As tough as it can get

by Nazly on Saturday, 14th January 2006 16:00:01

India Vs Pakistan.. In a Cricket Match.. Don't tell me.. There is always excitement and guess what? India is in Pakistan for 3 Tests and 5 One-Day Internationals.

Today was the second day of the First Test Match and Pakistan piled on runs and proved themselves out there. Look at this for a scorecard.

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Pakistan 1st innings                                            R   B   4  6
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Shoaib Malik          c Harbhajan Singh  b Pathan              59 145   7  1
Salman Butt           run out (Yuvraj Singh)                    6   6   1  0
Younis Khan           run out (Harbhajan Singh)               199 336  26  0
Mohammad Yousuf       st Dhoni           b Kumble             173 199  22  2
*Inzamam-ul-Haq       lbw                b Kumble               1   7   0  0
Shahid Afridi         c Harbhajan Singh  b Agarkar            103  80   7  7
+Kamran Akmal         not out                                 102  81  11  2
Naved-ul-Hasan        c Ganguly          b Agarkar              9  13   1  0
Mohammad Sami         not out                                   1   2   0  0
Extras                ( b 4, lb 12, w 2, nb 8 )                26
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 143.3 overs)       679
 
FoW: 1-12 (Salman Butt, 2.1 ov), 2-136 (Shoaib Malik, 44.3 ov),
     3-455 (Mohammad Yousuf, 109.3 ov), 4-456 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 111.3 ov),
     5-477 (Younis Khan, 117.2 ov), 6-647 (Shahid Afridi, 138.5 ov),
     7-668 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 142.4 ov).
 
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pathan                      32      4    133      1 (2nb)
Agarkar                     24      3    122      2 (2w)
Ganguly                      6      1     14      0 (3nb)
Harbhajan Singh             34      5    176      0
Kumble                      39.3    2    178      2 (3nb)
Sehwag                       6      0     24      0
Tendulkar                    2      0     16      0

Now this is why that scorecard looks so hot..

* Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan put up 319 run partnership. Its the sixth highest for the third wicket for Pakistan but is the highest for any wicket at Lahore.

* Younis Khan got out for 199. Five others in the history has got out at that mark. But Younis is the first to get runout. Younis is India's main woe as he has scored 707 runs against them in four tests at an average of 117.83

* Afridi scored his century in just 78 balls. Ninth fastest century in Tests.

* Kamran Akmal scored his centruey in just 81 balls and the highest by a wicket keeper in Tests.

* Afridi smacked an Harbhajan over in this fashion – [6-6-6-6-2-1]. Its the second highest runs scored in an over.

Now lets wait and see what the Indian batting order has to offer.

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