Cricket: England v Pakistan Honours Even at Lunch on First day of Opening Test

As lunch was called at Trent Bridge on the first day of the four test series between England and Pakistan, England, who had won the toss and elected to bat, came in with their score sitting on 104 for 2 wickets, from 34 overs of Pakistan bowling.

This situation might have been worse for England, but they coped well with some terrific bowling from Aamer and Asif who were thundering an occassional unplayable delivery down the Trent Bridge track. The former, Aamer, took both wickets of the morning, by taking both openers Strauss (45) caught Kamran Akmal, and Cook (8) caught Farhat.

Immediately after lunch, however, it could have got worse for the hosts, as Kevin Pietersen was nearly given out LBW – the referral from Pakistan showed the ball from Asif would have barely clipped the bail and the not out decision stood.

Pietersen, it is felt, will need to get to 50 if he is to help the hosts to a reasonable score on this tricky wicket.

England v Pakistan Scorecard – Trent Bridge Day One (Lunch)

Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Strauss c Kamran Akmal b Aamer
45
75 6 0
Cook c Farhat b Aamer
8
26 1 0
Trott not out
35
63 5 0
Pietersen not out
1
17 0 0
Extras 1nb 5w 4b 5lb 15
Total for 2 104 (30.0 ovs)

In This Story: Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a population exceeding 212.2 million, including the world’s second-largest Muslim population. It has an area of 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles).

Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

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