CANTERBURY (England), July 8: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq and fellow senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf missed out on the chance of some time in the middle before next week's first Test at Lord's after they each fell for nought against England ‘A’ on Saturday.

Pakistan were bowled out for 242 with Mohammad Asif unable to bat due to an injury in reply to England ‘A’s first innings 595 for nine declared, a deficit of 439.

Mohammad Sami was unbeaten 28.

Jamie Dalrymple and Alex Loudon were the main destroyers Pakistan batting taking four and three wickets each for 61 and 28 runs.

England ‘A’ skipper Robert Key did not enforce the follow-on.

Yousuf fell for a five-ball nought, casually hooking novice pace bowler Stuart Broad, who had earlier scored a career-best 54 not out, to substitute fielder Neil Dexter at deep square leg.

And 123 for three became 134 for four when Inzamam, who faced 12 balls, top-edged a pull against off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple and was caught by Alex Loudon, running round from first slip.

After Tim Bresnan bowled opener Imran Farhat (16), Broad had Iqbal dropped by Bell.

Left-handed opener Salman Butt completed an 88-ball fifty with his 10th four, a cover-drive off Bresnan.

But he fell tamely when he turned Dalrymple to the off-spinner's Middlesex team-mate Owais Shah at mid-wicket for 63.

Chris Read (150 not out) and Broad extended their overnight last-wicket stand to an unbroken 127 on what was an ideal batting pitch.

Scoreboard

ENGLAND ‘A’ (1st Innings, overnight 530-9):

A.N. Cook c Kamran b Sami 3

R.W.T. Key b Abdul Razzaq 136

I.R. Bell c Faisal b Umar Gul 74

O.A. Shah c Imran b Kaneria 23

R.S. Bopara c sub b Sami 15

J.W.M. Dalrymple lbw b Umar Gul 1

A.G.R. Loudon c Salman b Kaneria 51

C.M.W. Read not out 150

T.T. Bresnan c sub b Kaneria 23

M.J. Hoggard c Faisal b Kaneria 3

S.C.J. Broad not out 54

EXTRAS (B-31, LB-20, W-1, NB-10) 62

TOTAL (for nine wkts decl, 173 overs) 595

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-164, 3-238, 4-282, 5-283, 6-291, 7-393, 8-453, 9-468.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 23-3-73-0 (4nb, 1w); Mohammad Sami 25-3-97-2 (5nb); Umar Gul 33-5-92-2; Abdul Razzaq 26-9-65-1 (1nb); Danish Kaneria 48-7-158-4; Imran Farhat 17-2-55-0; Salman Butt 1-0-4-0.

Pakistan (1st Innings)

Salman Butt c Shah b Dalrymple 63

Imran Farhat b Bresnan 16

Faisal Iqbal c Bopara b Dalrymple 82

Mohammad Yousuf c sub b Broad 0

Inzamam-ul-Haq c Loudon b Dalrymple 0

Abdul Razzaq c Read b Dalrymple 37

Kamran Akmal b Loudon 1

Mohammad Sami not out 28

Umar Gul b Loudon 0

Danish Kaneria c Dalrymple b Loudon 0

Mohammad Asif absent injured 0

Extras (lb11, w2, nb2) 15

Total (all out, 73.1 overs) 242

Fall of wkts: 1-40, 2-116, 3-123, 4-134, 5-205, 6-207, 7-229, 8-234, 9-242

Bowling: Bresnan 18-7-69-1 (1w); Broad 14-4-48-1; Bopara 7-0-25-0 (2nb, 1w); Dalrymple 24-9-61-4; Loudon 10.1-1-28-3

Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG), Darrell Hair (AUS)—AFP