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09/10 12:15 CDT Rain halts England charge with Pakistan 52-2 and 268 behind in
Edgbaston cricket test
Rain halts England charge with Pakistan 52-2 and 268 behind in Edgbaston
cricket test
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) --- Rain prevented England from putting Pakistan in a
deeper hole than 52-2 and 268 runs behind on day two of the Edgbaston test on
Thursday.
Pakistan walked out after tea 320 runs behind to begin its second innings in
gloomy, lights-on conditions perfectly suited for England's four-man pace
attack which has dominated the series, and Ollie Robinson was the man of the
moment again.
Robinson got Saim Ayub to nick to the slips off the first ball and became only
the fifth bowler in test history to twice take a wicket with the first ball of
an innings in a series. The last person was Zaheer Khan for India against
Bangladesh in 2007. Bill Voce was the only previous Englishman in 1937 against
Australia.
Ayub was playing Twenty20s in the Caribbean 10 days ago but was summoned in
mid-series in a panic call by the Pakistan Cricket Board to play his first test
in 20 months. He bagged a pair.
Robinson struck again with his fourth ball, nicking off Abdullah Shafique.
That made Pakistan start 0-2 for the sixth time ever in tests and the second
time against England. The other was at the same ground in 1982. The bowler was
Ian Botham.
From 0-2, Azan Awais and Shan Masood dug out Pakistan to 52-2 in 12 overs.
Awais had 29 and Masood 21 after being dropped on 13 by Ben Duckett off the
luckless Gus Atkinson.
Wet weather came sooner than forecast and guaranteed Pakistan lived to fight at
least one more day in a three-test series already lost. England, up 2-0 in the
series, should complete the sweep on Saturday.
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