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First Test: Australia cruising as Pakistan crash by Trevor Robb PERTH, Australia, Friday - Australian captain Ricky Ponting opted not to enforce the follow-on Friday after a disastrous day of undisciplined cricket saw Pakistan humiliated on the second day of the first test at the Western Australian Cricket Association ground. The tourists plunged to 179 at the end of their first innings - still 202 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 381 and three runs short of avoiding the follow-on. Instead Ponting decided to bat again and after three overs his team were 15 for none at stumps with openers Justin Langer not out on three and Matthew Hayden on seven. But already there was more bad news for Pakistan after star bowler Shoaib Akhtar limped off the ground halfway through his second over. It was he and fellow paceman Mohammad Sami who had provided the only bright spot in a terrible day for Pakistan with a dour ninth-wicket stand of 60 which took 176 balls to build. After a shaky start in their opening session, losing the opening pair of Salman Butt and Imran Farhat for 45, Pakistan then lost six wickets after the lunch break for just 60.Shane Warne and Michael Kasprowicz feasted on the slovenly antics of the Pakistan batsmen to finish with figures of 3-38 and 5-30 respectively. Warne in particular was delighted to see the wickets of allrounder Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Khalil fall to his guile as they attempted outrageous swipes. But it was Younis Khan, who had come to the crease with the score at 45 for two and had settled the innings slightly with a measured 42, that started the rot. Younis had already seen his captain Inzamam-ul-Haq bowled by Kasprowicz straight after lunch for one and Yousuf Youhana caught behind off the same bowler for the same score to see his team reeling at 60 for four.
AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS (357-8 overnight) J. Langer c Younis Khan b Mohammad Sami 191 M. Hayden lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 4 R. Ponting b Mohammad Sami 25 D. Martyn c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Sami 1 D. Lehmann b Shoaib Akhtar 12 M. Clarke c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Shoaib Akhtar 1 A. Gilchrist b Abdul Razzaq 69 S. Warne c Yousuf Youhana b Abdul Razzaq 12 J. Gillespie c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar 24 M. Kasprowicz lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 4 G. McGrath not out 8 Extras (b-1 lb-14 w-5 nb-10) 30 TOTAL (all out, 90.5 overs) 381 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-6 2-56 3-58 4-71 5-78 6-230 7-253 8-3339-362 BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 22-1-99-5 (nb-1 w-1), Mohammad Sami 25.5-3-104-3 (nb-3 w-2), Mohammad Khalil 16-0-59-0 (nb-1 w-1), Abdul Razzaq 12-0-55-2 (nb-5 w-1), Danish Kaneria 15-2-49-0. PAKISTAN 1ST INNINGS Salman Butt c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 17 Imran Farhat c Gilchrist b Gillespie 18 Younis Khan c Gillespie b Warne 42 Inzamam-ul-Haq b Kasprowicz 1 Yousuf Youhana c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 1 Abdul Razzaq b Warne 21 Kamran Akmal b Kasprowicz 2 Mohammad Sami c Clarke b Kasprowicz 29 Mohammad Khalil b Warne 0 Shoaib Akhtar c Warne b McGrath 27 Danish Kaneria not out 6 Extras (b-1 lb-3 w-7 nb-4) 15 TOTAL (all out, 77.3 overs) 179 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-32 2-45 3-55 4-60 5-108 6-110 7-110 8-111 9-171 BOWLING: McGrath 19-7-44-1, Gillespie 14-2-43-1 (w-2), Kasprowicz 16.3-6-30-5 (nb-4), Warne 21-9-38-3 (w-5), Lehmann 4-2-5-0, Ponting 3-1-15-0. AUSTRALIA 2ND INNINGS J. Langer not out 3 M. Hayden not out 7 Extras (lb-5) 5 TOTAL (for no wicket, 3 overs) 15 BOWLING (to date): Shoaib Akhtar 1.3-0-5-0, Mohammad Sami 1-0-4-0, Abdul Razzaq 0.3-0-1-0. |
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