LEICESTER (England), July 2: Pakistan’s batting showed no signs of fragility on the second day of their three-day tour match against Leicestershire with openers Imran Farhat and Salman Butt sharing a century partnership on Sunday.
The left-handed duo added 145 as Pakistan declared at 304 for five, 11 runs behind
Leicestershire’s first-innings score.
By stumps, the county had extended its overall lead to 56 by reaching 45 for two in the second innings.
Scoreboard
LEICESTERSHIRE (1st Innings):
D.D.J. Robinson b Imran 34
M.A.G. Boyce c Younis b Sami 4
H.D. Ackerman c Faisal b Umar 0
D. Mongia not out 129
J.L. Sadler c and b Imran 92
J.N. Snape c Kamran b Kaneria 5
T.J. New b Sami 5
C.W. Henderson b Sami 0
N.G.E. Walker c Umar b Kaneria 11
R.A.G. Cummins c Kamran b Umar 4
C.J. Liddle not out 0
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-12, W-1, NB-8) 31
TOTAL (for nine decl, 81 overs) 315
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-15, 3-73, 4-247, 5-262, 6-283, 7-293, 8-308, 9-315.
BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 17-1-53-3 (4nb, 1w); Umar Gul 12-2-52-2 (1nb); Shahid Nazir 13-2-43-0 (3nb); Shahid Afridi 6-0-44-0; Imran Farhat 3-0-8-2; Danish Kaneria 25-6-83-2; Shoaib Malik 5-1-10-0.
PAKISTAN (1st Innings, overnight 14-0):
Salman Butt b Walker 68
Imran Farhat retired out 81
Shoaib Malik lbw b Henderson 18
Younis Khan lbw b Walker 9
Faisal Iqbal not out 40
Shahid Afridi lbw b Walker 13
Kamran Akmal not out 62
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, W-2, NB-1) 13
TOTAL (for five decl, 85 overs) 304
FALL OF WKTS: 1-145, 2-182, 3-185, 4-201.
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Sami, Shahid Nazir, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria.
BOWLING: Walker 24-5-47-3 (1w); Cummins 16-1-94-0 (1nb); Liddle 14-4-34-0; Henderson 26-7-101-1 (1w); Snape 5-1-18-0.
LEICESTERSHIRE (2nd Innings):
D.D.J. Robinson not out 13
M.A.G. Boyce c Shoaib b Umar 6
H.D. Ackerman b Sami 4
T.J. New not out 12
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4, NB-2) 10
TOTAL (for two wkts, 11 overs) 45
FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-25.
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Sami 5-0-28-1 (2nb); Umar Gul 4-1-9-1; Danish Kaneria 1-1-0-0; Imran Farhat 1-1-0-0.
UMPIRES: N.L. Bainton and J.W. Holder.—Agencies