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| February 26, 2006 | Sunday | Muharram 27, 1427 |
Patel sends England to defeat
VADODARA (India), Feb 25: Promising fast bowler Munaf Patel grabbed five wickets in each innings as England crashed on Saturday to an embarrassing eight-wicket defeat ahead of the first Test against India.
The tourists were skittled out for 158 in their second innings by the Indian Board President’s XI, who scored the 55 runs needed for victory for the loss of two wickets in the last hour of the three-day match here.
England’s unexpected loss came just four days before the first of three back-to-back Tests against India begins in Nagpur on Wednesday.
Patel, a 24-year-old right-arm paceman who was overlooked for the Nagpur Test, reminded the selectors of his growing potential with figures of 5-59 and 5-32 in the match.
Having scalped opener Andrew Strauss on Friday evening, Patel dismissed danger man Andrew Flintoff for two and polished off the last three wickets without conceding a run.
England, afflicted by injuries to key players including captain Michael Vaughan, made just 238 and 158 on the easy-paced wicket against India’s second-string bowlers.
England, who resumed at their overnight total of 10-1, lost Marcus Trescothick before lunch for 32 when he was clean bowled by seam bowler Shib Paul.
Four wickets fell in the afternoon session as England slipped from 95-2 to 129-6.
Night-watchman Mathew Hoggard held his ground for almost three hours to make a defiant 42 before he was caught superbly by Suresh Raina on the mid-wicket fence off Romesh Powar.
It was Patel’s dismissal of Flintoff, caught behind by wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik for two, that opened up the lower order.
Scoreboard
ENGLAND (1st Innings) 238 (Munaf Patel 5-59).
PRESIDENT’S XI (1st Innings) 342-8 declared (G. Gambhir 108, S.K. Raina 62).
ENGLAND (2nd Innings, overnight 10-1):
M.E. Trescothick b Paul 32
A.J. Strauss c Raina b Patel 2
M.J. Hoggard c Raina b Powar 42
I.R. Bell c Karthik b Vikram Singh 29
A. Flintoff c Karthik b Patel 2
G.O. Jones lbw b Powar 12
I.D. Blackwell b Patel 11
L.E. Plunkett b Patel 15
S.J. Harmison not out 2
M.S. Panesar lbw b Patel 0
K.P. Pietersen absent hurt -
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-1, NB-6) 11
TOTAL (all out, 65 overs) 158
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-67, 3-95, 4-99, 5-123, 6-129, 7-155, 8-158, 9-158.
BOWLING: Munaf Patel 16-6-32-5; Vikram Singh 13-1-45-1; Powar 21-6-51-2; Paul 14-4-26-1; Venugopal Rao 1-1-0-0.
PRESIDENT’S XI (2nd Innings):
Wasim Jaffer c Strauss b Hoggard 4
G. Gambhir not out 22
D.S. Jadhav c sub b Panesar 18
S.K. Raina not out 6
EXTRAS (B-2, W-6) 8
TOTAL (for two wkts, 17 overs) 58
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-46.
BOWLING: Hoggard 4-0-10-1; Harmison 4-0-16-0; Panesar 5-1-20-1; Flintoff 2-1-2-0; Blackwell 2-0-8-0. —AFP
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