Sussex v Pakistanis
Wisden's review of the tour match, Sussex v Pakistanis
15-Apr-2017
At Hove, July 8-10. Drawn. Toss: Sussex. First-class debuts: J. C. Archer, P. D. Salt. County debut: A. Sakande.
The loss of the last day to persistent drizzle prevented a result, although a good batting pitch might have precluded one anyway. Azhar Ali batted carefully for a second successive century, and his stands of 125 and 146 with Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq propelled the Pakistanis to 363 on the first day. Fast bowler Jofra Archer - born in Barbados and a former West Indies Under-19 representative - took four of the five wickets to fall (the other first-class debutant, 19-year-old Welshman Philip Salt, later made a tidy unbeaten 37). Sussex replied in kind, the openers putting on 212: Wells fell just short of a century, but Finch completed his second in first-class cricket. Brown declared 72 behind, then Pakistan's top three all but doubled that by the end of the second day
The loss of the last day to persistent drizzle prevented a result, although a good batting pitch might have precluded one anyway. Azhar Ali batted carefully for a second successive century, and his stands of 125 and 146 with Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq propelled the Pakistanis to 363 on the first day. Fast bowler Jofra Archer - born in Barbados and a former West Indies Under-19 representative - took four of the five wickets to fall (the other first-class debutant, 19-year-old Welshman Philip Salt, later made a tidy unbeaten 37). Sussex replied in kind, the openers putting on 212: Wells fell just short of a century, but Finch completed his second in first-class cricket. Brown declared 72 behind, then Pakistan's top three all but doubled that by the end of the second day