- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.5 again a poor shot selection at lunch, hung his bat and got an easy edge to Atherton, and its lunch 86/31.3 off stump vanishes 6/18.4 the ball popped a bit got him on the handle and a dolly catch to Vaughan at short leg 39/259.1 went after a ball outside off, sliced it to Ward at point, get a standing ovation on the way back 255/620.5 edged, was a rising ball leaving him and gets the reward 92/453.5 moves across, bat held high and a poor decision by Khan to not play at it, has to walk back, and Pak lose a critical wicket just before the break 233/574.5 Hoggard gets a just reward for persevering, edged for a straightforward catch by Knight 308/786.4 well Wasim could not resist a cut to a ball leaving him, edged into Stewarts safe hands, as Pak lose a late wicket just before close 357/850.2 a well timed push to backward point 221/4Extras24 (lb 9, nb 15)TOTAL403 all out (96.4 Overs, RR: 4.16, 407 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Abdul Razzaq, 1.3 ov), 2-39 (Faisal Iqbal, 8.4 ov), 3-86 (Saeed Anwar, 18.5 ov), 4-92 (Mohammad Yousuf, 20.5 ov), 5-233 (Younis Khan, 53.5 ov), 6-255 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 59.1 ov), 7-308 (Azhar Mahmood, 74.5 ov), 8-357 (Wasim Akram, 86.4 ov), 9-380 (Rashid Latif, 93.2 ov), 10-403 (Waqar Younis, 96.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB D Gough 23.4 2 94 3 3.97 0 2 AR Caddick 28 2 111 3 3.96 0 6 MJ Hoggard 19 4 79 3 4.15 0 1 DG Cork 21 2 75 0 3.57 0 5 ME Trescothick 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0 MP Vaughan 2 0 21 0 10.5 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 ball moved away a tad, fine outer edge and ump Sheppard signals him back, waited for the finger 15/251 to point 221/486.5 good set up by Waqar, bowled bouncers then an extra effort getting a ball to rise off a length, gloved to Latif 283/486 a possible run out coming u 282/294.2 going for a second run to third man where Azhar Mahmood was quick to pounce on it and threw the stumps down on his throw 309/5106.1 ball angled across him, he reached for it outside off, a low snick to a divein Latif, good catch 348/6108.2 drives uppishly and Saeed Anwar is in the way, an easy one at mid off 353/7109.3 took the shoulder of the bat off the 'doosra' the other one from Saqlain 354/8110.1 a beauty of a ball, nipped in and got the off stump 356/9111.2 expectedly a tossed up 'doosra' straightened and he played inside it, Pakistan end up with a lead of 46 after a rather amazing collapse before tea by England, from 282 for 2 then all out for 357 357/10Extras15 (lb 5, nb 8, w 2)TOTAL357 all out (111.2 Overs, RR: 3.2, 487 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Marcus Trescothick, 6.1 ov), 2-15 (Mike Atherton, 7.2 ov), 3-282 (Graham Thorpe, 85.6 ov), 4-283 (Michael Vaughan, 86.5 ov), 5-309 (Ian Ward, 94.2 ov), 6-348 (Nick Knight, 106.1 ov), 7-353 (Dominic Cork, 108.2 ov), 8-354 (Andy Caddick, 109.3 ov), 9-356 (Darren Gough, 110.1 ov), 10-357 (Matthew Hoggard, 111.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Wasim Akram 30 7 89 1 2.96 1 0 Waqar Younis 24 3 87 2 3.62 0 1 Azhar Mahmood 8 0 35 0 4.37 1 0 Saqlain Mushtaq 30.2 7 80 2 2.63 0 1 Abdul Razzaq 19 2 61 3 3.21 0 5
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3 as usual Anwar gives it away, a brilliant catch by Thorpe, ball rushed onto him and he looked silly as it seemed he had given some slip catching practice 24/16 went for a hook but ball was too fast and low, skied to Cork at mid wicket 41/222.2 a flick to leg and a superb diving to his left, catch by Stewart, stuck into his gloves while he rolled over 63/368 deceived by a slower ball, went for a drive, inside thick edge to Trescothick at mid wicket 204/468.3 ump Nicholls finger goes up, unlucky for youhana as it had passed close to gloves but had hit the peak of the helmet in fact 208/577.3 given out by ump Sheppard, was a noise and pad too, on replay we see the inside edge, away he goes 232/681.1 played over a full length ball, trying to force it to leg, played inside it 241/795.3 a conventional edge and a good catch at Solitary slip by Atherton, Hoggard rewarded for his excellent efforts all afternoon 300/896.3 went for a hoik and an emotional scene as everyone at this home ground for a 15 year stint, gives him a standing ovation, he acknowledges it too 306/998.5 walks out of his crease, pulls and skies it waaaay up and Stewart calls for it into his gloves, all over with Pak leading by 369 323/10Extras30 (lb 11, nb 19)TOTAL323 all out (98.5 Overs, RR: 3.26, 445 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Saeed Anwar, 2.6 ov), 2-41 (Abdul Razzaq, 5.6 ov), 3-63 (Faisal Iqbal, 22.2 ov), 4-204 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 67.6 ov), 5-208 (Mohammad Yousuf, 68.3 ov), 6-232 (Younis Khan, 77.3 ov), 7-241 (Azhar Mahmood, 81.1 ov), 8-300 (Rashid Latif, 95.3 ov), 9-306 (Wasim Akram, 96.3 ov), 10-323 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 98.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB D Gough 22.5 2 85 3 3.72 0 7 AR Caddick 22 4 92 3 4.18 0 11 MJ Hoggard 29 4 93 3 3.2 0 0 DG Cork 25 9 42 1 1.68 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR47.3 plays all over a perfect reverse swinging ball into middle stump 146/185.2 goes for a rising ball outside leg, Latif holds a fine catch diving to his right, a good innings by Trescothick ends 213/468 a ball that squared him up, edged to Latif 174/282.2 on off stump, beaten as it cartwheels away 201/393 finally a straight one or 'doosra' and ump Shepherd sends Stewart off, not the ball to pad, he misjudged it 229/594.5 went for a cut to a ball that popped, edged to Latif, ump Shep raises his finger immediately 230/793.4 hit high, ball came in and he hopped, ump Nicholls signals out, replay shows they ball was going over and a no ball missed too! 230/6104.5 finger goes up, and replay missing the previous appeal, shows the decision was right but again was a no ball. This is amazing as we seeem to have at least 3 wickets off no balls today! 261/995 that was a clear leg break an offies 'doosra'. knew nothing of it, the Pak fielders and fans almost berserk for joy 230/8105.1 tries a drive, edged and a superb diving catch, one handed leaping, one hope the CricInfo snapper cAught that on film! 261/10Extras13 (b 6, lb 4, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL261 all out (105.1 Overs, RR: 2.48, 456 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-146 (Mike Atherton, 47.3 ov), 2-174 (Michael Vaughan, 67.6 ov), 3-201 (Graham Thorpe, 82.2 ov), 4-213 (Marcus Trescothick, 85.2 ov), 5-229 (Alec Stewart, 92.6 ov), 6-230 (Nick Knight, 93.4 ov), 7-230 (Ian Ward, 94.5 ov), 8-230 (Andy Caddick, 94.6 ov), 9-261 (Dominic Cork, 104.5 ov), 10-261 (Darren Gough, 105.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Wasim Akram 23 4 59 2 2.56 1 2 Waqar Younis 22.1 3 85 3 3.83 0 0 Saqlain Mushtaq 47 20 74 4 1.57 0 0 Abdul Razzaq 13 5 33 1 2.53 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
2-match series drawn 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
31 May, 1,2,3,4 June 2001 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 31 May - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 370/8 (Rashid Latif 64*, Saqlain Mushtaq 2*, 90 ov)
- Fri, 1 Jun - day 2 - England 1st innings 204/2 (MP Vaughan 84*, GP Thorpe 98*, 62.2 ov)
- Sat, 2 Jun - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 87/3 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 25*, Yousuf Youhana 3*, 32.5 ov)
- Sun, 3 Jun - day 4 - England 2nd innings 85/0 (MA Atherton 30*, ME Trescothick 47*, 22 ov)
- Mon, 4 Jun - day 5 - England 2nd innings 261 (105.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- MA Atherton passes 7,500 runs in tests
- ME Trescothick 100 off 218 balls in 282 mins, 12x4, 1x6
- New ball taken at 197/2, 3rd ball of 81st over
- Lunch: Pakistan 181-3 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 70*, Yousuf Youhana 42*)
- New ball taken at 80th over, Pakistan 241/6
- Tea: Pakistan 274/7 (Rashid Latif 18*, Wasim Akram 17*)
- GP Thorpe 100 off 230 balls in 178 mins, 13x4, 1x6
- 200 partnership (Thorpe/Vaughan) off 355 balls in 260 mins
- MP Vaughan 100 off 191 in 273 mins, 13x4
- New Ball taken at 80.2 overs, England 269/2
- Lunch: 298-4 (Stewart 9*, Ward 7*)
- Bad light stopped play at 6.26pm
- Play abandoned at 6.40pm
- Lunch: England 79/2 (Vaughan 33*, Thorpe 28*)
- Tea: 173/2 (Vaughan 77*, Thorpe 77*)
- Rain break from tea to 5.00pm
- Rain stopped play at 5.53pm
- Play abandoned at 6.15pm
- 32 mins lost at start of play
- Lunch Pakistan 86/3 (Inzamum-ul-Haq 31*)
- Tea: Pakistan 233-5 (Inzamam 70*)
- New Ball taken at 327/7 start of 80th over
- 4th Umpire - MR Benson
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