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Shoaib and Asif light up a gloomy Lord's
Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif lit up a gloomy day at Lord's with two outstanding spells of pace bowling to set up Pakistan for an seven-wicket win
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan at Lord's
02-Sep-2006
Pakistan 169 for 3 (Younis 55, Yousuf 49*) beat England 166 (Clarke 39, Shoaib 4-28) by seven wickets
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How they were out - England
How they were out - Pakistan
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How they were out - England
How they were out - Pakistan
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Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif lit up a gloomy day at Lord's with two
outstanding spells of pace bowling to set up Pakistan for a seven-wicket
win. Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and latterly Inzamam-ul-Haq made light
of late afternoon conditions that grew darker by the moment to ease
Pakistan across the line with 20 balls to spare.
If the weathermen were to have been believed there was very little chance
of a full match being played, so dire was the forecast but in England such
things have to be taken with a pinch of salt. Although the heady days of
summer seemed a lifetime ago the rain that did arrive only reduced the
contest to 40 overs-a-side. The light during Pakistan's chase would not
have been fit for a Test - or even first-class match - but one-day cricket
is about getting results for the crowd.
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