Published>Mon, Aug 02 10 10:57 AM
James Anderson ended with a match haul of 11/71 to help England wrap up a comfortable 354-run victory over Pakistan in the first Test on Sunday, with a day to spare. Pakistan slumped to their lowest Test innings total against England, bowled out for 80 in 29 overs.
England needed just under two hours to take Pakistan's last seven wickets. Pakistan, set a world-record 435 to win, had resumed on 15 for three at Trent Bridge. Number ten Danish Kaneria top-scored with 16 not out and was one of only two batsmen to reach double figures, as Pakistan struggled to play the moving ball throughout. Pakistan's previous low against England was 87 at Lord's in 1954.
Fast bowler Anderson followed his five for 54 in the first innings with another excellent spell in cloudy conditions. His second innings figures read 15-8-17-6 as he bowled 11 consecutive overs. "I'm very satisfied with what we have done over the last three or four days. We had to work hard at stages and the encouraging thing for me was that we got through those tight situations and came out the other side very well," England captain Andrew Strauss said.
Credit must also go to Eoin Morgan and Paul Collingwood for their runs in the first innings and Matt Prior in the second. Pakistan will need to rally quickly as the second Test in the four-match series begins at Edgbaston on Friday. "It was disappointing, nobody expected this (to lose seven wickets so quickly)," Pakistan captain Salman Butt said. (But) we must remember the second game that we won last week against Australia came only a few days after losing heavily to them at Lord's," he added. "It is not much different between the two sides in terms of batting. If we had held our chances they could've been out below 200. I fully trust my team will be back."
Brief scores: England 354 and 262 for 9 declared; Pakistan 182 and 80 all out (D Kaneria 16 n.o., I Farhat 15; J Anderson 6/17, S Broad 2/23, S Finn 2/28)
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