Pakistan seize bad light win in first one-dayer against India
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Monday (AFP) CRICKET - Opener Salman Butt hit a
punishing century and Shoaib Malik a quickfire 90 to help Pakistan score
a dramatic seven-run win under special bad light rules against India
here on Monday.
Pakistan, chasing 329 to win, were 311-7 in 47 overs before the light
stopped play with the home team ahead on the Duckworth-Lewis scoring
system, which establishes a result when a one-day match is not
completed.
Butt and Malik had put Pakistan on track for a comfortable win before
the home team lost five wickets for 67 runs in a sensational collapse
which also included captain Inzamam-ul Haq's rare dismissal for
obstructing the field.
Inzamam tried to keep a throw away from hitting the stumps with the
bat after making 16. Australian umpire Simon Taufel adjudged Inzamam out
as the Pakistan captain was also out of his crease.
Younis Khan (18) and Naved-ul Hasan (11) were at the crease when
umpires stopped play due to bad light and declared Pakistan winners to
the huge applause of a packed 15,000 crowd.
Pakistan, who won the preceding Test series 1-0, were given a solid
50-run start by Butt and Kamran Akmal (25) before Sri Sreesanth provided
India the breakthrough.
Butt and Malik ran rampant during their 151-run second wicket stand,
which came off 142 balls and nearly battered the Indian bowlers into
submission.
Butt completed his third one-day century with a single but gave a
simple catch to Indian skipper Rahul Dravid off left-armer Murali Kartik
in the next over.
Malik, who missed Pakistan's 341-run win in the third Test due to his
father's death, hit Ajit Agarkar for three consecutive boundaries and
three sixes off Kartik before he was caught off a miscued pull of Zaheer.
Malik's 67-ball knock had nine fours and three sixes.
Pakistan lost crowd favourite Shahid Afridi (17) and Mohammad Yousuf
(17) quickly before Inzamam's dismissal nearly turned the match on its
head.
Earlier, Tendulkar smashed ten boundaries and a six in his 113-ball
knock and added 94 for the second wicket with Pathan (65), 126 for the
third wicket with Mahendra Dhoni (68) and 60 for the fourth with Yuvraj
Singh (39).
India, sent into bat by Pakistan, lost Virender Sehwag in the second
over before Tendulkar and Pathan revived the innings.
Pathan miscued a hook off Naved-ul Hasan and was caught by substitute
Imran Farhat before Tendulkar paced up the innings alongside Dhoni.
Dhoni hit eleven boundaries and a six during his rapid 53-ball knock
before he miscued a drive off Asif and was smartly caught at point by a
diving Malik.
Tendulkar, who was bowled by a Naved no-ball on 20, also completed
his 14,000 one-day runs when his score reached 91.
It was Tendulkar's 359th one-day match.
He completed his hundred with a single off Arshad before being
trapped leg before wicket the next ball, and his fall triggred a
collapse in which the tourists lost their last six wickets in the space
of just 23 runs to be bowled out in 49.4 overs.
INDIA
V. Sehwag c Akmal b Asif 5
S. Tendulkar lbw b Arshad 100
Irfan Pathan c sub (Farhat) b Naved 65
M. Dhoni c Malik b Asif 68
Y. Singh c Arshad b Razzaq 39
R. Dravid lbw b Naved 18
Mohammad Kaif c Butt b Asif 8
A. Agarkar run out 3
Zaheer Khan c Yousuf b Naved 5
M. Kartik lbw b Naved 1
S. Sreesanth not out 0
Extras (b-5, lb-2, nb-6, w-3) 16
TOTAL (49.4 overs) 328
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-5, 2-99, 3-225, 4-285, 5-305,
6-309, 7-315, 8-321, 9-324.
BOWLING: Naved 10-0-62-4, Asif 9.4-2-30-3,
Gul 3-0-35-0, Razzaq 10-0-70-1,
Afridi 10-0-68-0, Arshad 5-0-35-1,
Malik 2-0-21-0.
PAKISTAN
Salman Butt c Dravid b Kartik 101
Kamran Akmal c sub (Gambhir) b Sreesanth 25
Shoaib Malik c Dravid b Zaheer 90
Shahid Afridi run out 17
Mohammad Yousuf c Zaheer b Agarkar 17
Inzamam-ul Haq obstructing the field 16
Younis Khan not out 18
Abdul Razzaq c Dhoni b Agarkar 4
Naved-ul Hasan not out 11
Extras (lb-1, nb-2, w-9) 12
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 47 overs) 311
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-50, 2-201, 3-232, 4-244, 5-265,
6-289, 7-299.
BOWLING: Pathan 10-0-52-0, Sreesanth 10-0-75-1,
Zaheer 8-0-50-1, Agarkar 9-0-58-2,
Kartik 9-0-64-1, Sehwag 1-0-11-0.
Result: Pakistan won by seven runs on Duckworth-Lewis method.
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