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Pakistan succumbs to Anderson (11-71) swing
By Richard Sydenham
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 02 - 08 - 2010

James Anderson's inspired swing bowling gave him a match haul of 11-71 and helped to wrap up a comfortable 354-run victory for England over Pakistan in the first Test Sunday.
Pakistan slumped to its lowest Test innings total against England, bowled out for 80 in 29 overs.
“When the ball is swinging there is not a better bowler in the world than Jimmy Anderson,” England captain Andrew Strauss told reporters.
England needed just under two hours to take Pakistan's last seven wickets. Pakistan, set a world-record 435 to win, had resumed on 15 for three on the fourth day at Trent Bridge.
No. 10 Danish Kaneria top-scored with 16 not out and was one of only two batsmen to reach double figures as the Pakistanis struggled to play the moving ball throughout. The total fell short of Pakistan's previous low against England, which was 87 at Lord's in 1954.
Fast bowler Anderson followed his five for 54 in the first innings with another excellent spell in cloudy conditions, in front of a stadium about a quarter-full. His second innings analysis was 15-8-17-6 as he bowled 11 consecutive overs Sunday.
“I'm very satisfied with what we have done over the last three or four days,” Strauss said.
“We had to work hard at stages in the game and the encouraging thing for me was that we got through those tight situations and came out the other side very well.
“Huge credit must also go to Eoin Morgan and Paul Collingwood for their runs in the first innings and Matt Prior in the second.”
The shell-shocked Pakistanis will need to rally quickly as the second Test in the four-match series begins at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Friday.
“It was disappointing, nobody expected this (to lose seven wickets so quickly),” Pakistan captain Salman Butt said.
“(But) we must remember the second game that we won last week against Australia came only a few days after losing heavily to them at Lord's,” he added, searching for something to boost morale. “It is not much different between the two sides in terms of batting. If we had held our chances they could've been out below 200. I fully trust my team will be back.”
England set up the win with a first-innings 354 courtesy of 130 by Morgan. Pakistan then slumped to 182, before England's 262 for nine declared when Prior made an unbeaten 102.
Pakistan, which lost its 2006 series in England 3-0, avoided its lowest Test total of 53 – made against Australia in Sharjah in 2002 – when Kaneria clipped Anderson through midwicket for a boundary. He also pulled Finn for a six and a four as England's fielders smiled wryly.
For the first half-hour England bowled without the discipline of the previous evening when their lines and lengths were perfect. Instead, Anderson and Stuart Broad often bowled wide of the mark as the batsmen rarely had to play a stroke.
Anderson soon improved his accuracy and struck in the eighth over of the day when Imran Farhat (15) edged him to Strauss at first slip. That was 31 for four, which was soon to become 37 for five.
Anderson surprised right-hander Umar Akmal (4) by swinging the ball into his pads as opposed to bowling his stock out-swing delivery.
Umar chose to review the dismissal but Asoka de Silva's decision was upheld by the third umpire.
Pakistan slumped to 41 for seven when night-watchman Mohammad Aamer's stubborn innings of 4 from an hour at the crease ended when he drove Steven Finn to Kevin Pietersen low down in the gully.
It was Finn's fourth ball of the morning, and he struck again in his next over by snaring Kamran Akmal (0), though the wicketkeeper-batsman was unlucky to be given lbw.
Umar Gul, who slapped a career-best 65 not out in the first innings, was the eighth man to perish when he was brilliantly caught by Collingwood above his head at third slip.
Anderson's maiden 10-wicket test haul came when Shoaib Malik edged him to Collingwood, at ankle height.
He added an 11th victim when last man Mohammad Asif (0) edged him to Graeme Swann at second slip.
Yousuf recalled
Former Pakistan captain and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been summoned out of retirement to join the team for the rest of its series in England, the PCB said Sunday.
Raza Hasan, a member of the Pakistan U-19 squad that reached the ICC World Youth Cup final this year, has also been called up and Danish Kaneria is relieved from the national team.
The second Test of a four-match series starts at Edgbaston Friday.


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