England vs Pakistan, 1st Test at London, May 17 2001.
Toss: Pakistan. Test debuts: R. J. Sidebottom, I. J. Ward.
Sustained inaccuracy and total breakdown on Saturday afternoon from usually reliable Lord's performers marred this match. Clearly, it was time for MCC's electronic scoreboards to be centrally contracted. Gough and Caddick, who between them took 16 for 207, were persuasive advocates for the virtues of being fresh for the big occasion. This was the 12th time in their 24 Tests together that England had won, a testament to their combined potency and a record that, temporarily at least, compared favourably with Trueman and Statham (13 from 35). They were ably supported by assured close catching, notably from Thorpe, while a solid all-round batting effort gave the new-ball duo the platform they required.
Vaughan, promoted to No. 3 ahead of Hussain, struck 26 elegant runs in boundaries before Mahmood "strangled" him down the leg side. And when the same bowler ended Atherton's 200th Test innings, bowling him between bat and pad for 42, England were 114 for three. Then came the stand of the match, a mixture of attack and attrition. Thorpe did most of the former, Hussain the latter, and, as they added 132 in 46 overs, Pakistan had cause to regret following England's example in omitting a specialist spinner. Thorpe moved serenely to 50 for the 36th time in Tests but, frustratingly, there was no ninth hundred.
His exit brought in Ryan Sidebottom, making his debut only because of back injuries to Yorkshire colleagues White and Hoggard. He and his father, Arnie, were the tenth such pairing to play for England but, with his corn-dolly locks tumbling from under his helmet, hair rather than heredity informed most discussion of the night-watchman. More importantly, he saw out the day. Even better for England was that Hussain was still there, too, his near-four-hour vigil yielding a gutsy 53 not out. But their progress was checked the following morning when Shoaib fractured the captain's right thumb. Next over, clearly in pain, he was caught behind off Mahmood for 64. Two years earlier at Lord's, he broke his right middle finger while fielding against New Zealand, and in June 2000 he broke his left thumb fielding for Essex.
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Toss: Pakistan. Test debuts: R. J. Sidebottom, I. J. Ward.
Sustained inaccuracy and total breakdown on Saturday afternoon from usually reliable Lord's performers marred this match. Clearly, it was time for MCC's electronic scoreboards to be centrally contracted. Gough and Caddick, who between them took 16 for 207, were persuasive advocates for the virtues of being fresh for the big occasion. This was the 12th time in their 24 Tests together that England had won, a testament to their combined potency and a record that, temporarily at least, compared favourably with Trueman and Statham (13 from 35). They were ably supported by assured close catching, notably from Thorpe, while a solid all-round batting effort gave the new-ball duo the platform they required.
Vaughan, promoted to No. 3 ahead of Hussain, struck 26 elegant runs in boundaries before Mahmood "strangled" him down the leg side. And when the same bowler ended Atherton's 200th Test innings, bowling him between bat and pad for 42, England were 114 for three. Then came the stand of the match, a mixture of attack and attrition. Thorpe did most of the former, Hussain the latter, and, as they added 132 in 46 overs, Pakistan had cause to regret following England's example in omitting a specialist spinner. Thorpe moved serenely to 50 for the 36th time in Tests but, frustratingly, there was no ninth hundred.
His exit brought in Ryan Sidebottom, making his debut only because of back injuries to Yorkshire colleagues White and Hoggard. He and his father, Arnie, were the tenth such pairing to play for England but, with his corn-dolly locks tumbling from under his helmet, hair rather than heredity informed most discussion of the night-watchman. More importantly, he saw out the day. Even better for England was that Hussain was still there, too, his near-four-hour vigil yielding a gutsy 53 not out. But their progress was checked the following morning when Shoaib fractured the captain's right thumb. Next over, clearly in pain, he was caught behind off Mahmood for 64. Two years earlier at Lord's, he broke his right middle finger while fielding against New Zealand, and in June 2000 he broke his left thumb fielding for Essex.
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