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Pakistan vs India - Karachi Test Match

Jan 29-Feb 2 2006
Karachi Cricket Ground
Toss: India won the toss and decided to field
Umpires: D J Harper, S J A Taufel
Result: Pakistan beat India by 341 runs
Man of the Match: Kamran Akmal


Karachi Test First Day

Pathan hat-trick fires up India

Irfan Pathan got India off to a flying start in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Karachi. The left-arm seamer completed a stunning hat-trick in the very first over to leave the home side reeling. Pathan had Salman Butt caught at first slip by Rahul Dravid, trapped Younis Khan lbw and bowled Mohammad Yousuf with another big inswinger.

Karachi Test Second Day

India struggling to keep pace; Pak leads by 180

Pakistan bowled India out seven runs behind on first innings on day two of the third Test in Karachi to keep the series in the balance.Mohammad Asif finished with 4-78 as India were stopped on 238, with no batsman passing 50. Sourav Ganguly (34) and Yuvraj Singh (45) were part of a morning collapse but Irfan Pathan (40) shared a 56-run ninth-wicket stand with Zaheer Khan. Pathan made a patient start before cutting loose, with six fours and a six off Shoaib, before getting a leading edge off spinner Shahid Afridi to long-on.
Pakistani openers made 109 before Salman Butt was lbw'd by Ganguly for 53. Imran Farhat put on 57.

Karachi Test Third Day

Pak extends lead to 518

Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan piled on the runs, and Shahid Afridi scooped on the misery before Faisal Iqbal, the comeback kid, produced a maiden century to shut India out of the Karachi Test. It was only the fourth time that all six top-order batsmen had made at least a half-century and by stumps, Pakistan's lead had swelled to an insurmountable 518. With two days still to play and no team having made more than 418 to win a Test, Pakistan were perfectly placed to push for the victory that would avenge the series loss on home soil two years ago.
India's star line-up, led by captain Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, will have to bat out at least five sessions to prevent Pakistan from winning the match and the series after the first two Tests were drawn. It is an unenviable task even though the National stadium pitch appeared to have eased out from the seaming track that produced 14 wickets on the first day and eight on the second. The world record for the most successful fourth innings chase in history is 7-418 by West Indies against Australia in St John's, Antigua in 2003.

Karachi Test Fourth Day

Pakistan stun India to win series

Pakistan crushed India by 341 runs with more than a day to spare in Karachi to take their first Test series win over their neighbours for 19 years.
All-rounder Abdul Razzaq took four wickets as the tourists were bundled out for 265 late in the day. Faisal Iqbal's Test-best 139 had led to a Pakistan declaration on 599-7. And left with the hopeless task of scoring 607 to win, India's batsmen all floundered save Yuvraj Singh, who battled away to score a defiant 112.
It was India's second heaviest defeat by a runs margin in their Test history.

Karachi Test Scoreboard

Day Three

India won the toss and decided to field
245 all out (60.1 overs)
599 for 7 (140.1 overs)
238 all out (54.1 overs)
265 all out (58.4 overs)

Pakistan 1st Innings
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Salman Butt c R Dravid b I K Pathan
0
4 0 0
Imran Farhat c M S Dhoni b R P Singh
22
29 5 0
Younis Khan lbw b I K Pathan
0
1 0 0
Mohammad Yousuf
 
b I K Pathan
0
1 0 0
Faisal Iqbal lbw b Z Khan
5
13 1 0
Shahid Afridi
 
b Z Khan
10
14 1 0
Abdul Razzaq lbw b R P Singh
45
79 7 0
Kamran Akmal c M S Dhoni b I K Pathan
113
148 18 0
Shoaib Akhtar c Yuvraj Singh b I K Pathan
45
60 8 1
Mohammad Asif c V V S Laxman b R P Singh
0
11 0 0
Danish Kaneria not out
 
0
2 0 0
Extras
 
1nb 2w 2lb 5
 
Total
 
all out 245
 

Bowler
O
M
R
W
I K Pathan 17.1 4 61 5
Z Khan 15.0 2 75 2
R P Singh 16.0 1 66 3
S C Ganguly 2.0 0 9 0
A Kumble 10.0 1 32 0
Fall of wicket
 
0 Salman Butt
0 Younis Khan
0 Mohammad Yousuf
13 Faisal Iqbal
37 Shahid Afridi
39 Imran Farhat
154 Abdul Razzaq
236 Kamran Akmal
245 Mohammad Asif
245 Shoaib Akhtar

India 1st Innings
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
V V S Laxman
 
b Mohammad Asif
19
36 4 0
R Dravid c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif
3
12 0 0
V Sehwag c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar
5
4 1 0
S R Tendulkar
 
b Abdul Razzaq
23
29 5 0
S C Ganguly c Mohammad Asif b Abdul Razzaq
34
53 6 0
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Mohammad Asif
45
74 8 0
M S Dhoni c Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq
13
13 3 0
I K Pathan c Mohammad Yousuf b Shahid Afridi
40
51 6 1
A Kumble lbw b Shoaib Akhtar
7
31 0 0
Z Khan c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif
21
37 2 0
R P Singh not out
 
0
1 0 0
Extras
 
17nb 8b 3lb 28
 
Total
 
all out 238
 

Bowler
O
M
R
W
Shoaib Akhtar 16.0 3 70 2
Mohammad Asif 19.1 1 78 4
Abdul Razzaq 16.0 3 67 3
Shahid Afridi 3.0 0 12 1
Fall of wicket
 
9 R Dravid
14 V Sehwag
56 V V S Laxman
56 S R Tendulkar
137 S C Ganguly
165 Yuvraj Singh
165 M S Dhoni
181 A Kumble
237 I K Pathan
238 Z Khan

Pakistan 2nd Innings
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Salman Butt lbw b S C Ganguly
53
74 10 0
Imran Farhat c S R Tendulkar b I K Pathan
57
87 10 0
Younis Khan lbw b A Kumble
77
122 11 0
Mohammad Yousuf lbw b A Kumble
97
161 12 0
Faisal Iqbal c S R Tendulkar b Z Khan
139
220 16 1
Shahid Afridi c S R Tendulkar b R P Singh
60
46 9 1
Abdul Razzaq c Yuvraj Singh b A Kumble
90
141 5 4
Kamran Akmal not out
 
0
1 0 0
Extras
 
11nb 1w 7b 7lb 26
 
Total
 
for 7 599
 

Bowler
O
M
R
W
I K Pathan 25.0 3 106 1
Z Khan 28.0 4 103 1
R P Singh 24.0 1 115 1
A Kumble 37.1 3 151 3
S C Ganguly 16.0 1 68 1
V Sehwag 1.0 0 2 0
S R Tendulkar 9.0 0 40 0
Fall of wicket
 
109 Salman Butt
122 Imran Farhat
280 Younis Khan
318 Mohammad Yousuf
402 Shahid Afridi
598 Faisal Iqbal
599 Abdul Razzaq

India 2nd Innings
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
V Sehwag
 
b Mohammad Asif
4
5 1 0
R Dravid c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar
2
4 0 0
V V S Laxman
 
b Mohammad Asif
21
34 2 0
S R Tendulkar
 
b Mohammad Asif
26
47 5 0
S C Ganguly lbw b Abdul Razzaq
37
56 6 0
Yuvraj Singh c Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq
122
144 19 1
M S Dhoni c Imran Farhat b Abdul Razzaq
18
35 4 0
I K Pathan c Faisal Iqbal b Abdul Razzaq
4
6 1 0
A Kumble c Imran Farhat b Danish Kaneria
5
5 1 0
Z Khan
 
b Danish Kaneria
10
17 2 0
R P Singh not out
 
0
3 0 0
Extras
 
4nb 5w 7b 16
 
Total
 
all out 265
 

Bowler
O
M
R
W
Shoaib Akhtar 8.0 1 37 1
Mohammad Asif 12.0 1 48 3
Abdul Razzaq 18.4 0 88 4
Danish Kaneria 18.0 0 75 2
Shahid Afridi 2.0 0 10 0
Fall of wicket
 
8 R Dravid
8 V Sehwag
63 V V S Laxman
74 S R Tendulkar
177 S C Ganguly
177 M S Dhoni
216 I K Pathan
231 A Kumble
251 Z Khan
265 Yuvraj Singh

Umpires: D J Harper, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Faisal Iqbal, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria
India: V Sehwag, R Dravid, V V S Laxman, S R Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, S C Ganguly, M S Dhoni, I K Pathan, Z Khan, R P Singh, A Kumble


Indian Cricket Team for Karachi Test

India Cricket Live India XI: V Sehwag, R Dravid (Captain), V V S Laxman, S R Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh, S C Ganguly, M S Dhoni (Wicket Keeper), I K Pathan, Z Khan R P Singh, A Kumble

Pakistan Cricket Team for Karachi Test

India Cricket Live Pakistan XI: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan (Captain) Mohammad Yousuf, Faisal Iqbal, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal (Wicket Keeper) Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria

The Venue

India Cricket Live Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most populous city, presents an interesting and colourful combination of the old and new. The National Stadium became Karachi's fifth and Pakistan's 11th first-class ground. The inaugural first-class match was played at NSK between Pakistan and India on April 21-24, 1955, and it became a fortress of Pakistan cricket. In 34 Tests between that first match and December 2000, Pakistan won 17 and were never beaten. Their only Test defeat on the ground came in the gloom against England in 2000-01. Since then, major terrorist activity, mainly bombings, have meant that non Asian sides have refused to play in the city, and in five years only Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have visited. It is a shame because the spectators are passionate - and noisy - and it is a great place to play and watch. The first ODI at the National Stadium was against West Indies on November 21, 1980, and it went down to the last ball as Gordon Greenidge drove Imran imperiously to the cover boundary with three needed. It has been a far less successful limited-overs venue, with defeats outnumbering victories. In fact, in a little under five years from the start of 1996, Pakistan failed to win on the ground. It also staged a quarter-final match in the 1996-97 World Cup.

Editor: Nishanth Gopinathan.