Cook needed DRS too, on 30, to overturn the lbw decision of Simon Taufel which was confounded by Hotspot's indication of a big inside edge against Hafeez. But there was no such refuge for Pietersen soon afterwards, after he missed a leg-break in Afridi's ...
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Scoreboard after the first one-day international between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi on Monday. England innings A. Cook b Saeed Ajmal 137 K. Pietersen b Shahid Afridi 14 J. Trott b Shahid Afridi 0 R. Bopara st Umar Akmal ...
Shahid Afridi wasted little time in advancing his credentials as the best one-day spinner in world cricket during the opening ODI in Abu Dhabi as England's trials continued against the turning ...
Paceman Umar Gul provided Pakistan with the early breakthrough when he caught Noor Ali (9) off his own bowling before Afridi dismissed Mohammad Shahzad (20), Nawroz Mangal (11), Gulbadin Naib (7) and Karim Sadiq (40) in his first spell. Sadiq hit two ...
Pietersen eventually went when he missed a leg-break in Shahid Afridi’s second over. Jonathan Trott then never managed to put bat on ball, groping at a variation delivery from Afridi which snaked through the gate. Ravi Bopara (50) kept out the ...