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THE SQUADS England The England squad for the tour was as follows: Tests Michael Vaughan ( Yorkshire ); James Anderson ( Lancashire ); Ian Bell ( Warwickshire ; Paul Collingwood ( Durham ); Andrew Flintoff ( Lancashire ); Ashley Giles ( Warwickshire ); Steve Harmison ( Durham ); Matthew Hoggard ( Yorkshire ); Geraint Jones ( Kent ); Alex Loudon ( Warwickshire ); Kevin Pietersen ( Hampshire ); Liam Plunkett ( Durham ); Matthew Prior ( Sussex ); Andrew Strauss ( Middlesex ); Marcus Trescothick (Captain) ( Somerset ); Shaun Udal ( Hampshire ) Michael Vaughan suffered an injury at the second warm-up match against Pakistan A in Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore . He was replaced by Marcus Trescothick as captain for the 1st Test at Multan . Simon Jones of Glamorgan and Chris Tremlett of Hampshire were originally selected but withdrew due to injury on 4 October and 13 October respectively. Liam Plunkett of Durham was announced as a replacement for Jones on 11 October . Tremlett is not being replaced. ODIs Marcus Trescothick (captain) Somerset ; James Anderson ( Lancashire ); Ian Bell ( Warwickshire ; Ian Blackwell ( Somerset ); Paul Collingwood ( Durham ); Andrew Flintoff ( Lancashire ); Steve Harmison ( Durham County Cricket Club ); Geraint Jones ( Kent ; Kabir Ali ( Worcestershire ) Kevin Pietersen ( Hampshire ); Liam Plunkett ( Durham ); Matthew Prior ( Sussex ); Vikram Solanki ( Warwickshire ); Andrew Strauss ( Middlesex ); Shaun Udal ( Hampshire ) Simon Jones was also named in the squad, but never joined it due to fitness problems. Chris Tremlett was named in the squad and withdrew through injury on 13 October . Udal and Ali were named as replacements. Ashley Giles (hip surgery) and Michael Vaughan (knee surgery) flew home before the ODI series started, with Bell staying in Pakistan and Blackwell coming in as a replacement. Kevin Pietersen played the first two ODIs, but withdrew with a rib injury on 13 December , and was not replaced. Pakistan Tests First and Second Test: Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain); Salman Butt ; Shoaib Malik ; Younis Khan ; Mohammad Yousuf ; Hasan Raza ; Kamran Akmal ; Danish Kaneria ; Mohammad Sami ; Naved-ul-Hasan ; Shabbir Ahmed ; Shoaib Akhtar ; Mushtaq Ahmed ; Asim Kamal ; Shahid Afridi ; Arshad Khan Third Test : Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain); Salman Butt ; Shoaib Malik ; Younis Khan ; Mohammad Yousuf ; Hasan Raza ; Kamran Akmal ; Danish Kaneria ; Mohammad Sami ; Naved-ul-Hasan ; Shoaib Akhtar ; Mushtaq Ahmed ; Asim Kamal ; Mohammad Asif ; Arshad Khan ODIs
SCHEDULE The England team arrived in Pakistan on 26 October and left on 22 December . The schedule was as follows:
THE GAMES Patron's XI v English XI (31 October-2 November) England beat Patron's XI by 56 runs Pakistan A v English XI (6-8 November) Pakistan A won by six wickets First Test: Pakistan v England (12-16 November)
and Shoaib Akhtar shared seven wickets to bowl England out in three spurts at Multan. Pakistan took their first victory over England at home since 1987-88 , despite surrendering a first-innings lead of 144 and setting a target of 198 - and England were even 64 for 1 chasing that target. However, Kaneria removed Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell in the same over, before Paul Collingwood was Lbw to Mohammad Sami in the next. England had gone from 64 for 1 to 67 for 4 - Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen added 26, before Kaneria struck again, as Flintoff swept him to Younis Khan. Eventually, they were 117 for 7, before Shaun Udal came in and added 49 with Geraint Jones - and then, Shoaib Akhtar Bowled Jones for 33, leaving England to hit 33 for the last two wickets. Udal and Steve Harmison went in quick succession, and England finished on 175. Despite the efforts of the bowlers, it was Salman Butt who became Man of the Match, as his 122 in the second innings enabled Pakistan to set a target. (BBC scorecard) Second Test:Pakistan v England (20-24 November) (Cricinfo scorecard) Third Test: Pakistan v England (29 November-3 December) (Cricinfo scorecard) Warm-up game (7 December) Pakistan A won by 1 wicket at Bagh-e-Jinnah , Lahore . {Link without Title} First ODI: Pakistan v England (10 December)
England recorded their second win on tour, and their first over Pakistan, after winning the toss and batting to set a target that was eventually too big for Pakistan to chase down. England's openers, Marcus Trescothick and Matthew Prior (who played his second ODI), added 43 before Trescothick lobbed a catch to Danish Kaneria , but Prior went on to make a career-best 45 before Mohammad Sami had him out Lbw . After 25 overs, England had made 131 for 2, but Strauss and Pietersen then added 50 in four overs before Pietersen was Stumped off a wide ball from Shoaib Malik . His 56 off 39 balls, however, had brought the average English run rate above 6, and it never fell below 5.75 from then on. Though Strauss was eventually caught off Kaneria's bowling - six short of his third ODI century - Flintoff added 90 with Paul Collingwood in the last 11 overs, and England had totalled 327 for 4, Flintoff hitting three sixes on his way to an unbeaten 72. However, his bowling leaked runs at a rate quicker than the target rate, with the first four overs costing 41 runs after he had come on as first change bowler for James Anderson , who had dismissed Kamran Akmal with the eleventh ball of the match. Salman Butt and Younis Khan shared a stand of 117 runs at a rate of 6.75 per over, but mid-innings England's slowest bowlers came to the fore. Ian Blackwell bowled ten overs without conceding a boundary, ending without a wicket but conceding 45 runs, while Paul Collingwood dismissed Inzamam-ul-Haq as the latter mistimed a guide to third man into the gloves of Geraint Jones who held the catch on the second attempt. With ten overs remaining, Pakistan needed 88 with six wickets in hand, with Harmison, Flintoff and ODI debutant Liam Plunkett bowling. Plunkett was the first to get a wicket, dismissing Mohammad Yousuf after an 83-run stand (off 96 balls) with Shoaib Malik , but Abdul Razzaq hit Flintoff for eleven off the four balls he faced in the next over, and with five overs remaining Pakistan needed 51. However, both the recognised batsmen were out in the next over to Plunkett, as the debutant finished with three for 51 (all caught), and Shoaib Akhtar was run out on the final ball of the over. Flintoff got two wickets in the 47th over to end the chase, but Strauss was named Man of the Match for his innings of 94, which included partnerships with every batsman except Trescothick and Collingwood. (Cricinfo scorecard) Second ODI: Pakistan v England (12 December)
Pakistan levelled the series after their Wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal hit his second ODI century - indeed, his second score above 50. However, it was Shoaib Akhtar who became Man Of The Match , after removing Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss in the same over and coming back to take three more wickets while bowling. England had won the toss and batted first, and after an opening stand of 30 between Trescothick and Matthew Prior Shoaib took two wickets in an over. Another stand of 44 took England to 74 after 13 overs, but Rana Naved-ul-Hasan repeated Shoaib's feat, and a full ball from Abdul Razzaq took care of Prior for 32. Shoaib returned for two more wickets, and when Paul Collingwood chipped a return catch to Danish Kaneria England were 130 for 8 with 20 overs still to bat. They had little option but to put on their Super Sub Vikram Solanki , a specialist batsman, for bowler James Anderson - Solanki joined in with Liam Plunkett , who hit a maiden fifty in his second ODI for England, as the two shared a 100-run partnership. However, Plunkett and Steve Harmison were out in successive balls in the penultimate over, and England set a target of 230 on a Pitch that had been described as "flat and perfect for batting". As it turned out, it wasn't enough - Flintoff, Harmison and Collingwood got a wicket each, but the Pakistani batsmen hit 34 boundaries in total - 138 of 231 runs - with Akmal sharing two 70+ stands, the opening with Salman Butt , and a third-wicket one with Mohammad Yousuf (who hit 28 off 68 balls) to carry Pakistan to 187 for 3 before he pulled a Harmison short ball to Solanki for 102. By that time, though, Pakistan needed 44 in 13.3 overs, and Inzamam-ul-Haq hit six fours in an unbeaten 31 as Pakistan made it to the target with six overs to spare. (Cricinfo scorecard) Third ODI: Pakistan v England (15 December) Kamran Akmal made his second Century in three days to help Pakistan take a 2–1 lead in the series with two games to play, and their highest ODI victory by runs since their group match with Hong Kong at the 2004 Asia Cup . It was also their highest ODI win against a Full Member nation of the ICC since a 182-run win over South Africa in December 2002. England equalled their heaviest defeat ever with this loss . Pakistan were put in to bat after Marcus Trescothick won the toss, but England's bowlers did not back up the faith Trescothick had in them, not taking a wicket in the first 15 overs, before Liam Plunkett took two wickets in three balls, dismissing Younis Khan for the lowest score of the match, with 0. However, Plunkett was taken for 61 in his seven overs, and though he got the most wickets he was the least economical. Neither he nor Steve Harmison could stop the Pakistani pair of Akmal and Mohammad Yousuf, as the two added 104 in 16.2 overs before Kamran was caught off Paul Collingwood for 109. Two Run Out s and a wicket from Flintoff ensured that Pakistan lost six wickets, but they still added 156 in the last 15 overs of the game, after Abdul Razzaq hit 51, Inzamam-ul-Haq 45, and Shahid Afridi 31, all at a rate above 7.5 an over. When England batted, no partnership lasted more than ten overs, and after a run out and two wickets from Rana Naved-ul-Hasan in the eighth over, they failed to chase the target. England were ahead of Pakistan by runs at the 15-over mark, having made 72 for 3 compared to Pakistan's 71 for 0, but Andrew Strauss was then Lbw to an inswinging ball from Mohammad Sami , and Andrew Flintoff departed three overs later, Bowled by Yasir Arafat , whom he had earlier hit for three fours in an over. With two more wickets falling, England brought on Ian Bell as a substitute, and though he made an unbeaten 37, the highest score of the innings, his batting partners could not pass 20, and England were bowled out for 188 eight overs before the end. (Cricinfo scorecard) Fourth ODI: Pakistan v England (19 December)
Fifth ODI: Pakistan v England (21 December)
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