Pakistanis wobble to 262 at the WACA
A sixth-wicket stand of 95 between Yousuf Youhana and Abdul Razzaq saved the Pakistanis from another humiliation on the first day of the their tour match at the WACA
Cricinfo staff
09-Dec-2004
Western Australia 1 for 20 trail Pakistanis 262 (Razzaq 83*, Youhana 77, Butt 42, Dorey 3-38) by 242 runs
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The Pakistanis were dismissed for 262 on the first day of their match against Western Australia at the WACA. Before the close, Shoaib Akhtar trapped Justin Langer lbw as WA edged to 1 for 20 in reply.
Abdul Razzaq held the Pakistanis' innings together with an undefeated 83, and put on 95 for the sixth wicket with Yousuf Youhana. Then he added 72 for the eighth wicket with Mohammad Sami, as only four batsmen reached double figures. Before lunch they had been 5 for 78 and were staring down the barrel of another humiliation.
Earlier in the week, the tourists had been beaten by Western Australia's second XI despite being set a target of just 94. Today, they won the toss and batted, only to lose their top order to Brett Dorey and Ben Edmondson inside 90 minutes. Only opener Salman Butt (42), who made a good hundred at Lilac Hill on Tuesday, held firm for a while as all around him crumbled.
When Edmondson dismissed Butt and Shoaib Malik with successive deliveries, the Pakistanis were in deep trouble, and it could have been worse as Youhana edged Steve Magoffin just past Michael Hussey's outstretched arm at second slip before he had scored.
Yousuf and Razzaq then consolidated either side of lunch, but Magoffin struck twice in as many overs to remove Youhana for 77, and Kamran Akmal for 0.