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| February 7, 2006 | Tuesday | Muharram 8, 1427 |
Salman, Shoaib help Pakistan draw first blood
PESHAWAR, Feb 6: 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 in the first One-day International against India 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.
Salman 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 Inzamamul 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 Rana Navedul Hasan (11) were at the crease when umpires topped 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.
Salman and Malik ran rampant during their 151-run second wicket stand, which came off 142 balls and nearly battered the Indian bowlers into submission.
Salman 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 to paceman Mohammad Asif before Tendulkar and Pathan revived the innings.
Pathan miscued a hook off Rana Naved 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 Rana 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 triggered 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.
Rana Naved bagged 4-62 while Asif took 3-30.
Inzamam, who was only the third batsman in ODI history to be given out obstructing the field, after compatriot Rameez Raja and Indian Mohinder Amarnath was upset at being adjudged out.
Scoreboard
INDIA:
V. Sehwag c Kamran b Asif 5
S.R. Tendulkar lbw b Arshad 100
Irfan Pathan c sub (Imran) b Naved 65
M.S. Dhoni c Shoaib b Asif 68
Yuvraj Singh c Arshad b Razzaq 39
R. Dravid lbw b Naved 18
Mohammad Kaif c Salman b Asif 8
A.B. 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, W-3, NB-6) 16
TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 328
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-99, 3-225, 4-285, 5-305, 6-309, 7-315, 8-321, 9-324.
BOWLING: Rana Navedul Hasan 10-0-62-4 (5nb, 2w); Mohammad Asif 9.4-2-30-3; Umar Gul 3-0-35-0 (1nb); Abdul Razzaq 10-0-70-1; Shahid Afridi 10-0-68-0 (1w); Arshad Khan 5-0-35-1; Shoaib Malik 2-0-21–0.
PAKISTAN:
Salman Butt c Dravid b Kartik 101
Kamran Akmal c sub b Sreesanth 25
Shoaib Malik c Dravid b Zaheer 90
Shahid Afridi run out 17
Mohammad Yousuf c Zaheer b Agarkar 17
Inzamamul Haq out obstructing field 16
Younis Khan not out 18
Abdul Razzaq c Dhoni b Agarkar 4
Rana Navedul Hasan not out 11
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-9, NB-2) 12
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 47 overs) 311
FALL OF WKTS: 1-50, 2-201, 3-232, 4-244, 5-265, 6-289, 7-299.
DID NOT BAT: Arshad Khan, Mohammad Asif.
BOWLING: Irfan Pathan 10-0-52-0 (2w); Sreesanth 10-0-75-1 (1nb, 2w); Zaheer Khan 8-0-50-1; Agarkar 9-0-58-2 (1w); Kartik 9-0-64-1 (1nb, 4w); Sehwag 1-0-11–0.
UMPIRES: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and S.J.A. Taufel (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: Zameer Haider (Pakistan).
MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad (England).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Salman Butt.
SUBSTITUTIONS: Pakistan – Arshad Khan for Umar Gul; India — S. Raina for S.R. Tendulkar.—Agencies
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