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| 03 December 2004 | Friday | 20 Shawwal 1425 |
Pakistanis batting crumble in pursuit of small target
PERTH, Dec 2: Pakistan showed glimpses of their bowling strength here on Thursday as they warmed up for the Test series against Australia, but their batting failed dismally on the second day
of the opening three-day tour match against a Western Australian second XI at James Oval.
After Wednesday's onslaught by the opening pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami, the Pakistani's unleashed leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who destroyed the Second XI's batting line-up.
Kaneria claimed 7-45 off 16 overs, including two maidens, to dismiss the home side for 192 in their second innings. On Wednesday the Western Australian side posted 158 in their first innings while Pakistan wrapped up their first innings on Thursday with 257 - a lead of 99.
Needing just 94 to win, victory had seemed a formality for Pakistan until they crumpled to 44-6 by close of play, devastated by the local attack of Justin Coetzee who 5-23 and Matthew Petrie with 1-15.
The opening pair of Yasir Hameed and Imran Farhat both fell to Coetzee for ducks and only Yousuf Youhana, not out on 28, could offer any resistance as Pakistan face an uphill task to knock off the remaining 50 runs on the final day.
Their first innings batting had also been brittle with the lead built almost entirely on number three bat Younis Khan's 142, while Coetzee bagged another five-wicket haul, taking 5-66, and Matthew Petrie finishing 4-29. But the bad news for Australia is that Kaneria has a secret delivery which he said he was keeping for the Test series. Kaneria, who has 87 wickets from 20 Tests, said the extra pace and bounce in the Western Australian Cricket Association pitch where the first Test will be played later this month would help his bowling as he shaped up for a battle with world-record wicket-taker Shane Warne.
"I am very happy. I got some wickets and that will boost my confidence more for the Test match coming up on the 16th," he said. "I am looking forward to the series because I will be competing against the world's best spinner."
SCOREBOARD
WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECOND XI (1st Innings) 158 (L. Ronchi 66).
PAKISTAN (1st Innings, overnight 235-7):
Yasir Hameed c Voges b Petrie 11
Imran Farhat c Ervine b Coetzee 10
Younis Khan c Voges b Coetzee 142
Yousuf Youhana c Davis b Petrie 0
Mohammad Asif c Howman b Coetzee 18
Shoaib Malik b Petrie 9
Kamran Akmal lbw b Petrie 15
Mohammad Sami c Meuleman b Voges 29
Danish Kaneria c Ronchi b Coetzee 7
Asim Kamal b Coetzee 4
Mohammad Khalil not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-7, W-2) 9
TOTAL (all out, 60.5 overs) 257
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-23, 3-33, 4-78, 5-111, 6-147, 7-224, 8-???, 9-248.
DID NOT BAT: Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razzaq, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi.
BOWLING: Coetzee 12.5-0-66-5 (2w); Petrie 16-1-29-4; Worthington 7-0-40-0; Howman 6-2-16-0; Sprague 8-0-47-0; Heal 7-2-33-0; Voges 3-1-10-1; Meuleman 1-0-9-0.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECOND XI (2nd Innings):
C.J. Simmons c Imran b Kaneria 65
S.W. Meuleman lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 16
L.M. Davis c Kamran b Razzaq 9
A.C. Voges b Kaneria 8
S.M. Ervine c Kamran b Khalil 1
L. Ronchi c Youhana b Kaneria 2
P.C. Worthington c Imran b Kaneria 25
J.P. Coetzee c Yasir b Kaneria 30
A.K. Heal c Kamran b Kaneria 20
S.G. Howman not out 1
J. Sprague lbw b Kaneria 0
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-1, NB-6) 15
TOTAL (all out, 58 overs) 192
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-50, 3-100, 4-105, 5-107, 6-121, 7-166, 8-187, 9-192.
DID NOT BAT: M.J. Petrie.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 5-3-15-1; Mohammad Sami 9-1-24-0 (1nb, 1w); Mohammad Asif 7-0-31-0 (3nb); Abdul Razzaq 8-1-38-1 (1nb); Mohammad Khalil 7-3-13-1 (1nb); Danish Kaneria 16-2-45-7; Shahid Afridi 6-1-18-0.
PAKISTAN (2nd Innings):
Yasir Hameed lbw b Coetzee 0
Imran Farhat b Coetzee 0
Yousuf Youhana not out 28
Abdul Razzaq b Coetzee 0
Asim Kamal c Ronchi b Petrie 1
Kamran Akmal c Ronchi b Coetzee 6
Salman Butt c Ronchi b Coetzee 0
Younis Khan not out 9
EXTRAS 0
TOTAL (for six wkts, 20 overs) 44
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-9, 3-13, 4-18, 5-25, 6-25.
TO BAT: Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Khalil, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami.
BOWLING (to-date): Petrie 10-5-15-1; Coetzee 8-3-23-5; Sprague 2-0-6-0.
PLAYERS PER SIDE: Western Australia Second XI 12 (11 bat, 11 field); Pakistan 15 (11 bat, 11 field). -Agencies
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