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LAHORE: England's retreat from a position of absolute dominance, allowed Pakistan to even the honours by close of play on the first day of the Test series in Lahore

England's opening partnership of Michael Atherton and Marcus Trescothick is fast becoming one of the strongest in recent times following their second century stand in two consecutive Tests today

England will go into the first Test in Lahore next week with their morale high, having achieved two comfortable, consecutive first-class victories

Controversy appears to have been averted with the match referee Farooq Zaman saying that he is not taking any action against Andy Caddick for his altercation with umpire Sajjad Asghar, after his appeal for a catch behind had been turned down

England needed just over an hour to claim the remaining four Governor's XI wickets, with the injured Wajahatullah Wasti unable to bat

An excellent innings by Marcus Trescothick, which ended just seven short of a century, went a long way in guiding England to 241 for 5 by close of play in Peshawar

Having put the Governor's XI into bat, England did well in taking five wickets for 113 until an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 60 revived the innings in the last session of the day

England are in command of their match against the Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's X1 in Rawalpindi

England emerged victorious by an innings and 27 runs from their four-day match against Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI in Rawalpindi

White: brilliant century for England Photo © CricInfo Ltd

A timely century partnership between Graham Thorpe and Graeme Hick revived England's innings after the Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI had claimed three quick wickets on the second day of the match in Rawalpindi

A young Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's X1, which included just one batsman of Test status - the captain, Mohammad Wasim - reached 188 for 5 by close of play on the first day of their four-day match against England

Pakistan completed a 2-1 series victory over England with this comfortable victory in Rawalpindi

Nasser Hussain was passed fit to play in the second one-day international against Pakistan at Lahore today

Unlike Karachi, it was perhaps not England's day

Unlike Karachi, it was perhaps not the England's day

Nasser Hussain demonstrated his return to form in Karachi when he led England's fightback against Pakistan following the controversial dismissal of Alec Stewart

An awesome display by England's batsmen achieved a magnificent five-wicket victory, with 16 balls to spare, over Pakistan in the tour's first One Day International

Pakistan became the second side in six months to be 'Flintoffed' when England's young powerhouse charged the attack with a mesmerising 84 to steer his side to an historic victory in Karachi

An awesome display by England's batsmen brought a magnificent five-wicket victory, with 16 balls to spare, over Pakistan in the tour's first One Day International