Pakistan A won the toss and are fielding. England 128-3 in 24 overs.
Pakistan A: Abdul Razzaq, Riffatullah Mohmand, Ashar Zaidi, Yasir Hameed, Bazid Khan, Faisal Iqbal, Yasir Arafat, Imran Tahir, Zulqarnain Haider, Rao Iftikhar, Tahir Khan, Riaz Afridi England: A J Strauss, V S Solanki, I R Bell, P D Collingwood, K P Pietersen, M J Prior, G O Jones, I D Blackwell, L E Plunkett, S D Udal, Kabir Ali, J M Anderson
I dont know what PCB is trying achieve with these tactics.. tour match again on bowler friendly pitches.. and this time play started at 9.30 in lahore! I would atleast give the opposition a fair chance of a warmup.
England in Pakistan, 2005-06
Pakistan A v England XI
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
7 December 2005 (45-over match)
Result:
Toss: Pakistan A
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir and Iftikhar Malik
England XI innings R M B 4 6
*AJ Strauss c Zulqarnain Haider b Riaz Afridi 5 27 21 0 0
MJ Prior c Imran Tahir b Tahir Khan 72 118 84 12 0
VS Solanki c Tahir Khan b Abdul Razzaq 26 53 25 6 0
KP Pietersen b Yasir Arafat 2 10 6 0 0
PD Collingwood not out 75 77 79 7 0
+GO Jones c Bazid Khan b Tahir Khan 16 30 29 0 0
ID Blackwell c Zulqarnain Haider b Iftikhar Anjum 15 18 16 2 0
Kabir Ali c Rafatullah Mohmand b Iftikhar Anjum 4 2 3 1 0
IR Bell not out 12 14 7 2 0
Extras (lb 2, w 7) 9
Total (7 wickets, 45 overs) 236
DNB: LE Plunkett, SD Udal, JM Anderson.
FoW: 1-21 (Strauss), 2-95 (Solanki), 3-101 (Pietersen),
4-134 (Prior), 5-173 (Jones), 6-200 (Blackwell),
7-204 (Ali).
Bowling O M R W
Iftikhar Anjum 8 2 36 2 (5w)
Riaz Afridi 8 0 49 1
Yasir Arafat 9 0 53 1
Abdul Razzaq 5 0 25 1
Imran Tahir 8 0 33 0 (2w)
Tahir Khan 7 0 38 2
Pakistan A team:
Abdul Razzaq, Rafatullah Mohmand, Ashar Zaidi, Yasir Hameed,
Bazid Khan, Faisal Iqbal, Yasir Arafat, Imran Tahir,
Zulqarnain Haider, Iftikhar Anjum, Tahir Khan.