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Pakistan India Cricket News
India vs Pakistan-A - Practice Match at Lahore
Date : Jan 7 - 9 2006
Venue : Lahore Cricket Ground
Toss : India
Umpires : Riazuddin and Zamir Haider
Result : Match Drawn
The third series in three years between arch-rivals India and Pakistan promises to be a pulsating contest.
India triumphed on their historic 2004 tour to Pakistan, and Pakistan fought back valiantly to draw the 2005 series in India.
Practice Match News
 Indian wives all around!
Jan 6, 2006
When India captain Rahul Dravid is not captaining the side or practising with bowlers around the park he is busy pushing the pram of his infant son, who has accompanied him for the ongoing Pakistan tour.
Dravid's wife Vijeta and two-month-old Samit, along with V.V.S. Laxman's wife Sailaja, came along with the Indian team when it landed here Thursday night for three Tests and five one-day internationals against Pakistan.
Virender Sehwag and his wife Aarti joined the team late Saturday, which was also the first day of India's three-day match against Pakistan 'A'.
India vs Pakistan A at Lahore
 Tour Match,Iqbal stars in draw
Jan 7,8,9, 2006
Faisal Iqbal added his name to the list of Pakistan batting hopes as India's tour-opener headed towards a draw.
Iqbal hit 87 before Pakistan A declared on 358-9, trailing by 56, to give the tourists some extra batting practice.
Left-arm pace bowler Rudra Pratap Singh bolstered his Test credentials with two wickets in Lahore and Irfan Pathan returned figures of 3-82.
Openers Wasim Jaffer and Gautam Gambhir then put on 72 in 13 overs before stumps at the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground.
Earlier in the first innings, VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh had time to follow the upper order past 50 before India declared on 414-7.
The match is the only warm-up before the first Test begins on Friday.
The only batsman dismissed short of a half century was Mahendra Dhoni, caught off Mohammad Irshad for 22 after Laxman (54) and Yuvraj (59) retired in Lahore. Gambhir (53) Jaffer (58) Dravid (63) Sachin (74) were also among runs.
Tour match, Lahore, day three (stumps): India 414-7 dec & 72-0 drew with Pakistan A 358-9 dec
India vs Pakistan A
Scorecard
Jan 7, 2006
Indians 1st innings R B 4 6
G Gambhir c Iftikhar Anjum b Mohammad Irshad 53 84 9 0
W Jaffer c Zulqarnain Haider b Umar Gul 58 102 8 0
*R Dravid c Hasan Raza b Imran Farhat 63 100 7 0
SR Tendulkar c Zulqarnain Haider b Yasir Arafat 74 102 10 0
VVS Laxman retired 54 106 9 0
Yuvraj Singh retired 59 79 9 0
+MS Dhoni c sub b Mohammad Irshad 22 22 5 0
IK Pathan not out 8 28 1 0
AB Agarkar not out 4 11 1 0
Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 10) 19
Total (7 wickets declared, 104 overs) 414
DNB: RP Singh, Z Khan, Harbhajan Singh.
FoW: 1-81 (Gambhir, 23.6 ov), 2-153 (Jaffer, 38.5 ov),
3-220 (Dravid, 55.4 ov), 4-279 (Tendulkar, 68.1 ov),
5-357 (Laxman, 90.6 ov), 6-390 (Yuvraj Singh, 95.6 ov),
7-402 (Dhoni, 98.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Umar Gul 19 3 58 1
Iftikhar Anjum 15 3 62 0
Yasir Arafat 24 3 83 1 (3nb)
Mohammad Irshad 19 2 79 2 (4nb)
Imran Farhat 8 0 36 1
Mansoor Amjad 19 1 87 0 (3nb)
Pakistan A 1st innings R B 4 6
Imran Farhat c Khan b Harbhajan Singh 107 162 16 1
Bazid Khan c Laxman b Agarkar 6 17 1 0
Mohammad Wasim lbw b Pathan 1 4 0 0
*Hasan Raza c Dhoni b Pathan 75 62 11 1
Faisal Iqbal c Harbhajan Singh b Agarkar 87 171 15 0
Asim Kamal c Dhoni b Singh 14 24 3 0
Mansoor Amjad lbw b Khan 0 10 0 0
+Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Pathan 35 93 5 0
Yasir Arafat c Dhoni b Singh 9 19 2 0
Umar Gul not out 15 8 3 0
Iftikhar Anjum not out 0 5 0 0
Extras (lb 4, nb 5) 9
Total (9 wickets declared, 95 overs) 358
DNB: Mohammad Irshad.
FoW: 1-14 (Bazid Khan, 7.2 ov), 2-26 (Mohammad Wasim, 8.4 ov),
3-186 (Hasan Raza, 36.6 ov), 4-198 (Imran Farhat, 41.5 ov),
5-226 (Asim Kamal, 50.1 ov), 6-227 (Mansoor Amjad, 53.1 ov),
7-315 (Zulqarnain Haider, 86.2 ov), 8-337 (Faisal Iqbal, 91.2 ov),
9-358 (Yasir Arafat, 94.1 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Pathan 22 6 82 3
Agarkar 16 3 60 2 (4nb)
Singh 16 4 62 2
Khan 19 2 67 1
Harbhajan Singh 21 1 77 1 (1nb)
Yuvraj Singh 1 0 6 0
Indians 2nd innings R B 4 6
G Gambhir not out 28 38 5 0
W Jaffer not out 35 43 6 0
Extras (b 1, w 5, nb 3) 9
Total (0 wickets, 13 overs) 72
DNB: *R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh,
Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, AB Agarkar, IK Pathan,
+MS Dhoni, RP Singh.
Bowling O M R W
Umar Gul 5 0 26 0 (1w)
Iftikhar Anjum 5 2 17 0
Mohammad Irshad 2 0 20 0 (3nb)
Imran Farhat 1 0 8 0
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