Scorecard andball-by-ball details
How theywere out

South Africa duly converted their domination of Pakistan from the first day of this Test into a resounding 160-run win, a rare feat for them on the subcontinent. Dale Steyn’s third five-wicket haul in Tests was enough for South Africa as Pakistan failed to capitalise on a scintillating century by Younis Khan and lost their last five wickets for 33 runs.South Africa head into the second and final Test at Lahore, beginning on Monday, knowing they cannot now lose this series.Needing to score another 278 runs with seven wickets remaining, Pakistan were off to a good start as Younis Khan, unbeaten on 93 overnight, flicked Andre Nel over midwicket to bring up his first century against South Africa. Mohammad Asif’s dismissal soon after – gloving a sharp bouncer from Nel to short leg – prompted Younis, who was all agression yesterday, to cut down on rash strokes and concentrate more on placement. Sweeping Paul Harris and guiding Nel past the slips, he kept a decent scoring-rate while Misbah-ul-Haq struggled to score.When Jacques Kallis bowled three consecutive maidens, it looked like the match was heading for a draw. But Younis broke the shackles, and kept the game alive, by fiercely driving Kallis past mid-on.Dale Steyn’s introduction to the attack, however, caused Pakistan a major setback once again – he’d accounted for both openers on the previous day – as a delivery on the off stump shaped in slightly and barely rose above Younis’ ankles to hit the stumps as the batsman went down late. With Younis, out for 126, went Pakistan’s best hopes of winning the match. Steyn, who lacked accuracy in the first innings and managed only two wickets, bowled a much better line in the second, generating a lot of pace and movement.As Misbah and Shoaib Malik played defensively, the South African bowlers started piling on the pressure. However when Graeme Smith came into the attack to unsettle the partnership just before lunch he was hit for three boundaries in the over – Pakistan’s firstboundary for 80 balls – as both batsmen started using their feet.It was probably Pakistan’s defensive mind-frame that accounted for Misbah straight after lunch; He played a forward-defensive shot to Nel and got hit on the back leg as he missed.Kamran Akmal, after a quickfire 42 as an opener in the first innings, did not last long and became Harris’ only victim of the day. The new ball was taken straight away and as Steyn returned to dismiss Abdur Rehman prodding forward and Umar Gul driving loosely tomid-on.As Malik went after the bowling with only Danish Kaneria to partner him, it was always going to be an all-out attack and a top edge off his bat provided Makhaya Ntini his only wicket of the match as the visitors handed Pakistan only their second defeat in the 40 Tests in Karachi. A rare off game for Ntini but an excellent performance by Harris – seven wickets – and Nel – four wickets and 33 runs in the second innings – proved enough on a pitch where Pakistan bowlers, bar Rehman, failed to impress at all.

Mark Boucher missed a chance to equal Ian Healy’s world record of most Test dismissals as he let an Abdur Rehman edge fly past him in the second over of the morning. However, as the day progressed, and as Shoaib Malik carried Pakistan towards temporary safety, a Paul Harris turner evaded a slash of Malik’s bat and provided Boucher with another opportunity. This time, he took it with both hands.Six overs later, as the Pakistan dressing room celebrated passing the follow-on mark, Umar Gul danced down the pitch and heaved mightily towards the leg. Missing the ball – although Boucher later claimed the batsman had edged it – Gul was stranded in the middle as Boucher removed the bails while removing Healy’s name from the record list; Boucher now had 396 dismissals in 103 Tests, only 18 of those stumped.Playing down the significance of his achievement, Boucher said: “I have played a lot of Tests in my career so it [the record] was coming in a way. I’ve never been a person for stats, but if you play enough matches there will be plenty of records to break.”Clearly satisfied with his performance, Boucher was all praise for the person whose record he had broken.”It is a great feeling for me especially to be breaking someone like Healy’s record. I used to watch him on TV as a kid and I’m a little sad in a way to be going past Healy,” he said.Gerald Majola, the chief executive of Cricket South Africa, congratulated Boucher on breaking the record and said there was no doubt his final tally would be difficult to overtake. “Mark has been a stalwart of the Proteas team for over a decade now, and his world record is a worthy reward for his outstanding achievements as both a wicketkeeper and lower order batsman.”Boucher will have a chance to add to his tally as South Africa will hope to add quick runs in the morning and declare some time in the second session. With the ball turning sharply, and Pakistan batsmen willing to chase wide deliveries, he may even become the first wicketkeeper to break the 400-barrier.

John Buchanan has revealed that he had written to Shane Warne in the aftermath of his drug suspension just before the 2003 World Cup, asking him to “take responsibility and wear the consequences of his actions”. Warne had been handed a one-year ban for taking a banned diuretic which he claimed had been given by his mother in “totally innocent” circumstances.The Herald Sun reported that in his soon-to-be-released book If Better Is Possible, Buchanan had expressed disappointment over Warne’s stance and wrote, “How could he be so vain, so stupid, so self-centred to forget about the team? Why did he think he was bullet-proof?”I sent him a long email, the essence of which was that through his dismissal from the team he had been given a second chance that not all of us are fortunate enough to get. If he wanted to take it, he had the opportunity to take responsibility and wear the consequences of his actions.”Their relationship was perhaps at its frostiest after Buchanan criticised Warne’s fitness levels during the 2001 tour of India. Warne, on his part, has been a vocal critic of Buchanan and has been scornful of several of his training techniques such as the pre-Ashes boot camp in 2006.Buchanan also said that though the relationship between the two has never had “best buddy status”, he had huge respect for Warne’s achievements.

Mahela Jayawardene said Muttiah Muralitharan was enjoying the challenge of bowling against Australia but the team haven’t helped him get to the Shane Warne’s world record.”Murali has been trying a lot, but we haven’t helped him out. Credit should go to the way Australia batted,” Jayawardene said. “Without taking too many risks they put a lot of pressure on him. Murali is a freakish guy and he could pick up five-six wickets in the second innings. I think he’s enjoyed the challenge.” Muralitharan ended up taking just a solitary wicket for 140 runs in this Test and is still six short of the record.Jaywardene felt the key to fight Australia on equal terms would be to not lose too many wickets when the second Test resumes on day three tomorrow at Hobart. Sri Lanka ended the second day at 30 for 0 in reply to Australia’s 542 for 5 declared and face another long hard struggle to avoid losing the series 2-0.”It’s a pretty good score from Australia .It’s a flat wicket and we need to make sure that we bat through tomorrow,” Jayawardene said. “It was a bit dark and doing a bit and swinging and Australia would have thought of picking up a few quick wickets. I thought Marvan and Vandi (Vandort) did a pretty good job for us. It’s up to us to take the advantage.”Jayawardene was one bowler short when he lost Farveez Maharoof, who did not take the field on the second day, through injury. “Maharoof started complaining yesterday and it got strapped up and I thought he bowled pretty well,” he said. “He’s a guy who’ll hit the seam and keep it up. It was pretty difficult for us. He’s suffering from a crush fracture in his ankle. It looks like he’ll be out of the England series. Since he’s a fast bowler he needs to put in a lot of effort in his delivery stride. The guy has been working very hard at his game over the last six months. He has improved quite a lot.”Jayawardene said that Maharoof should be able to bat without putting in lot of effort. “We’ll see how it goes depending on the situation we are in.”

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Torrential rain limited the first day of India’s warm-up match against Victoria to one session, in which Sourav Ganguly survived some early wobbles to score a half-century and Rahul Dravid settled into the opening role. The rest of India’s top order struggled against Victoria’s fringe fast bowler Allan Wise before the Junction Oval was flooded by a sudden downpour that started as the players left the ground for tea.The rain was so heavy that the ground began to resemble a rice paddy, then as the showers became heavier it was more like a small lake. The groundstaff will face a major battle to have the field ready for play on Friday and, with further thunderstorms predicted for the next two days, India will have limited preparation in their only practice match ahead of the Boxing Day Test.At the close the Indians were 3 for 110 with Dravid grafting a typically determined 33 and Ganguly on 51. The pair added an unbeaten 72 for the fourth wicket in the two-and-a-half hour post-lunch period after the first session had also been lost to rain.Wise, Victoria’s tall left-arm fast bowler, did the damage with all three wickets, continuing his strong record against visiting international teams. Wise collected 5 for 25 in a one-day warm-up game against Sri Lanka in 2005-06, but has been overlooked for all but two of Victoria’s Pura Cup matches this season.He frustrated the vocal contingent of Melbourne-based Indian fans that dominated the crowd by removing Sachin Tendulkar, who hinted at a special innings but delivered only a cameo. A couple of well-timed drives against Peter Siddle failed to reach the boundary due to the slow outfield before Tendulkar gently leaned on a cover drive that went for four off Wise.The highlight was when the 200-centimetre Wise banged in a shortish ball that might have tickled the ribcage of a lesser batsman, but Tendulkar quickly positioned himself to lift it high over midwicket for six. Wise’s revenge came as Tendulkar tried to cut and inside-edged the ball – it should have been called a no-ball for over-stepping – onto his stumps for 19.That was the major reward for Wise in an effective opening spell that netted 3 for 20. In Wise’s first over, Wasim Jaffer miscued an attempted pull and was caught at mid-off for 0 by Victoria’s debutant Aaron Finch. Wise extracted some good seam movement and in his next over had VVS Laxman caught behind down the leg side for 1.India were 3 for 38 and it could have been 4 for 39 when Ganguly got a thick edge off Siddle that flew marginally wide of the gully fielder. Ganguly was tentative early but gradually adjusted to the conditions and struck consecutive fours off Bryce McGain’s legspin, the first lifted over midwicket and the second cut hard forward of square.Ganguly reached his half-century from 86 balls just before tea. Dravid was watchful early as his partners struggled, cutting and cover driving his only two boundaries off Siddle, who bowled a mixed spell.India’s innings did not begin swimmingly but their players nearly ended up swimming, as the rain bucketed down on the Junction Oval with Melbourne enduring a heavy thunderstorm in the morning. The start was delayed by two-and-a-half hours and when Mahendra Singh Dhoni went out for the late toss it became apparent India had sprung a surprise.For all the talk of Australia perhaps using a four-man pace attack in the first Test, it was India who decided to leave out their spinners for the warm-up game. Anil Kumble was rested and Dhoni duly won the toss and chose to bat when the umpires eventually determined play could get under way. The second day is scheduled to begin half an hour early, if the weather turns favourable.

Pakistan’s national selection committee have named 28 players for the two-day high-performance camp to be held in Karachi from January 12. The camp consists of players who have impressed during the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy this season and will allow selectors to gauge the level of backup they have ahead of a heavy season.The players chosen include Sohail Khan, the right-arm fast-medium bowler, who, while grabbing 65 wickets in his debut season, broke Fazal Mahmood’s record of the best bowling figures in a Pakistani first-class match with figures of 16 for 189 against Water and Power Development Authority. Wahab Riaz, Rauf Akbar and Junaid Zia, the other top wicket-takers of the season have also been invited to the camp.The camp also features the 17-year-old Umar Akmal, the younger brother of Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran. He has amassed 849 runs in eight matches in his debut season, including scores of 248 and an unbeaten 186. Khurram Manzoor, the only player to cross 1000-run mark this season, Naumanullah and Shoaib Khan, the other notable scorers of the season, will also get a chance to impress the selectors.The two-day camp precedes two tour matches against the visiting Zimbabwe side before the five-match ODI series.Camp attendees
Nasir Jamshed, Khurram Manzoor, Afaq Raheem, Shoaib Khan, Usman Tariq, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Shahdab Kabir, Naumanullah, Asif Zakir, Kamran Hussain, Yasir Shah, Rizwan Ahmed, Salman Ahmed, Zulfiqar Jan, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Juniad Zia, Rauf Akbar, Azharullah, Samiullah Niazi, Fahad Masood, Tanvir Ahmed, Azaz Cheema, Mohammad Aslam, Imad Wasim, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Amin

Victoria have recalled Peter Siddle to their one-day squad to take on Tasmania at the MCG on Friday. The Bushrangers are fresh from winning their third consecutive Twenty20 title and will use the same 12-man squad in the FR Cup game with the exception of Siddle, who replaces Clint McKay.Despite their success in the shortest form of the game, Victoria are second-last on the FR Cup table. However, they have played two fewer matches than any other side and can gain on the first-placed Tigers with a win in Melbourne.Tasmania have made one change to the squad that last turned out for the state in an FR Cup match, before Christmas, including Jason Krejza at the expense of Luke Butterworth. The Tigers appeared to carry their strong 50-over form into the KFC Twenty20 but a couple of stumbles late in the tournament denied them a spot in the final.Victoria squad Michael Klinger, Aiden Blizzard, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Cameron White (capt), Rob Quiney, Andrew McDonald, Adam Crosthwaite (wk), John Hastings, Shane Harwood, Peter Siddle, Bryce McGain, Dirk Nannes.Tasmania squad Michael Dighton, Travis Birt, Dane Anderson, George Bailey, Daniel Marsh (capt), Tim Paine (wk), Jason Krejza, Mark Divin, Xavier Doherty, Brett Geeves, Brendan Drew, Ben Hilfenhaus.

Senior officials of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are due to meet owners of the eight city franchises in Mumbai on Friday in an attempt to sort out issues related to the availability of players for the inaugural tournament. There has been some concern among franchise owners on this count, especially given the fallout of the controversial Sydney Test and Cricket Australia’s stance on its sponsors’ rights.The IPL chairman and commissioner, Lalit Modi, said the franchise owners – who include industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya and Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta – will be introduced to venues, associations, marketing guidelines, sponsors and promotional events.Modi also said the meeting would also discuss the players’ auction, which will be held from February 18-22.A recent controversy to have cropped up surrounds Cricket Australia’s insistence that its sponsors’ rights be protected if its players participate in the IPL. Modi, who has gone on record to say the IPL will, if necessary, be held without Australian players, today said he was confident the differences would be resolved soon. “This [protection of CA’s sponsors] is not acceptable and we have told them. This will go away by the evening,” he told . “When the Australian cricketers play in county cricket, they (sponsors of CA) don’t get protection.”Another sticking point with CA is Adam Gilchrist’s participation in the IPL; tournament rules say any player must serve a two-year hiatus between retiring from the game and joining the IPL, which would rule Gilchrist, who exits the game after the current CB Series, out for the next two seasons. Modi, though, was confident that he would be involved. “He will need a No Objection Certificate [from CA] but if need be we will remove that clause,” Modi said.The meeting in Mumbai is also expected to clarify the international schedule at the time of the six-week Twenty20 tournament, which is scheduled to begin on April 18. Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, said that it would extremely difficult for players engaged in international cricket to be available to play in India. “The ICC’s future tours programme is fixed till 2011 and there is no way it will change because of the IPL,” he said.The IPL also made two high-level appointments. IS Bindra, the president of the Punjab Cricket Association, has been made chairman of the Grounds and Infrastructure Committee. He is expected to submit a report to Modi after inspecting the match venues. The IPL also appointed Sundar Raman, managing director of the media buying house MindShare, its CEO. .”

England 183 for 9 (Taylor 62) beat New Zealand A 86 (Guha 3-9) by 97 runs
ScorecardEngland’s women got the New Zealand-leg of their tour off to a winning start with a 97-run victory over New Zealand A in Lincoln.Acting captain Claire Taylor’s 62 was the basis of the side’s 183 for 9, with a third-wicket stand of 107 with Jenny Gunn (47) providing the bulk of the runs. But there were alarms as they slid from 122 for 2 to 131 for 7, and it took cameos from Caroline Atkins (23*) and Stephanie Davies (25) to give the score respectability.New Zealand A were never in the race as they were skittled for 86. Even that represented a recovery as at one stage they were 36 for 7. Isa Guha grabbed 3 for 9 while Gunn and Charlotte Russell picked up two wickets each.”I’m really happy with the professional performance from the team,” Taylor said. “There are still areas for improvement with both bat and ball … losing five wickets for nine runs in the middle order and bowling too many wides.”

Jamie How couldn’t hide his disappointment at the close of play after falling eight runs short of a maiden Test century, but he took solace in the fact that his efforts had given New Zealand a fighting chance of a competitive total in the first Test against England at Hamilton.”It’s in the balance still,” said How, after New Zealand reached the close handily placed on 282 for 6. “We lost a couple more wickets than we’d have liked, but there were a few itchy moments out there. The England bowlers bowled well all day and it was a hard slog as shown by the run-rate. It would have been nice to cap it off, but tomorrow morning, in the first hour, it’s a big part of the game.”How burst into the limelight during New Zealand’s one-day series win, where he scored a remarkable century in the tied ODI at Napier, but his failure to emulate that effort today cleared grated. After going to the tea break on 90 not out, he survived just eight more deliveries as Monty Panesar turned one past his defences and into the hands of Paul Collingwood at slip.”You keep reminding yourself that if someone gave you 90 at the start of the day you’d be happy,” said How, “but it still hurts and I’ll be replaying that last over for quite a while. But hopefully not for too long.”Nevertheless, his innings was a distinct improvement on his previous efforts in Test cricket, in which he had managed a top score of 37 in six matches. “It’s been a bit frustrating,” he said. “I haven’t played well in Test cricket in my first few games and you see the stats come up and it’s a bit embarrassing to be honest. I’ll be working hard to put it right. I’m not a big stats person but it’s nice to get that highest score.”Despite his downbeat demeanour, How clearly felt that his international career had turned a corner following his success in the one-dayers. “It gave me confidence and form,” he said. “I like to give myself time, even in the one-dayers, so it was nice to dig in and let them come to you and bat for as long as you can today. I set myself up to bat late into that last session, but unfortunately it wasn’t to be.”New Zealand’s hopes of a big score now rest on the shoulders of Ross Taylor, who also produced his best score to date in Test cricket. Belying his one-day reputation as a big-hitter, he knuckled down for an unbeaten 54 from 121 balls, and How was impressed with his application.”It’s a work in progress, but I’ve not seen him that disciplined or that straight,” he said. “He stuck at it, and in such an unfamiliar way because he’s such an aggressive player. But he tempered that well.”