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October 07, 2002 - 0815 GMT |
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Australia won first Test by 41 runs
COLOMBO: Australia beat Pakistan by 41 runs on the final day of the first Test here at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Monday.
October 07, 2002 - 0645 GMT
Australia one wicket away from victory
COLOMBO: Australia picked up five Pakistan wickets for 29 runs to take control of the first cricket Test on the fifth and final day at Colombo's Sarvanamuttu Stadium on Monday.
At lunch Pakistan was 259-9 after starting the day needing just 137 runs to win. But Australia's comeback left them still 57 runs short of victory.
Faisal Iqbal, not out at 30 was the only recognized batsman at the crease with fast bowler Mohammad Sami to join him after lunch.
It marked the fourth time in the Test match that a batting side lost five or more wickets inside one session.
Going in at 279 for three when rain stopped play on Sunday, the fourth day, Pakistan was in control of the match at one stage with Faisal Iqbal and Younis Khan batting at a steady progress.
Both batsmen were dropped by Mark Waugh at second slip and later put on 43 runs for the fifth wicket.
Leg-spinner Shane Warne made the first breakthrough of the day when he had overnight batsman Misbah-ul-Haq caught by skipper Steve Waugh at extra cover for 10 runs.
Later with the total at 230 he trapped Younis Khan leg before wicket for 51 runs. Khan faced 130 balls and hit six fours in his innings.
The match turned around in favor of Australia after skipper Waugh took the second new ball after 84 overs and had the wickets of Rashid Latif, Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar inside five overs.
Earlier on Sunday, openers Imran Nazir and Toufeeq Umer raised Pakistan's victory hopes with a 91-run opening-wicket stand.
DAY FOUR
October 06, 2002 - 0925 GMT
Pakistan battle hard in bid to win first Test
COLOMBO: Taufiq Umar hit a dogged 88 as new-look Pakistan made slow, but steady progress towards winning the first cricket Test against world champions Australia here on Sunday.
Pakistan, chasing a victory target of 316, took their lunch score of 103-1 to 179-3 by tea on the fourth day, still 137 runs away with seven wickets in hand.
Umar defied the Australians for more than three hours to hit 16 boundaries, before he was dismissed just before tea 12 runs short of his second Test century.
The 21-year-old slashed hard at fast bowler Brett Lee, only to edge the ball high to second slip where Mark Waugh jumped up to take a good catch with both hands.
Vice-captain Younis Khan, who put on 56 runs for the third wicket with Umar, was unbeaten at tea on 32. With him was Misbah-ul Haq on four.
Abdul Razzaq was the other batsman to go in the post-lunch session, trapped leg-before by Shane Warne after struggling for an hour to score four.
Some 800 Sri Lankan suppporters at the Tamil Union ground cheered every run scored by Pakistan, who are without four top stars Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul Haq and Yousuf Youhana.
The Australians have never been a favourite with the Sri Lankans after refusing to play a World Cup match in Colombo in 1996 and allegations of throwing levelled against star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan by Aussie umpires in 1995 and 1998.
Pakistan began the chase on the fourth morning after a sensational five-wicket burst in 15 balls by pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar saw Australia bundled out for 127 in one session on Saturday.
Umar and Imran Nazir defied both pace and spin to rattle up 91 for the first wicket, only the third 50-plus opening partnership for Pakistan in their last 21 innings.
Nazir, who made 40, holed out in the deep against leg-spinner Warne shortly before lunch after being hit on the helmet in Lee's previous over when he ducked to a ball that did not rise.
As tensions rose on the field on Sunday, umpires Steve Bucknor and Srinivas Venkataraghvan were forced to intervene after a heated exchange between Nazir and wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist.
The Australians had themselves to blame for Pakistan's fine start as two chances went abegging in the morning session.
Mark Waugh, one of the game's finest slip fielders, failed to hold a shoulder-high catch in the day's second over when Nazir edged a rising ball from Jason Gillespie.
Nazir moved to 25 when he stepped out to loft Warne, missed the line but Gilchrist fumbled a leg-side stumping.
Australia began the day with a six-man slip cordon for opening bowlers Glenn McGrath and Gillespie, but it was reduced to four as Nazir and Umar settled in.
Nazir drove both bowlers for boundaries and Umar meted out the same treatment when Lee came on first change.
Nazir lofted Warne twice and Umar pulled Lee to bring up the 50-run stand an hour before lunch.
October 06, 2002 - 0645 GMT
Pakistan openers make fine start
COLOMBO: Openers Imran Nazir and Taufeeq Umar put on 91 for the first wicket as Pakistan set off in pursuit of their victory target of 316 on the fourth day of the first test against Australia on Sunday.
At lunch Pakistan were 103 for one after Imran was caught by Glenn McGrath off Shane Warne for 40. Taufeeq Umar was not out 55, including 10 boundaries, and Abdur Razzaq had scored three.
Imran survived a chance to Mark Waugh off paceman Jason Gillepsie before Pakistan had opened their account. The ball flew to the boundary for the first of his seven fours.
He had a second life after scoring 25 when wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist missed a stumping chance off Warne. Imran, who was smacked on the helmet by Brett Lee, was finally dismissed when he lofted Warne to McGrath at mid-off.
Australia, who had a comfortable first innings lead of 188, were dismissed for 127 in their second innings on Saturday after fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar took five wickets in 15 balls. The final session of the day was washed out.
DAY
THREE
October 05, 2002 - 0955 GMT
Australia all out for 127
Colombo: Australia were bowled out for 127 at tea in their second innings on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan here at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Saturday.
Australia first innings total of 467 all out, while making a reply to Pakistan first innings total of 279 all out.
Pakistan bowled and fielded pretty well in the second session. Shoaib Akhtar took five wickets for 21, Saqlain Mushtaq took four wickets for 46 and Mohammad Sami took one wicket.
Pakistan now require 316 runs to win the first-Test-match.
October 05, 2002 - 0645 GMT
Australia 45-1 at lunch
Colombo: Australia were 45 for no loss at lunch in their second innings on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan here at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Saturday.
Australia lead by 233 runs, Matthew Hayden was batting on 22 and Justin Langer was playing on 16.
Australia first innings total of 467 all out, Pakistan first innings total of 279 all out.
October 05, 2002 - 0530 GMT
Pakistan all out for 279
Colombo: Pakistan were bowled out for 279, while making a reply to Australia first innings total of 467 in their first innings on the third day of the first Test here at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Saturday.
DAY TWO
October 04, 2002 - 1155 GMT
Pakistan 210-5 v Australia
Colombo: Pakistan were 210 for the loss of five wickets at close of paly on the second day of the first Test against Australia here at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Friday.
Australia first-innings total of 467 all out.
Faisal Iqbal was batting on 78 and Rashid Latif was playing on 30.
October 04, 2002 - 0845 GMT
Pakistan suffer quick blows against Australia
COLOMBO: Pakistan lost three cheap wickets in their first innings after dramatically bowling out Australia for 467 on the second day of the first cricket Test here on Friday.
Openers Imran Nazir and Taufiq Umar were dismissed without scoring and number three Abdul Razzaq went for 11 to leave Pakistan struggling at 50-3 by tea at the Tamil Union ground.
Vice-captain Younis Khan, the mainstay of the batting in the absence of the injured duo of Inzamam-ul Haq and Yousuf Youhana, battled alone to remain unbeaten on 36 with eight boundaries.
Glenn McGrath claimed Nazir leg-before with his fifth ball and Jason Gillespie struck with his first when left-handed Umar edged a catch to Ricky Ponting at third slip.
Razzaq helped Younis add 41 for the third wicket when he was unlucky to be given out caught behind off Shane Warne by Indian umpire Srinivas Venkataraghvan.
Television replays showed the ball may have missed the edge of the bat.
Misbah-ul Haq had yet to open his account when tea was taken.
Earlier, Australia lost their last five wickets for 10 runs after they had moved to 457-5 soon after lunch.
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar picked up three wickets in seven balls, including two off consecutive deliveries.
Left-handed Adam Gilchrist was left stranded on 66 as off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, who claimed the other two wickets, finished with 4-136 from 40.5 overs.
Damien Martyn, who made 67 in a 128-run stand for the sixth wicket with Gillespie, was caught at short-leg off Saqlain as he played a defensive ball.
At the other end, Akhtar worked up lightening pace to offset the slow wicket and found himself being rewarded handsomely.
He began by forcing Warne to fend a short ball to Faisal Iqbal at short-leg.
In his next over, Akhtar clean bowled Brett Lee and trapped Gillespie off consecutive deliveries.
Last man McGrath survived the hat-trick ball which went off his pads for two leg-byes, but was claimed leg-before by Saqlain in the next over to wind up the innings quickly.
Earlier, Martyn and Gilchrist batted through the extended morning session to lift Australia from their overnight score of 330-5 to 453 without further loss by lunch.
Play began 30 minutes early to make up for the early finish on the first day, but Pakistan managed to bowl only 33.4 overs in which Australia scored 123 runs.
Captain Waqar Younis and three other seamers failed to make inroads even with the second new ball claimed as soon as it was due after 80 overs.
Martyn hit nine boundaries, while left-handed Gilchrist had seven fours against his name.
Australia, who elected to bat after winnng the toss, had prospered on the opening day through an aggressive 141 by Ricky Ponting and half-centuries from Justin Langer and Mark Waugh.
The three-Test series was shifted to neutral venues in Colombo and Sharjah after Australia declined to tour Pakistan for security reasons.
October
04, 2002 - 0645 GMT
Australia 453-5 at lunch on second day
COLOMBO: Unbeaten half-centuries from Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist boosted Australia to 453 for five at lunch Friday on the second day of the first cricket test against Pakistan.
The pair added 123 to Australia's overnight total 330 for five with Martyn going to lunch at 67 and Gilchrist on 60.
Their unbeaten 124-run partnership took 208 balls.
On Thursday Ricky Ponting blazed 141 runs to guide the Aussies from a first-over setback to a healthy position when bad light stopped play at Colombo's Saravanamuttu Stadium.
Ponting went to the crease at the departure of Matt Hayden (4) on the fifth ball of the morning and combined with Justin Langer in a 183-run stand in 237 balls to salvage the innings.
The Pakistanis managed to separate the pair 15 overs after lunch when wicketkeeper Rashid Latif caught Langer off fast medium bowler Abdul Razzaq for 72.
Skipper Waqar Younis and offspinner Saqlain Mushtaq, with two wickets apiece, helped Pakistan bounce back in the last session as the Australians lost three important wickets.
After Younis had Ponting caught by Younis Khan in the sixth over after tea, Australia lost the wickets of Steve (31) and Mark Waugh (55) within the space of 27 runs.
Mark Waugh crossed 8,000 runs in tests when he scored 51 runs and recorded his 47th half century.
Younis, who is leading an inexperienced Pakistani lineup and playing on neutral venues because Australia refused to tour Pakistan for safety reasons, returned 2-86 and Mushtaq's figures were 2-126 in 38 overs .
DAY ONE
October 03, 2002 - 1140 GMT
Australia 330-5 v Pakistan
Colombo: Australia were 330 for the loss of five wickets at close of paly on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan here at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Thursday.
Damien Martyn was batting on 6 and Adam Gilchrist was playing on 1.
October 03, 2002 - 0920 GMT
Ponting's century lifts Australia to 236-2
COLOMBO: Ricky Ponting smashed an unbeaten 122 as Australia flayed Pakistan on the opening day of the first cricket Test here on Thursday.
Ponting's 11th Test century enabled Australia take their lunch total of 138-1 to 236-2 by tea as Pakistan's attack wilted in stifling heat and humidity at the Tamil Union ground here.
Mark Waugh was the other unbeaten batsman at tea on 23 after taking 24 minutes and 17 deliveries to open his account.
The younger of the Waugh twins, battling to keep his Test career afloat, was clearly uncomfortable against both pace and spin and survived a confident leg-before appeal off Shoaib Akhtar before he had scored.
He got off the mark with a steer to third man off Akhtar and then produced two trade-mark on-drives off Saqlain Mushtaq which raced to the mid-wicket fence.
Australia were well-served by Ponting and Justin Langer, who put on 183 for the second wicket in little over three hours after captain Steve Waugh won the toss and elected to bat.
Left-handed Langer took his lunch score of 55 to 72 when he edged Abdul Razzaq and was caught low down to the left by wicket-keeper Rashid Latif.
Ponting, 97 at that stage, reached his century in Razzaq's next over with a superbly-timed on-drive for four. He has so far hit 19 boundaries.
Earlier, the Australians had survived the first over dismissal of Matthew Hayden to race to 138-1 off 25 overs by lunch.
Langer and Ponting hammered 133 in 116 minutes during the morning session after Hayden skied a drive off the fifth ball of the match bowled by Pakistani captain Waqar Younis.
Langer hit four boundaries in one over from Waqar, a pull shot followed by three straight drives.
Ponting was the more agreesive of the two batsmen, cutting and driving at will against an attack that found no response from the even-paced wicket.
Barely 100 Sri Lankan spectators were at hand to watch the start of the three-Test series, which was shifted to Colombo and Sharjah after Australia declined to tour Pakistan for security reasons.
Pakistan surprisingly included a fourth seamer in Mohammmad Sami after indicating on Wednesday they would play both spinners Saqlain Mushtaq and Danish Kaneria.
As Sami went for 42 runs in his first eight overs, Pakistan sorely missed the leg-spin of Kaneria on a wicket that eased out after giving early help to the seamers.
Australia kept faith in the trusted combination of three fast bowlers and leg-spinner Shane Warne with Damien Martyn retaining the number six spot ahead of Darren Lehmann.
October 03, 2002 - 0645 GMT
Langer and Ponting blunt Pakistan
COLOMBO: Australia survived the first over dismissal of Matthew Hayden to plunder 138-1 by lunch on the opening day of the first cricket Test against Pakistan here on Thursday.
Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting hammered 133 in 116 minutes for the unbroken second wicket after Hayden skied a drive off the fifth ball of the match bowled by Pakistani captain Waqar Younis.
Langer went to lunch on 55 and Ponting was on 67 as Australian captain Steve Waugh won the toss and elected to take first strike on the even-paced Tamil Union ground wicket.
Langer has so far hit nine boundaries, including a pull and three straight drives in one over from Waqar.
The aggresive Ponting has 11 fours against his name, the best being a lightning pull off Mohammad Sami that brought up both his half-century and the hundred partnership.
Barely 100 Sri Lankan spectators were at hand to watch the start of the three-Test series, which was shifted to Colombo and Sharjah after Australia declined to tour Pakistan for security reasons.
Pakistan surprisingly included a fourth seamer in Sami after indicating on Wednesday they would play both spinners Saqlain Mushtaq and Danish Kaneria.
As Sami went for 42 runs in his first eight overs, Pakistan sorely missed the leg-spin of Kaneria on a wicket that eased out after giving early help to the seamers.
The other Pakistani bowlers were equally expensive. Waqar conceded 31 runs in six overs and Shoaib Akhtar's four overs of express speed still cost 16 runs.
Australia kept faith in the trusted combination of three fast bowlers and leg-spinner Shane Warne with Damien Martyn retaining the number six spot ahead of Darren Lehmann.
October 03, 2002 - 0445 GMT
Australia elect to bat v Pakistan
COLOMBO: Australian captain Steve Waugh won the toss and elected to bat in the first cricket Test against Pakistan at the Tamil Union ground here on Thursday.
Australia: Steve Waugh (capt), Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh, Damien Martyn, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath. 12th man: Darren Lehmann.
Pakistan: Waqar Younis (capt), Taufiq Umar, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq, Rashid Latif, Shoaib Akhtar, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mohammmad Sami. 12th man: Rana Naveed-ul
Hasan.
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) & Srinivas Venkataraghvan (India). Match referee: Clive Lloyd (West Indies).
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