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England seal productive day at Multan
The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson
November 12, 2005
Close Pakistan 244 for 6 for 5 (Shoaib Malik 39, Salman Butt 74, Younis Khan 39, Mohammad Sami 1*, Inzamam-ul-Haq 41*) v England
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball
How they were out
Shaun Udal celebrates his first Test wicket, Salman Butt © Getty Images
You don't get champagne cricket like this year's Ashes every Test match. But England's bowlers produced enough fizz on a defiantly flat pitch to peg back Pakistan to 244 for 6 by the close, after the home side had bossed the opening exchanges. Pakistan lost just one wicket in the morning, but England brought themselves back into contention with four wickets in nine overs either side of tea, among them Shaun Udal's first Test scalp at the tender age of 36. The loss of Kamran Akmal just before stumps sealed a good day for England and of Pakistan's frontline batsmen only Inzamam-ul-Haq, unbeaten on 41, remains.
Full match report to follow
3.10pm Tea Pakistan 181 for 5 (Shoaib Malik 39, Salman Butt 74, Kamran Akmal 0*, Inzamam-ul-Haq 12*) v England
Two wickets in a hostile first over after tea have put England right back into this Test. Steve Harmison, bowling the first ball after tea, got one to nip back sharply on Younis Khan who couldn't react quickly enough. Then Khan's replacement Hasan Raza was struck nastily on the shoulder, putting the batsman on the back foot. This was enough to rough Raza up. Just two balls later a full, inswinging delivery was too quick and straight for him and he was clean-bowled for a duck.
Tea Pakistan 181 for 3 (Shoaib Malik 39, Salman Butt 74, Inzamam-ul-Haq 12*) v England
Salman Butt hit 74 as Pakistan stamped their authority on the first Test at Multan. By tea, they were 181 for 3, with Younis Khan unbeaten on 39. Andrew Flintoff grabbed two wickets for England, and Shaun Udal gained his first Test victim, dismissing Butt to check Pakistan's progress and reapply the pressure. Shoaib Malik had been the only casualty of the morning, lbw to Flintoff for 39, but Pakistan will be happy with their efforts.
They bossed the first session and were cruising in the afternoon when they lost two quick wickets as England got their reward for some patient toil on a slow and flat pitch. Butt was playing a watchful innings, building on the platform he had helped to set with Malik, and he eased his way to his second Test fifty with few alarms. Before lunch, Harmison had found his outside edge, but the ball hardly got up and bounced tamely in front of second slip.
Another Test, another opening combination for Pakistan. This time they chose Butt and Malik and immediately the pair had the opportunity to prove their worth when Inzamam-ul-Haq won the toss and unsurprisingly batted. More surprising was the omission of Shahid Afridi from their lengthy line-up. Butt and Malik, the left-hand, right-hand combination did well though, and they put on 80 for the first wicket with only the odd murmur of alarm, before Flintoff dismissed Malik with lunch looming.
The pair played watchfully, but also aggressively, and grew in confidence with every stroke as they got the measure of the pace and friendly bounce of a flat track. Malik struggled to find his feet in the early stages but, after negotiating the early swing, he soon found his groove with a series of fours and was rarely troubled - an appeal for lbw from Harmison when he was on 18, but which was climbing too high, was the nearest England came to a chance early on. Flintoff got the breakthrough, trapping Malik with one which jagged back and hit him on the knee roll. Ashley Giles was on the money immediately, but he found no reward, and he became increasingly loose, as he tossed in a few full deliveries.
Patience was the name of the game for both teams: England were beginning to apply the pressure with some containing bowling, while Pakistan's batsmen were holding off their challenge. Time does wait for one man, it seems. After years without a Test call-up, the 36-year-old Udal had a further delay in store: he went without a bowl in the morning session. Finally, after lunch Trescothick gave him his chance - and he seized it.
He tried quicker ball after quicker ball before flighting a high looping delivery to Butt, whose own patience finally deserted him. Butt's wild slash bounced off Marcus Trescothick's head at first slip only for Geraint Jones to spin round and dive low to take the parry. It was an encouraging start to Udal's Test career.
Soon after Flintoff followed with a clever delivery to dismiss Yousuf: his inswinging yorker - one of a series dedicated to combating the paceless pitch - pushed back the offstump and suddenly the smiles were back on England's faces. Inzamam did his best to wipe them off again, though, smearing Udal for an insouciant six and four in the last over before tea.
How they were out
Shoaib Malik lbw Flintoff 39 (80 for 1)
Chose to go back and there was no doubt
Salman Butt c Jones b Udal 74 (161 for 2)
Slashed loopy delivery to slip; Jones snatched the rebound
Mohammad Yousuf b Flintoff 5 (166 for 3)
Undone by inswinging yorker
Younis Khan lbw Harmison 39 (181 for 4)
First ball after tea, ball nipped back sharply
Hasan Raza b Harmison 0 (183 for 5)
Sixth ball after tea, inswinging full delivery
Kamran Akmal c Trescothick b Hoggard 28 (283 for 6) Useful first-slip catch as the ball was dying
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