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Pakistan surge to crushing 165-run win
The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson
December 15, 2005
Pakistan 353 for 6 (Akmal 109, Yousuf 68, Inzamam 45, Razzaq 51*) beat England 188 (Bell 37*, Shoaib Malik 3-29) by 165 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
Kamran Akmal leads an explosive charge © Getty Images
Pakistan completed a crushing 165-run victory over England to take a 2-1 lead in the series. The result equals England's heaviest defeat in ODIs and leaves them with a mountain to climb in the final two matches. The batting subsided in a mass of poor shots with Ian Bell, the Supersub, making a forlorn 37 at the death. However, the batsmen were always on a hiding to nothing after the bowlers were smashed to all parts.
Full report to follow
25.2 overs England 122 for 6 trail Pakistan 353 for 6 (Akmal 109, Yousuf 68, Inzamam 45, Razzaq 51*) by 306 runs
Pakistan grabbed a stranglehold on this match to sink England further into the mire. Just after the halfway point of their reply, England were 122 for 6 and flailing 231 runs behind Pakistan. They need a wildly unlikely nine-and-a-half an over for victory.
England lost three early wickets before Mohammad Sami's wicket maiden sent Andrew Strauss to join his chastened team-mates in the shed. Andrew Flintoff followed for 36, bowled by Yasir Arafat and Paul Collingwood holed out for 19 as Shoaib Malik joined in the party, striking in his first over.
The visitors are in disarray and it could be early showers all round, although Duncan Fletcher may well just be turning on the cold taps. Pakistan, meanwhile, are preparing to celebrate a thoroughly deserved 2-1 series lead.
10 overs England 47 for 3 (Strauss 6*, Flintoff 5*) trail Pakistan 353 for 6 (Akmal 109, Yousuf 68, Inzamam 45, Razzaq 51*) by 306 runs
England made a woeful start to their huge run-chase, slumping to 47 for 3 with just ten overs gone. The required run-rate of seven an over crept up from the very beginning as Marcus Trescothick played out a maiden from the first over. And things didn't get much better from there.
He patted down a Shoaib Akhtar delivery and turned down a single with Matt Prior, who couldn't make his ground as the bowler threw down the stumps. Trescothick fell shortly after, the first of two quick wickets for Rana Naved. Vikram Solanki was the other; he also edged out.
With no Kevin Pietersen and an ever-spiralling run-rate, England are firmly up against it. They will require nothing short of a miracle to pull anything off, here. Already it seems to be a case of how much they will be beaten by, rather than an if.
50 overs Pakistan 353 for 6 (Akmal 109, Yousuf 68, Inzamam 45, Razzaq 51*) v England
Kamran Akmal smacked his second successive century to blast Pakistan to an imposing total in the third one-dayer at Karachi. They made a mountainous 353 for 6, with Mohammad Yousuf battering his way to fifty and Abdul Razzaq clattering an unbeaten 51 from 22 balls to set England a worryingly high run-chase. It's one that they will have to make without their big-hitting superstar Kevin Pietersen.
No such worries for Pakistan who continue to show they are a force to be reckoned with in one-dayers, with Akmal and Yousuf sharing a stand of 104 for the third wicket, then Razzaq and Inzamam-ul-Haq adding 78 in just 40 balls. And they may just have resolved their opening duo conundrum finally, too, with Akmal and Butt putting on another decent stand - this time, 74. In this series they now average more than 50 per innings for the first wicket. That will do.
What won't do is England's bowling performance. Again they were under par, again they were punished accordingly. A woeful display it may have been, replete with wide after wide, but credit must be given to Pakistan's batsmen who capitalized on the loose stuff and improvised off the good balls to punch their way past the 350-mark.
Akmal was in particularly fine touch, batting out of his crease as early as the eighth over, and dispatching all that came near him with a series of strong shots off both the front and the back foot. As Akmal charged on his own merry way to another century - which included a let-off from Paul Collingwood with a caught-and-bowled chance on 69 - Mohammad Yousuf joined in the fun, twice hitting Plunkett for two fours behind the wicket early doors.
Shahid Afridi, on his return from suspension, chipped in with a cameo of 31. Before this match he had announced he was chomping at the bit and he did not disappoint as he launched a series of impressive boundaries, including some typically booming sixes. But he was cut down in his prime after a mix-up with his partner, Yousuf, who set off without calling after dinking a cut to gully which Collingwood fumbled but recovered. Geraint Jones shattered the stumps with a decisive one-hand swoosh and Afridi was well short.
Yousuf was then responsible for his own downfall when, on 68, a similar shot led to a similar outcome, only this time Collingwood found the stumps on his own. England were sharp in the field all the while but Trescothick, who took the Powerplay immediately, was left to regret his decision to field - because the assault was set to continue.
Razzaq applied further salt, rubbing it in during a painful Plunkett over which read: one, dot, four, four, four, six. And that was just the start of it. At the other end Inzamam eased his way to 45 from just 35 deliveries.
In the opening exchanges, Pakistan were troubled only by the double loss of Butt and Younis Khan, who both fell to Plunkett in quick time. Plunkett's slower delivery foxed Butt into a light chip to midwicket, then Khan swiped a wideish delivery for a second-ball duck.
But otherwise, England's best-laid plans were turned to dust in the face of onslaughts from Akmal and Yousuf, the anchor to the others' dashing blades. They tried the short ball but with little effect as Pakistan's batsmen exploded out of the blocks ... and then kept on exploding with a joyous display of powerful clean hitting.
How they were out
Pakistan
Salman Butt c Flintoff b Plunkett 29 (74 for 1)
Attempted whip through mid-wicket; deceived by slower ball
Younis Khan c Jones b Plunkett 0 (84 for 2)
Thick edge off wide-ish one
Kamran Akmal c b 109 (188 for 3)
Miscue sent high to mid-wicket
Shahid Afridi run out (Collingwood/Jones) 31 (234 for 4)
Mix-up with Yousuf, shy in from gully, bails whipped off
Mohammad Yousuf run out (Collingwood) 68 (272 for 5)
Dink to gully, direct hit finds him well out
Inzamam-ul-Haq b Flintoff 45 (350 for 6)
Cleaned up by yorker
England
Matt Prior run out (Ahktar) 2 (22 for 1)
Sent back to non-striker's end, direct hit
Marcus Trescothick c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Naved (40 for 2)
Played away from his body, thick edge to first slip
Vikram Solanki c Khan b Naved (40 for 3)
Big outswinger outside off stump, edge to third slip
Andrew Strauss lbw b Sami 23 (79 for 4)
Plumb, trapped low
Andrew Flintoff b Yasir Arafat 36 (101 for 5)
Leg-stump yorker, tried to make room
Paul Collingwood c Butt b Malik 19 (22 for 6)
Holed out at mid-wicket
Shahrukh Khan
Age: 124
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Curried Chicken Pieces
Ingredients
One kg chicken pieces One tablespoon oil One tablespoon butter One onion, chopped Two sticks celery, sliced One cooking apple, chopped One clove garlic, crushed One tomato, skinned and sliced One green capsicum, chopped One tablespoon curry powder One tablespoon flour One-and-a-half cup chicken stock
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Method
(Step 1) Preheat large browning dish on High in the microwave oven for five minutes. (Step 2) Place chicken pieces with oil into dish and cook on High for six minutes. Turn over once during cooking. (Step 3) Remove chicken pieces and set aside. Wipe the browning dish. (Step 4) Place butter in the dish with onion, celery, apple, garlic, tomato and capsicum. Cook on High for three minutes. (Step 5) Return chicken pieces to dish. Blend curry powder and flour with a small quantity of stock. Add to chicken with remainder of stock. (Step 6) Cover and cook on High for twenty minutes. Stir occasionally during cooking.