Faisalabad Cricket Test England vs Pakistan

England hit by Pakistan run spree

Shahid Afridi smashed 67 off 62 balls to give Pakistan the initiative on day one of the second Test against England.
He hit four big sixes to add 99 with captain Inzamam-ul-Haq (80) as the hosts closed in Faisalabad on 300-4.
Steve Harmison, Andrew Flintoff and Matthew Hoggard took a wicket apiece to leave Pakistan on 87-3 at lunch.
Mohammad Yousuf, who hit an attractive 78, then put on 128 with Inzamam before he was caught and bowled by Ian Bell, only for Afridi to cut loose.

Faisalabad, day one (stumps): Pakistan 300-4 v England

England struggle on day of drama

Pakistan's seam bowlers reduced England to 113-3 at stumps on day two, with Marcus Trescothick out for 48, as the hosts remained in charge in Faisalabad.
Andrew Strauss and Michael Vaughan were the others to fall with England still 349 behind, but Ian Bell is 36 not out.
On a frantic day, there was a 10-minute interruption when a gas canister exploded accidentally on the boundary.
Inzamam-ul-Haq had earlier top-scored with 109 in Pakistan's 462 before being run out in controversial fashion.
Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi will still be able to bowl for Pakistan despite being banned from the next Test for damaging the pitch.

Faisalabad, day two (stumps): Pakistan 462 v England 113-3

England aim to pressure Pakistan

England will be hoping to extend their innings on day four of the second Test and put pressure on Pakistan. The tourists finished Tuesday on 391-7 - 71 short of Pakistan's first-innings total - thanks to centuries from Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen was even more confident, eyeing up the possibility of a dramatic victory. In the final Test of the 2000 series, England trailed Pakistan by 17 runs after the first innings. But they bowled the home side out for 158 on the last day before scoring the 176 required to clinch the series 2-1.

Faisalabad, day three (stumps): Pakistan 462 v England 391-7

Inspired Flintoff revives England

Andrew Flintoff took three wickets to boost England's hopes of bowling out Pakistan cheaply in the second Test.
Pakistan limped to stumps on 183-6, a lead of 199, with Inzamam-ul-Haq on 41, and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan yet to score. Opener Salman Butt made 50 but fell in controversial circumstances and Flintoff removed Mohammad Yousuf and Shahid Afridi with successive balls. Earlier, Steve Harmison and Shaun Udal put on 47 for the last wicket to take England to 446, just 16 runs behind. Flintoff bowled 19 heroic overs in three spells, making an early breakthrough just after lunch when he tempted Shoaib Malik into a lofted drive to extra cover.

Faisalabad, day four (stumps): Pakistan 462 & 183-6 v England 446

Defiant England hang on for draw

England survived a nightmarish batting collapse to secure a draw with Pakistan in the second Test in Faisalabad.
Ashley Giles and Geraint Jones shared an obdurate stand of 30 for the seventh wicket until bad light ended the day. Chasing a notional 285 to win, England were 20-4 at one point before Kevin Pietersen (42) and Andrew Flintoff (56) put on 80 for the fifth wicket. Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq had hit his second century of the match before declaring on 268-9. The result leaves England 1-0 down with the final Test in Lahore next week, ending a run of six series victories stretching back to 2003.

Faisalabad, end of day five: Pakistan 462 & 268-9 dec v England 446 & 164-6

Pakistan 1st Innings 462 all out (115.4 overs)	Pakistan 2nd Innings 268 for 9 (93.1 overs)
England 1st Innings 446 all out (132.3 overs)	England 2nd Innings 164 for 6 (48.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Shoaib Malik	c A Flintoff	b M J Hoggard	27	57	2	1
Salman Butt	c G O Jones	b S J Harmison	26	50	3	1
Younis Khan	c K P Pietersen	b A Flintoff	7	24	1	0
Mohammad Yousuf	c and b	I R Bell	78	143	8	2
Inzamam-ul-Haq	run out		109	200	13	0
Shahid Afridi	c M E Trescothick	b M J Hoggard	92	85	6	6
Kamran Akmal	c G O Jones	b A F Giles	41	78	5	0
Naved-ul-Hasan		b S J Harmison	25	22	3	1
Mohammad Sami	c and b	A F Giles	18	16	3	0
Shoaib Akhtar	c A Flintoff	b S J Harmison	12	29	0	2
Danish Kaneria	not out		4	5	1	0
Extras		15nb 5b 3lb	23
Total		all out	462

Bowler O M R W M J Hoggard 22.0 0 115 2 A Flintoff 29.0 2 76 1 A F Giles 20.0 1 85 2 S J Harmison 24.4 5 85 3 S D Udal 13.0 1 60 0 I R Bell 7.0 1 33 1

Fall of wicket   53 Salman Butt 63 Younis Khan 73 Shoaib Malik 201 Mohammad Yousuf 346 Shahid Afridi 369 Inzamam-ul-Haq 403 Naved-ul-Hasan 431 Mohammad Sami 446 Kamran Akmal 462 Shoaib Akhtar

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
M E Trescothick	c Kamran Akmal	b Mohammad Sami	48	115	8	0
A J Strauss		b Naved-ul-Hasan	12	36	1	0
M P Vaughan		b Naved-ul-Hasan	2	8	0	0
I R Bell	c Kamran Akmal	b Shahid Afridi	115	272	7	0
K P Pietersen	c Mohammad Yousuf	b Shoaib Akhtar	100	137	6	3
A Flintoff		b Shoaib Akhtar	1	10	0	0
G O Jones	lbw	b Shahid Afridi	55	86	8	0
A F Giles		b Shahid Afridi	26	82	3	0
S D Udal	not out		33	41	3	1
M J Hoggard		b Shahid Afridi	2	13	0	0
S J Harmison	run out		16	17	2	0
Extras		22nb 1w 1b 12lb	36
Total		all out	446

Bowler O M R W Shoaib Akhtar 27.0 4 93 2 Naved-ul-Hasan 20.0 2 63 2 Mohammad Sami 19.0 4 51 1 Shahid Afridi 30.3 3 95 4 Danish Kaneria 32.0 3 102 0 Shoaib Malik 4.0 0 29 0

Fall of wicket   33 A J Strauss 39 M P Vaughan 107 M E Trescothick 261 K P Pietersen 272 A Flintoff 327 I R Bell 378 G O Jones 395 A F Giles 399 M J Hoggard 446 S J Harmison

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Shoaib Malik	c I R Bell	b A Flintoff	26	59	4	0
Salman Butt	lbw	b S D Udal	50	141	4	0
Younis Khan	lbw	b M J Hoggard	27	41	3	0
Mohammad Yousuf		b A Flintoff	20	69	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq	not out		100	134	9	1
Shahid Afridi		b A Flintoff	0	1	0	0
Kamran Akmal	c G O Jones	b S J Harmison	9	15	1	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	c G O Jones	b S J Harmison	1	4	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar	c G O Jones	b M J Hoggard	14	60	1	0
Mohammad Sami	lbw	b M J Hoggard	5	33	0	0
Danish Kaneria	not out		2	5	0	0
Extras		3nb 2w 4b 5lb	14
Total		for 9	268

Bowler O M R W M J Hoggard 16.0 1 50 3 A Flintoff 27.1 2 66 3 S J Harmison 19.0 2 61 2 A F Giles 17.0 3 51 0 S D Udal 14.0 2 31 1

Fall of wicket   54 Shoaib Malik 104 Younis Khan 108 Salman Butt 164 Mohammad Yousuf 164 Shahid Afridi 183 Kamran Akmal 187 Naved-ul-Hasan 234 Shoaib Akhtar 244 Mohammad Sami

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
M E Trescothick		b Shoaib Akhtar	0	4	0	0
A J Strauss		b Naved-ul-Hasan	0	6	0	0
M P Vaughan	lbw	b Naved-ul-Hasan	9	15	1	0
I R Bell	c Kamran Akmal	b Shoaib Akhtar	0	7	0	0
K P Pietersen	c sub	b Naved-ul-Hasan	42	65	4	0
A Flintoff	c sub	b Shoaib Akhtar	56	98	9	1
G O Jones	not out		30	61	6	0
A F Giles	not out		13	34	1	0
Extras		2nb 4b 8lb	14
Total		for 6	164

Bowler O M R W Shoaib Akhtar 11.0 2 61 3 Naved-ul-Hasan 12.0 3 30 3 Mohammad Sami 6.0 1 18 0 Danish Kaneria 12.0 4 27 0 Shahid Afridi 7.0 2 16 0

Fall of wicket   1 M E Trescothick 5 A J Strauss 10 I R Bell 20 M P Vaughan 100 K P Pietersen 138 A Flintoff

Umpires: D B Hair, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Naved-ul-Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar, Danish Kaneria
England: M E Trescothick, A J Strauss, M P Vaughan, I R Bell, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, G O Jones, A F Giles, S D Udal, M J Hoggard, S J Harmison

England in Pakistan 2005-06 Series Schedule

Date	Match	Venue
Oct 31 - Nov 2	England vs Patron's XI	Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi
Nov 6-8	England v Pakistan A	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Nov 12-16	1st Test	Multan
Nov 20-24	2nd Test	Faisalabad
Nov 29 - Dec 3	3rd Test	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Dec 7	1 Day Warm Up	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Dec 10	1st ODI	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Dec 12	2nd ODI	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Dec 15	3rd ODI	Karachi
Dec 19	4th ODI	Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi
Dec 21	5th ODI	Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi