Pakistan vs India, 1st Test at Lahore, Jan 13 2006, India tour of Pakistan

RESULT
1st Test, Lahore, January 13 - 17, 2006, India tour of Pakistan
679/7d
410/1

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
254
virender-sehwag
Match centre 
Scorecard summary
Pakistan 679/7(143.3 overs)
1st INNINGS
199 (336)
2/178 (39.3)
173 (199)
2/122 (24)
India 410/1(77.2 overs)
1st INNINGS
254 (247)
1/94 (16)
128* (233)
0/46 (16.2)

Here we go again! Light has been offered and accepted - players walk back to the pavilion

Umpires have decided to take Tea and they will come out for an inspection in 30 minutes time.

And finally the umpires have decided to call off the day's play and that brings us to the end of the first Test.

77.2
Shoaib Akhtar to Dravid, no run

Akhtar to Dravid - defended straight back down the track

77.1
Shoaib Akhtar to Dravid, no run

Akhtar to Dravid - short of a good length delivery, coming in from outside the off stump, Dravid defends it down on the leg side

end of over 776 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 410/1CRR: 5.32 
VVS Laxman0 (1b)
Rahul Dravid128 (230b 18x4)
Naved-ul-Hasan 16-1-94-1
Shoaib Akhtar 16-6-46-0
76.6
Naved-ul-Hasan to Laxman, no run

Naved-ul-Hasan to Laxman, good line and length delivery, Laxman defends it on the front-foot, end of a successful over

76.5
W
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, OUT

Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, OUT (Caught) - gone! another short rising delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag looking to lift it down to third man fails to make proper contact, ball kisses the bat and goes straight to Akmal behind the stumps, end of an epic innings!

Virender Sehwag c †Kamran Akmal b Naved-ul-Hasan 254 (247b 47x4 1x6 328m) SR: 102.83
76.4
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, no run

Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - and again, goes after a short delivery outside the off stump and gets beaten by a long way

76.3
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, no run

Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - short rising delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag goes after it but makes no contact

76.2
4
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, FOUR runs

Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - good length delivery outside the off stump, just enough width and Sehwag clobbers it through covers, no stopping that

76.1
2
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, 2 runs

Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - 250! Rana drifts on to the pads and Sehwag tucks it away to fine leg for a brace

end of over 761 run
IND: 404/0CRR: 5.31 
Rahul Dravid128 (230b 18x4)
Virender Sehwag248 (245b 44x4 1x6)
Shoaib Akhtar 16-6-46-0
Mohammad Sami 12-1-67-0
75.6
Shoaib Akhtar to Dravid, no run

Akhtar to Dravid - short and wide outside the off stump, was there to be hit but Dravid finds the man at point

75.5
Shoaib Akhtar to Dravid, no run

Akhtar to Dravid - wayward delivery down the leg side, Dravid offers no shot

75.4
Shoaib Akhtar to Dravid, no run

Akhtar to Dravid - fraction short and close to the off stump line, Dravid stands his ground and pushes it straight to the fielder at point

75.3
Shoaib Akhtar to Dravid, no run

Akhtar to Dravid - short rising delivery on the middle and off stump line, defended on the back-foot

75.2
1
Shoaib Akhtar to Sehwag, 1 run

Akhtar to Sehwag - short of a good length delivery on the middle and leg stump line, turned away off the back-foot to the square leg region, easy single and that's the first run of the day

75.1
Shoaib Akhtar to Sehwag, no run

Akhtar to Sehwag - short rising delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag sways away from the path of the delivery and leaves it for the keeper

end of over 757 runs
IND: 403/0CRR: 5.37 
Rahul Dravid128 (226b 18x4)
Virender Sehwag247 (243b 44x4 1x6)
Mohammad Sami 12-1-67-0
Shoaib Malik 12-1-70-0

Rana into the attack now

And once again bad light comes into play.

Light has been offered and accepted.

Break - Bad light stops play

Break - Day 5 start delayed due to wet conditions

Next inspection at 10:30 local time (11:00 IST)

And it starts to drizzle! covers are back on and it looks lilke we are in for a long wait.

74.6
Sami to Dravid, no run

Sami to Dravid, good length delivery, Dravid defends of the back-foot and the ball goes straight to the fielder at point

74.6
2nb
Sami to Sehwag, (no ball) 1 run

(no ball) Sami to Sehwag, Sehwag works it through the leg side, 1 run

74.6
1nb
Sami to Sehwag, (no ball)

(no ball) Sami to Sehwag, Sehwag gets an edge, no runs

74.5
Sami to Sehwag, no run

Sami to Sehwag - punched away on the leg side, came off the inner half of the bat

74.4
Sami to Sehwag, no run

Sami to Sehwag - driven in the air and just wide of Sami, mid-off moves across and cuts off the single

74.3
Sami to Sehwag, no run

Sami to Sehwag, good line and length, Sehwag drives the ball through the off side, no runs

Match details
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
TossPakistan, elected to bat first
Series
Season2005/06
Player Of The Match
Series result3-match series level 0-0
Match numberTest no. 1781
Match daysday (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Match Referee