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Ian Bell: in line for his Test debut© Getty Images

It used only to be Australians who suffered from dead-rubber syndrome – that most infuriating of conditions whereby a dominant side could write off a failure to complete a clean sweep by claiming that the match never mattered anyway. Now, however, it is England’s turn to put complacency on the backburner, as they assemble at The Oval to push for a record-equalling seventh consecutive Test victory.With nine wins and one draw in their last ten matches, England are on a roll, the like of which they have never before experienced. Only twice in their history have they won seven matches in succession – against Australia between 1885 and 1888, in the early days of the Ashes, and against West Indies and Australia in 1928-29, when Percy Chapman was captain and a young Harold Larwood was thrusting his way to prominence.History is clearly beckoning, but understandably Duncan Fletcher, England’s no-nonsense coach, is putting all such thoughts out of his charges’ heads. “it is important that the guys now believe in their ability,” Fletcher told Sky Sports, “but they mustn’t be too arrogant about this. There are better sides, and against those better sides, if we played badly as we did [on occasions at Old Trafford], we are going to come unstuck.”There were “windows” in England’s performance, Fletcher felt, that might have been exploited by stronger opposition – most notably their crass use of the new ball on Saturday morning, and their top-order subsidence in the fourth innings. But, he added, that fact that England went on to win so handsomely was a good sign. “We realise that even though we do play poorly, we can still knuckle down and produce a result.”This is a side that wins, is happy and enjoys playing cricket, but the crucial part is to realise that this game might just come back and bite you,” Fletcher warned. “You have to be very careful when you win like this. People might just think things are getting too easy.”England should have little time for complacency, however, and an injection of new blood should underline the importance of the match if, as expected, Ian Bell makes his Test debut in place of the injured Graham Thorpe. “I can’t wait,” said Bell. “I know a few of the guys quite well, and I’m looking forward to being a part of it.”Bell was first drafted into the England set-up on the tour of New Zealand in 2001-02, but has had to back up his immense promise with a torrent of runs. After a lean couple of seasons, he has burst back to form with 1455 runs in 14 county matches for Warwickshire, including four centuries and a 96 not out in five consecutive innings. He knows full well that a place on the winter tour to South Africa is there for the taking, if he can grasp his chance in the same way that Andrew Strauss and Robert Key have done this season.England’s major concern, as ever, centres around their man of the moment, Andrew Flintoff, whose troublesome ankle is continuing to gnaw away at the selectors’ consciences. Flintoff sent down 32 overs in the Old Trafford Test, and dismissed Brian Lara in both innings, but Michael Vaughan is aware that he cannot afford to overburden his talisman, especially with the Champions Trophy around the corner. “Realistically we won’t want to bowl him too much,” admitted Vaughan, “but he’s such a good bowler and he gets you key wickets at key moments. You have to bowl your best bowlers in these situations.”Compared to the cares that dogged his predecessors, Vaughan’s dilemma is a minor quibble. Since he assumed the captaincy little more than a year ago, England have won 12 out of 18 Tests. Nasser Hussain (17 wins in 45) and Michael Atherton (13 in 54) must be spitting into their microphones in envy.England (probable) 1 Marcus Trescothick, 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Robert Key, 4 Michael Vaughan (capt), 5 Ian Bell, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Geraint Jones (wk), 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Steve Harmison, 10 Matthew Hoggard, 11 James Anderson.

Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle have parted company with their attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, after he released a statement on their behalf expressing their disappointment with the manner in which the ongoing contracts dispute had been handled.In a press release dated July 27, 2005, Sarwan and Gayle hit out at the “painful and difficult situation” in which they had been placed regarding the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka, adding that they had been presented with two equally unpalatable options:”Firstly, to refuse to play … and appear to be selfishly abandoning West Indies Cricket and the many loyal fans who have supported them faithfully over the years … and secondly, to choose to participate [and] appear to be abandoning their team-mates and colleagues who have sought their support.”The July 27 release also criticised “the unrelenting and unnecessary dispute” between the West Indies Cricket Board and West Indies Players Association. “Both players wish to express their disappointment with the handling of the entire matter. They fear that the current approach to the resolution of the dispute is only likely to deepen the divide between the stakeholders.”However, the pair have since gone on record to distance themselves from those remarks, and have released an independent follow-up to Mr Datadin’s remarks:”In order to provide clarity and remove the speculation that has been rife as a result of a press release issued by Mr Sanjeev Datadin on the 27th day of July 2005, we wish to state the following:

We have never given any instructions to say or suggest that we will break or have broken away from, disapproved of or had any complaint about WIPA or its handling of any matter.

We have been made aware and have been involved in the decision-making by WIPA on our behalf and other players throughout.

We deny categorically that pressure was placed on us by WIPA to make any decisions at any time.

We have informed Mr. Sanjeev Datadin that his services will no longer be required with immediate effect.

We are totally committed to West Indies Cricket.

All but Sussex, Durham and Northants were still in the hunt for a spot in the quarter-finals before today’s matches, the last in the group stage. There were wins for Glamorgan, Surrey, Hampshire, Durham, Lancashire, Somerset, Glamorgan and Warwickshire. The match between Derbyshire and Leicestershire was called off without a ball being bowled, with both teams awarded one point, meaning that Leicestershire are assured of a place in the quarter-finals.Middlesex, who had virtually no chance of progressing anyway, slumped to a 37-run defeat in front of a full house at Lord’s, despite a typically aggressive half-century from Lance Klusener. Earlier, Adam Hollioake smashed five fours and two sixes on his way to 65 not out off 41 balls as Surrey, the defending Twenty20 champions, set an imposing 183 for 5.Shane Watson powered Hampshire to 177 for 3 at the Rose Bowl, smashing an unbeaten 97. Kent were never really in the hunt, and fell 64 runs short in reply. Dimitri Mascarenhas was once again among the wickets for Hampshire, picking up 3 for 20.Durham, who also had no chance of going through, beat Yorkshire by seven wickets at the Riverside, with Gareth Breese (24 not out) and Gary Pratt (35 not out) guiding them home with ten balls to spare. Vic Craven’s 44 not out was the only highlight of Yorkshire’s innings, as they closed on a disappointing 126 for 7.In a match reduced by rain to just eight overs a side at Old Trafford, Andrew Flintoff smashed 31 from only 11 balls as Lancashire successfully chased Nottinghamshire’s 79, reaching the target with seven wickets and more than an over in hand. Earlier, Dominic Cork’s hat-trick kept Notts in check after David Hussey and Chris Read put on 52 for the first wicket.The match at Bristol ended in dramatic fashion after a half-century from Nick Knight had put Warwickshire in a good position in pursuit of Gloucestershire’s 135. He was run out for 63 with 32 still needed, and the remaining batsmen managed to secure the win on the basis of fewer wickets lost.Northants went into this round with no chance of going through to the next round, but no-one remembered to tell David Sales, who batted as if he was in the final to take his side agonisingly close to what would have been only their second win. After Marcus Trescothick’s 56 and Keith Dutch’s 47 lifted Somerset to 211 for 5, Sales fought back with 60 not out off just 33 balls – but Northants fell four runs short.Worcestershire collapsed to 45 for 8 chasing 141 against Glamorgan, before a late charge by Kabir Ali, who hit 49 off 28 balls took them to 120 for 9 with two overs left. Glamorgan held their nerve, though, as Kabir sliced a catch to Dean Cosker at third man. Matthew Maynard (44) lead the way for Glamorgan early on, before Mark Wallace raised the tempo in the final overs with an unbeaten 32 off 16 balls.
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VVS Laxman: a threat for Australia © Getty Images

In Australia a batsman needs to be patient. He also needs to rely mostly on shots square of the wicket rather than straight down the ground because of the extra bounce. Even a batsman like [Sachin] Tendulkar – who scores against all sorts of bowling across the globe – will be tested by the bounce: you have to be able to cut, pull and hook to score runs in Australia. You need to be a good player off the back foot. The advantage of batting in Australia is that the ball comes on to the bat so you can hit through the line of the ball.The range of strokes that Tendulkar and VVS Laxman possess makes them the main dangers to the Australian bowlers. These conditions are not good for Sourav Ganguly – he, and most of the others, will need to be prepared to cop a lot of short-pitched bowling. Even the great Sunil Gavaskar had problems dealing with the extra bounce. What tends to happen with visiting batsmen is that due to the extra bounce they tend to follow the ball outside off, with their hands pushing at it. But to succeed you have got to judge the line of the ball early. In India the ball comes slower off the pitch, so you can make last-minute adjustments and not get an edge, but in Australia if you misjudge the line of the ball you will end up getting an edge.Brisbane is the best pitch in Australia – and the world – as it has a beautiful covering of grass, and is always hard and even. The Gabba is notoriously live on the first day. It won’t be significantly fast, but it will have a lot of bounce, and a little bit of sideways movement, particularly in the first session. But if you can get through that period, then batting becomes easier. Conditions are best for both batsmen and bowlers on the second day: the wicket is at its fastest with maximum bounce, so there is something in it for bowlers. The ball comes on to the bat, so good batsmen can score runs and good bowlers can take wickets. Brisbane provides the best advantage to the Australians to break into the opposition batting order and stir them up quickly. A look at their recent record shows that Australia have often wrapped up matches inside four days here.Adelaide is the best batting wicket in the world, and it will favour the Indians because it will not bounce as much as the Gabba, and it will turn towards the end of the game. It is a beautiful track and the team winning the toss must bat.The wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has changed over the recent years as it has been relaid. It is now a pretty bouncy pitch, not as fast as Brisbane and Adelaide, but it will provide assistance to the seamers on the first day due to its bounce, which will stay for about three days.Sydney is an ordinary pitch – it will spin a lot, and finger-spinners will find it especially helpful. Anil Kumble can prosper there as he is quick through the air, but [Stuart] MacGill and [Shane] Warne have had a lot of success, too, as they turn the ball prodigiously. There will be some life in the pitch on the first day but thereafter it will turn and the bounce will be lower.

Weston is moving north to be closer to his family © Martin Williamson

Gloucestershire have announced that Phil Weston is to leave the club at the end of the season to spend more time with his family. Weston joined Gloucestershire in 2003 after leaving Worcestershire, who he played with since making his debut in 1991.”I have asked to be released from the final year of my contract with Gloucestershire primarily for family reasons; this is to move back to my home in the north,” Weston said. “This has been a difficult decision and one which I have not taken lightly as I have enjoyed many happy and successful times during my four years at Nevil Road.””I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved at the club especially the supporters and players to whom I wish every success in the future.”Weston has enjoyed a solid final season, scoring 911 runs in the Championship at 39.60, with two hundreds and six fifties.”It was a great bonus to sign Phil in 2003 and he has been part of a very successful opening partnership with Craig Spearman,” Gloucestershire’s chief executive, Tom Richardson, added. “Obviously we are sorry that he is no longer playing with us but in this sense we do respect his wishes.”

It is a measure of the hold it has on the sporting psyche of the people of Melbourne that yesterday’s 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cricket Ground evoked so many personal memories of Test cricket’s first venue. The ground at the centre of Melbourne’s two greatest sporting passions – cricket and Australian Rules football, not necessarily in that order – is not the Field of Dreams; rather it is the Place des Memories.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground © Melbourne Cricket Club

Few other sports grounds in the world can boast of being arenas for such contrasting pursuits. Lord’s may be the spiritual and administrative home of cricket, with all that that entails, but what do they play there in the winter? The same can be said of most other respectable Test cricket grounds. Certainly there may be the odd game of lower-grade sport, but in Melbourne they attract even bigger crowds in the winter than they do on Boxing Day in the summer.What could be more appropriate that, on the Saturday following September 23 – the date in 1853 marking Lt. Governor CH La Trobe’s permission for the Melbourne Cricket Club to occupy the “Police Paddock” – the 2003 version of the AFL grand final should be played? Although the MCG may have seen great feats in the peculiar Victorian game that has spread around, but little further than, Australia, the staging of the final to cricket fans is a reminder that gentler, warmer days are ahead as the cricket season opens.For it is with cricket that the populace of the Commonwealth associates the MCG. In a country that has made an art-form of ground and governing-body acronyms – the SCG, the SACA and the WACA grounds, to name a few – the MCG is probably the best-known and most revered of all sporting venues.The MCG is the only cricket ground in the world to have also been the main stadium for the Olympic Games – in 1956. That was made possible by the vast reaches of the original ground, which could easily accommodate an athletics track and all subsidiary requirements for field events. There is also something symbolic about the fact that its playing surface is big enough to test even the greatest throwing arms in the game. The open space of the ground is representative of the huge, dry hinterland that gives the country much of its wealth, history and folklore.The MCG’s place in cricket history is assured for any number of reasons – cricket’s first Test venue, Donald Bradman’s favourite ground, host of more Tests (95) in Australia than any other venue, and of more Australian Test wins (52) than anywhere else. A total of 155 Test centuries have been hit there, and Bob Cowper’s 307 against England in 1965-66 remains the only triple-century scored in a Test in Australia. The highest partnership on the ground is the 346 between Jack Fingleton and Bradman in 1936-37 against England. The best bowling figures belong to Wilfred Rhodes, who took 15 for 124 in the 1903-04 Test, while the best in an innings is Sarfraz Nawaz’s 9 for 86 in the 1978-79 series. No great surprise surrounds the fact that Bradman scored most Test runs on the ground – a total of 1671, at the considerable average of 128.53, including nine centuries. Dennis Lillee, no doubt responding to the chants of Bay 13, was far and away the ground’s most successful bowler, with 82 wickets at 21.92.In the more modern one-day internationals, there has not been quite the same amount of time to build up an aura, but that hasn’t diminished the quality of play. The best score achieved in 50 overs was 338 for 6 – against the West Indies in 2000-01 – while England hold dubious honour of recording the lowest score of 94 in 1978-79. Mark Waugh’s 173 in that earlier match against the West Indies is the highest one-day score, while the 225 between Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting against England earlier this year is the best partnership. Curtly Ambrose, in a 1988-89 match against Australia, took 5 for 17 to achieve the best bowling figures.In first-class cricket, Bill Ponsford made the ground his own during a remarkable career. Of the five highest scores on the ground, he has four of them. He first scored 429 against Tasmania in 1922-23 and five years later scored 437 against Queensland and also 336 against South Australia in the same season. Eight years later, he was still at it, scoring 352 against New South Wales. Bradman was the other contributor to the top five, with 357 for South Australia in 1935-36. Meanwhile, the best bowling in an innings belongs to Peter Allan, the fast-medium bowler from Queensland, who took all 10 Victorian wickets for 61 runs in the 1965-66 match.Individual performances are all very well, but there have been other occasions of particular significance. The Centenary Test of 1976-77 was a magnificent event, which had as its crowning glory the repetition of the same score as in the first Test of them all. It was followed soon after by the underarm match of February 1, 1981, a controversial act directed by Greg Chappell that poured new life into the hitherto benign trans-Tasman cricket relationship. New Zealanders might also recall what some observers described as the greatest of all outfield catches, taken by the man who is now New Zealand Cricket’s chief executive, Martin Snedden, off Greg Chappell; the appeal for the catch was subsequently turned down by the umpires.Only a few days after, there was Sunil Gavaskar’s attempt to get his partner Chetan Chauhan to leave the field, after Gavaskar was doubtfully given out lbw. More recently, umpire Darrell Hair’s calling of Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan in the summer of 1995-96 added to the list of notorious events at the MCG.Perhaps the final irony in the MCG’s history of achievement is that arguably the best-ever innings played on the ground did not come in an official Test. Sir Gary Sobers’ 254 for the Rest of the World was rated by Bradman as the best he had ever seen. Bradman was entitled to his opinion, of course, and the MCG has certainly provided enough choices for the sports-mad Melbourne citizens to choose their own favourites.

The Chairman of the Tasmanian Cricket Association, Denis Rogers AO today announced the following appointments within the structure of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers for Season 2003/2004.

Daniel Marsh: Vice-Captain
Shane Watson: Deputy Vice-Captain
Dene Hills: Assistant Coach-Batting
David Saker: Assistant Coach-Bowling

Ricky Ponting has been re-appointed as the Captain of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers.In announcing the appointments the Denis Rogers said: "Over the past months we have been reviewing our position and the Cricket Committee decided to appropriately address the challenge of re-building Tasmanian cricket. It was decided we should strengthen the coaching area in the senior structure from a batting and bowling point of view."The Chairman added upon the appointment of the Assistant coaches: "In our midst we had two relatively young men who have played a lot of 1st Class cricket and have been high achievers and we thought there was nothing better than to appoint Dene and David."This appointment of dual assistant coaches is a first in Australian cricket, with both being responsible for dedicated specific aspects of the game within the coaching environment.The Cricket Committee and the Board of Directors unanimously agreed that the leadership on the field be Ricky Ponting (Captain), Daniel Marsh (Vice-Captain) and Shane Watson (Deputy Vice-Captain).Mr. Rogers said of this announcement: "We are delighted with all these appointments and all concerned are looking forward to their challenges."Brian McFadyen, Head Coach of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers expressed his delight with the new structure saying: "We needed to improve upon our support structure for the team and I am very excited with the support given to me this year and with this structure for the future. We are now a step ahead of the other states with the luxury of two full time assistant coaches with specific roles to develop the on-field performances of the team."Commenting on the appointment of Dan Marsh, McFadyen said: " Dan is a well respected person and player, he possesses an articulate knowledge of the game and has all the attributes of a good leader. He deserves the opportunity to Captain in Ricky’s absence."Upon the announcement of his elevation to Vice-Captain, Daniel Marsh who was in Adelaide with relatives after the birth of his daughter Ella said: "It is a fantastic honour to be named Vice-Captain of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers and I am looking forward to the season ahead. With such a young squad of players I am sure that it will be an exciting one. To have people of the quality of Dene Hills and David Saker as assistants to Brian McFadyen can only be positive for Tasmanian cricket. With Shane Watson as Deputy Vice-Captain we have a good mix of people in the leadership positions."Shane Watson was extremely excited about his new role, which he hopes will lead to further leadership opportunities down the track. He was looking forward to helping the team move in the right direction and working with Brian, Dene, David and Daniel.Dene Hills and David Saker were equally looking forward to their new roles in the coaching area.Hills said: "I am proud to be wearing the badge in a different form. I played with a lot passion and I love Tasmanian cricket. I would hope that my experience at a 1st Class level and the passion I bought to the team will rub off on the current members of the Tigers."David Saker added: I believe we have produced some good bowlers in recent years and I am looking forward to the opportunity of working with some promising young bowlers and hopefully producing Australian bowlers for the future."Both believe they will work very well together. They also expressed a belief that their respective specific roles of batting and bowling inter link and they will assist each other in providing the best possible preparation for each and every player and the team in order for them to achieve the highest possible standard of performance.Profiles:Dene Hills: Assistant Coach- BattingDene Hills retired from 1st Class cricket in 2002/03. He is without doubt one of Tasmania’s most successful and celebrated batsmen. A left handed opener with a tight technique and a penchant for making big scores, Hills formed the other half of that famous opening pair, Cox and Hills. Dene played over 100 matches for Tasmania and was named Sheffield Shield Player of the Year in 1997/98. He served his state with distinction and his 265 in 1997/98 remains the highest by a Tasmanian. Dene is a Level 3 qualified coach and has recently coached the South Hobart-Sandy Bay Cricket Club in the TCA Grade competition after many years as a senior player and mentor at the University Cricket Club.David Saker: Assistant Coach- BowlingDavid Saker joined the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers in 2000/01 after a distinguished career with Victoria. And retired in 2002/03. David was a whole-hearted and resilient cricketer who was respected for his tenacity and determination as a player throughout the country. His leadership and competitive nature is sure to provide a good blend within the coaching staff. Saker has played 72 1st Class matches and 43 Domestic One-Day matches as a right-arm fast-medium bowler and was named Cascade Tasmanian Tigers Player of the Year in 2001/2002. He is a level 2 qualified coach.Daniel Marsh: Vice-CaptainDaniel Marsh first moved to Tasmania from South Australia in season 1996/97 and has since established himself as a respected cricketer of note and a senior member of the team. Daniel was named Cascade Tasmanian Tigers Player of the Year in 1999/2000 and was Man of the Match for the Prime Minister’s X1 against England in 1998/99. Marsh has played 87 1st Class matches and 62 Domestic One-Day matches. Coupled with his powerful stroke play in the middle order, all round skills as a left arm orthodox spin bowler and safe hands in the slips, his leadership qualities and experience have been utilised on many occasions in both forms of the game.Shane Watson: Deputy Vice-CaptainOriginally from Queensland, Watson moved to Tasmania in the 2000/2001 season and immediately enhanced his reputation as an exciting young all-rounder. In the following 12 months he caught the National selectors’ eyes and made his Limited Overs International debut against South Africa at Centurion Park in South Africa in 2001/2002. Shane has played 16 1st Class matches, 20 Domestic Limited Overs matches and 21 Limited Overs Internationals for Australia. He is currently making a full recovery from a back injury sustained during last season, which kept him out of Australia’s victorious World Cup campaign.

Stuart Law has been retained by Queensland as a contracted player for the 2003-04 season. Law, 35 in October, led them to their historic first Sheffield Shield win in 1994-95, but has recently been on the slide, losing both the captaincy and his one-day place last season.He also struggled with the bat, managing only 237 runs in nine matches, at an average of 18.23 and with a top score of 72. However, a strong season so far with Lancashire has helped him win another contract with Queensland.Queensland have listed a squad of 27, including seven players contracted to the Australian Cricket Board: Andy Bichel, Matthew Hayden, Nathan Hauritz, Martin Love, Jimmy Maher, Ashley Noffke, and Andrew Symonds.

England Women beat South Africa Women 130 and 229 by an innings and 96 runs
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Clare Taylor: remarkable spell of 13-11-5-3

England completed an innings victory over South Africa in the second and final Test at Taunton with over a day and a half to spare. It was England’s first Test success in eight years, and wrapped up a 1-0 series win.The South Africans, who looked a tired side throughout the match, showed only brief glimpses that they were prepared to put up much of a fight after they started the day 248 runs adrift with seven wickets in hand. When Clare Taylor trapped Johmari Logtenberg leg-before inside the first half-hour their chances of making England bat almost disappeared.Taylor proved almost impossible to get away – she returned the remarkable figures of 13-10-5-3 – and when two quick wickets from Charlotte Edwards reduced South Africa to 133 for 6 the game looked done and dusted. But Cri-Zelda Brits staged a spirited fightback as she cracked 61 off 67 balls. Taylor ended the fun with the first ball of her third spell.The match ended in anti-climax when Nolababalu Ndzundzu retired hurt.England v South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 2 Bulletin

A fiery burst from pacer Jaffar Nazir all but put Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) into the final of the Quaid-i-Azam National Cricket Championship after Faisalabad were forced to follow on at National Stadium here on Tuesday.Jaffar captured six for 31 in an unchanged spell of 17 overs from the University Road End to skittle out Faisalabad for 105 in their first innings on the second day of the four-day tie.Batting a second time with 231 runs in arrears, Faisalabad fared slightly better to reach 75 for three. Asif Hussain was holding the fort with a battling 38.KRL now have to wait until Thursday morning to complete an inevitable victory in this first semi-final after Wednesday’s unexpected rest day because of Kashmir Day.Faisalabad’s woes were further compounded by an injury to Mohammad Salman, normally a wicket-keeper but playing in this game as a batsman, who was unable to bat after requiring four stitches in his right hand.Salman was incapacitated while catching Naeem Akhtar in the slips as KRL added 73 to their overnight score of 263 for six.Wicket-keeper Zulfiqar Jan hammered 37 while putting 30 for the last wicket with Mohammad Asif.Barring any miracle, KRL’s opponents in the Feb 17-21 final, scheduled to be played at National Stadium, will be decided when PIA meet Rawalpindi in the second semifinal at UBL Sports Complex from Thursday.ScoreboardKRL (1st Innings), overnight 263-6):M. Ramzan c Asif b Moazzam 4Saeed Anwar Jr c Wasim b Moazzam 9Intikhab Alam lbw b Nadeem 20Saeed bin Nasir c Zaman b Tauqir 87Misbah-ul-Haq c Zaman b Moazzam 68Ali Naqvi lbw b Farooq 33Yasir Arafat run out 28Naeem Akhtar c Salman b Tauqir 19Zulfiqar Jan c Tauqir b Wasim 37Jaffar Nazir b Tauqir 4Mohammad Asif not out 10EXTRAS (B-4, LB-9, W-1, NB-3) 17TOTAL (all out, 100.5 overs) 336FALL OF WKTS: 7-268, 8-293, 9-306.BOWLING: Nadeem Afzal 23-5-56-1 (1nb); Moazzam Ali 26-3-102-3 (2nb); Tauqir Hussain 22-5-81-3 (1w); Farooq Iqbal 19-8-43-1; Zeeshan Asif 2-0-17-0; Wasim Haider 6.5-1-12-1; Asif Hussain 2-1-12-0.FAISALABAD (1st Innings);Zeeshan Asif lbw b Jaffar 5Hasnain Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 4Asif Hussain lbw b Jaffar 2Mohammad Zaman b Jaffar 9Sami-ul-Haq c Ramzan b Yasir 10Wasim Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 22Tauqir Hussain run out 16Farooq Iqbal c Zulfiqar b Yasir 4Nadeem Afzal not out 15Moazzam Ali b Jaffar 5Mohammad Salman absent injured -EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-10) 13TOTAL (all out, 33 overs) 105FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-12, 3-17, 4-27, 5-39, 6-72, 7-82, 8-92, 9-105.BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 17-6-31-6 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 7-3-8-0 (2nb); Yasir Arafat 9-0-64-2 (3nb, 1w).FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, following-on):Zeeshan Asif lbw b Asif 4Hasnain Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 5Asif Hussain not out 38Tauqir Hussain b Saeed Jr 10Sami-ul-Haq not out 4EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-10) 14TOTAL (for three wkts, 28 overs) 75FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-14, 3-69.BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 5-1-10-1 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 7-1-13-1 (3nb); Yasir Arafat 8-1-23-1 (2nb); Naeem Akhtar 3-0-18-0 (4nb); Ali Naqvi 4-2-6-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 1-0-1-1