietersen held the catch, his first in his sixth Test. It may have been a simple chance - a big loopy one to deep midwicket - but Pietersen's wide grin told its own story, that of a man who had dropped his previous six chances at this level.

England were left needing 198, and they chipped away in the nine overs before the close. But Pakistan's bowlers applied themselves equally well and Shabbir, who bowled so well in the first innings, was again in possession of a tight line. Thrown the new ball ahead of Sami, his four overs went for six runs, but more important at this stage was the dismissal of Trescothick, as he squeezed through the batsman's defences with a ball that kept a fraction low.

It was an absolutely crucial wicket. Trescothick has been the only batsman to have truly mastered the conditions on the tour so far. Publicly, England will say they are confident of chasing down this total, privately they may be fearing Danish Kaneria and a collapse on a pitch now showing signs of wear. An intriguing final day is in store.


How they were out


England

Marcus Trescothick b Shabbir 5 (7 for 1)
Ball kept low; chopped on

Pakistan


Shoaib Malik c Trescothick b Harmison 18 (31 for 1)
Forceful edge snatched two-handed and to the left at first slip

Younis Khan c Trescothick b Flintoff 48 (125 for 2)
Tired steer to gully

Mohammad Sami c Jones b Flintoff 3 (131 for 3)
Thick edge

Inzamam-ul-Haq lbw b Hoggard 72 (266 for 4)
Complete misjudgement - shouldered arms and trapped plumb

Mohammad Yousuf c Bell b Flintoff 16 (285 for 5)
Failed to move feet, steered to gully

Hasan Raza c Jones b Flintoff 1 (291 for 6)
Also failed to move his feet

Salman Butt c Jones b Hoggard (295 for 7)
Pushed at an awayswinger

Shoaib Akhtar c Bell b Giles 11 (331 for 8)
Propped forward, sharp low catch at silly point

Shabbir Ahmed c Jones b Harmison 0 (332 for 9)
Outside edge, regulation catch

Kamran Akmal c Pietersen b Harmison 33 (341 all ou)
Top-edge pull, high catch to deep square-leg

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Pakistan edge closer to England

The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

November 14, 2005

Pakistan 125 for 2 (Salman Butt 53*, Mohammad Sami 0*) trail England 418 (Trescothick 193, Bell 71, Flintoff 45) by 19 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball
How they were out



Salman Butt reached an assured and mature fifty © AFP




At last something for the home crowd to cheer about. After being on the backfoot for most of the first two days - and watching Marcus Trescothick cruise to a brilliant 193 today - Pakistan clawed their way back into this match with some brave batting.

Salman Butt led the charge and brought them near to parity with his second fifty of the match, and he was well supported by Younis Khan who perished for 48 just before the close. The smart money is still on England, though, thanks largely to the efforts of Trescothick as Pakistan closed on 125 for 2, 19 runs behind.

Trescothick continued where he left off yesterday, in confident, authoritative fashion, to stride to his second-highest Test score. His marathon innings, which began yesterday morning, finally came to a close in the third over after lunch.

Spare a thought for his poor shins, though, which have really suffered this year with the number of times Trescothick has kicked himself: in his last 16 Test innings he has scored between 150 and 200 four times. This latest kick will be the most painful, just seven runs shy of joining Ted Dexter as the only other English player to make a double ton in Pakistan. Still, he won't be complaining too much having solidified England's position.

True, he had two reprieves - offering a sitter in the deep to the substitute Rana Naved on 181, and there was a less clear-cut chance on 48 yesterday when Danish Kaneria's appeal was turned down - but otherwise his innings was a thing of beauty, not to mention brains. He cut, swept and punch-drove in ominously dominant vein and when Naved spilled the chance Inzamam could have wept. Luckily for Pakistan the reprieve wasn't too costly.

Trescothick's eventual dismissal, an edge off Shabbir Ahmed, triggered a collapse; England lost their last four wickets for 30 runs. Ahmed took three of them, including the next to fall, Geraint Jones, who had followed Trescothick's example with a series of impressive cover drives in a stylish 22. Shoaib Ahktar nipped in to dismiss Shaun Udal for a duck before Ahmed was back to remove Ashley Giles, after a flighty 16, to end with 4 for 54. It was a well-deserved haul after some tight bowling.

Earlier, Andrew Flintoff made a hardworking 45 before he had a rush of blood just before lunch and he sent a catch high to Malik in the deep. It was a needless dismissal having played so sensibly, but just reward for some good thinking by Inzamam to bring back Akhtar for another burst.

Another plan went right for Inzamam where Kevin Pietersen was concerned, bringing on Danish Kaneria as soon as Pietersen strode jauntily in. Pietersen's 5 was of the blink-and-miss variety. He did a lot of missing.

His first four balls off Kaneria were all defensives - solid; less solid; quite shaky; very shaky. The fifth ball he cover drove for four. Ah, easy. Well, actually, no - the very next delivery, he was wrong-footed by the wrong'un.



Marcus Trescothick can't believe it as he's dismissed yet again in sight of a double-century © Getty Images




Trescothick and Flintoff played the bamboozling Kaneria better. Flintoff struggled at first to pick the wrong'un but made amends with some booming drives. The vital Trescothick was more assured, the highlight a straight-driven six.

Matthew Hoggard hung around for a stubborn half hour before Akhtar teased him out. He had done his job. Trescothick and co then did theirs, but so did Pakistan's batsmen.

An increasingly quick pitch should have encouraged England's bowlers, as should the movement Pakistan had earlier found with their second new ball. Butt and Malik, though, got Pakistan off to a flyer, putting on a quick 31 in six overs against the new-ball attack of Hoggard and Flintoff.

Trescothick made a swift change, introducing Steve Harmison in just the seventh over. The switch paid immediate dividends, as Harmison found Malik's edge. It was a breakthrough England badly needed to peg back the scoring rate after the openers set off playing naturally and aggressively.

From thereon in it was uphill for England's bowlers as Butt continued to capitalize on the early initiative, although at a more controlled tempo. He used all the shots in his bag: good on the leg side, very strong on the cut; he was attacking, but patient, too. By the close he had notched an admirable unbeaten 53 from 118 balls, with only the hint of a chance from a Flintoff bouncer which he fended forwards and upwards but just out of reach of a tumbling Jones.

Khan was a worthy sidekick and he was unlucky to fall for 48 six balls before the close, steering Flintoff to a diving Trescothick in the gully; another impressive piece of outfielding to add to England's stunning display this Test. The loss of Khan was something of a wasted wicket, though, yet Pakistan will be pleased with their overall efforts as they inch towards erasing the deficit.



How they were out


Pakistan


Shoaib Malik c Trescothick b Harmison 18 (31 for 1)
Forceful edge snatched two-handed and to the left at first slip

Younis Khan c Trescothick b Flintoff 48 (125 for 2)
Tired steer to gully


England


Andrew Strauss lbw Sami 9 (18 for 1)
Beaten for pace and swing

Ian Bell c Butt b Malik 71 (198 for 2)
Inside edge scooped at short leg

Paul Collingwood c Akmal b Shabbir 10 (251 for 3)
Pushed hard at innocuous straight one

Matthew Hoggard c Akmal b Akhtar 1 (266 for 4)
Thin edge through

Kevin Pietersen c Butt b Kaneria 5 (271 for 5)
Popped leading edge to short leg

Andrew Flintoff c Malik b Akhtar 45 (364 for 6)
Skied to deep mid-wicket

Marcus Trescothick c Akmal b Ahmed 193 (388 for 7)
Outside edge to keeper

Geraint Jones b Ahmed 22 (399 for 8)
Offstump knocked back by peach of a delivery

Shaun Udal lbw Akhtar 0 (401 for 9)
Tried to play across the line

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