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Qadir – the match winner 11 for 218 for Pakistan :
Aussies lose by innings
by A.C.De Silva
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The star in action – Abdul Qadir who had a haul of 11 for
218 that helped Pakistan to best Australia by an innings and
3 runs at Faisalabad.
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Faisalabad, Pakistan... Leg-spinner Abdul Qadir dumped Australia to
an innings and 3-run defeat shortly before tea on the fifth and final
day of the second Test here in Faisalabad.
The touring team who had begun the day on 176 for 4 wickets, still
needing 157 runs to avoid an innings defeat, were bowled out for 330,
leaving Pakistan victors by an innings and 3 runs.
Hopes that the Australians would save the match were raised during
the morning session when 22 year-old Greg Ritchie, playing in only his
Second Test, carried the fight to the Pakistanis.
The Australians lost only one wicket during the session, Peter Sleep
falling to a catch at deep square leg when he misjudged a sweep shot to
give leg-spinner Abdul Qadir his fifth wicket of the innings and his
ninth wicket of the match, for a allround total haul of 11 for 218,
taking 4 for 76 in the first innings and 7 for 142 in the second
innings.
Pakistan who batted first, made a handsome first innings score of 501
for six wickets and then closed their innings. There were two centurians
in the side- Zaheer Abbas 126, Mansoor Akhtar 111. For the Australians
Geoff Lawson 4 for 96 bowled best.
The somewhat massive score by the Pakistanis seemed too much for the
Aussies to handle and they were out for somewhat a poor score of 168 in
the first innings, with Abdul Qadir taking 4 for 76.
Asked to follow on, the Aussies had some hope in the early part of
the 2nd innings, with opening batsman B.M. Laird (60) and Greg Ritchie
(106 not out) trying their best to weather the storm of Qadir – the
Pakistani spinner, but it turned out to be a little too much for the
Aussies to tackle and the Pakistanis were home before tea on the final
day. Pakistan 1st Innings: 501 for 6 wkts dec. (Zaheer Abbas 126,
Mansoor Akhtar 111, G.F. Lawson 4 for 96).
SCOREBOARD
Australia 1st Innings
B.M. Laird lbw b Qassim 09
G.M. Wood c Wasim Bari b Mudassar 49
J.Dyson c Mudassar b Qassim 23
A.R. Border c Miandad b Imran Khan 09
K.J. Hughes c Imran Khan b Qadir 11
G.M. Ritchie run out 34
P.R. Sleep lbw b Imran Khan 00
R.W. Marsh b Qadir 00
R.J. Bright c Haroon b Qadir 00
G.F. Lawson c Zaheer Abbas b Qasim 13
J.R. Thomson not out 01
EXTRAS: (B8, LB-6, NB-3, W-2) 19
TOTAL: 168
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-20, 2-82, 3-96, 4-113, 5-123, 6-123
7-124, 8-124, 9-167
BOWLING (Pakistan): Imran Khan 14-6-16-2
Tahir Naggash 15-4-21-0
Abdul Qadir 42-14-76-4
Qasim 25-11-28-2
Mudassar Nazar 7-2-8-1
Australia 2nd Innings
B.M. Laird c Mudassar c Qadir 60
J. Dyson c Qasim b Qadir 43
A.R. Border c Haroon b Qadir 31
K.J. Hughes lbw b Qadir 07
G.M. Ritchie not out 106
P.R. Sleep c Mohsin b Qader 29
G.M. Wood c Wasim Bari b Qadim 22
R.W. Marsh run out 08
R.J. Bright c sub (Salim Malik) b Qasim 00
G.F. Lawson lbw b Qadir 00
J.R. Thomson st. Wasim Bari b Qadir 11
EXTRAS: (nb-5, lb-7, w-1) 13
TOTAL: 330
FALL OF WICKETS:1-73, 2-125, 3-133, 4-162, 5-218
6-290, 7-309, 8-309, 9-310
BOWLING (Pakistan): Tahir 9-1-25-0
Imran 10-5-20-0
Qadir 50.4-12-142-7
Qasim 46-18-97-2
Mudassar Nazar 9-3-26-0
Zaheer Abbas 3-0-5-0
Javed Miandad 1-0-2-0 |
