Murali, Mendis put India in spin

Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis shared nine wickets in the first innings to put Sri Lanka in a winning position on the fourth day of the opening Test against India here on Saturday.

Off-spinner Muralitharan finished with 5-84 -- his 64th haul of five or more wickets in a Test innings -- as Sri Lanka dismissed India for 223 in the first innings after posting a mammoth 600-6 declared.

Debutant spinner Mendis also applied pressure from the other end of the crease with his shrewd variations, finishing with 4-74 to help his side enforce the follow-on.

India lost Virender Sehwag early in their second innings before reaching 25-1 at lunch. Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on 12 at the break.

Sehwag (13) was initially given not out by umpire Mark Benson of England following a leg-before appeal off Muralitharan.

But Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene requested the official to review the decision under the experimental rule. Benson consulted TV umpire Rudi Koertzen of South Africa before changing his decision.

Earlier, Venkatsai Laxman was the lone Indian batsman to keep the Sri Lankan spin duo at bay, making a solid 56 for his 34th Test half-century. He was the last man out, failing to read a Mendis googly.

Laxman had only tail-enders to give him company after India lost six wickets for a meagre 159 on Friday. But only last-man Ishant Sharma stayed with him for more than an hour in the morning session.

Sharma faced 54 balls for his unbeaten 13 after the fall of skipper Anil Kumble (one), Harbhajan Singh (nine) and Zaheer Khan (five) in the space of 18 runs. He helped Laxman add 35 for the last wicket.

India lost their first wicket in the fourth over when Kumble was adjudged leg-before off Mendis by umpire Billy Doctrove of the West Indies.

Kumble asked the official to review the decision, but Doctrove was proved right after consulting the TV umpire.

Muralitharan, who took four wickets on Friday, added one more to his tally when he had Harbhajan caught by Malinda Warnapura at short-leg. Mendis then trapped Zaheer leg-before before dismissing Laxman.

SA beat England by 10 wkts

Stuart Broad’s defiant batting ensured that England make South Africa bat in fourth innings. However, the third Test fifty from Broad, failed to stop Proteas victory as they romped home with 10 wickets in hand.

England, who made 203 on Friday, were dismissed for 327 in their second innings shortly before the close on the fourth day, leaving South Africa needing only nine runs to win.

South Africa`s winning performance was dominated by centuries from AB de Villiers (174) and Ashwell Prince (149) as they set up their team`s imposing first innings total of 522. De Villiers revealed he was motivated by boos from the crowd and abuse from England players after he claimed a catch on Friday that was shown to have bounced first.

Andrew Flintoff, in his first Test for 18 months, resisted South Africa`s victory charge in an unusually slow innings of 38 from 95 balls before he was caught at second slip off Morne Morkel. The time in the middle should at least be some consolation for him and England.

The day started well for England as night-watchman James Anderson took some painful blows to the body from Dale Steyn while making a Test best 34.

South Africa attempted to unsettle the stubborn Anderson and in the 45th over Steyn struck him between the arm guard and glove on his facing right arm and he required immediate medical attention to check there was no damage.

After a five-minute delay, Steyn bowled Anderson another spiteful short ball that crashed into the grill of his helmet in front of his right cheekbone.

FRUSTRATING CAMEO

Anderson fell to the ground instantly and an 11-minute delay separated the third and fourth balls to demonstrate the seriousness of the blow.

He was eventually trapped lbw in front of middle stump and received a standing ovation for his 111-minute resistance that spanned 80 deliveries. It was Steyn`s 50th Test wicket of the year.

Kevin Pietersen lasted five balls for his 13 in a frustrating cameo. The post-lunch session featured Ian Bell`s dismissal when his square cut to a short and wide delivery was brilliantly caught by de Villiers in the gully, clutching the ball one-handed after diving to his right.

After an animated celebration he gestured, in good nature, to the crowd who had booed him when he went out to bat on Saturday.

Top scorer Alastair Cook was caught off a leading edge by Hashim Amla at cover from the bowling of Jacques Kallis for 60 after batting for almost five hours.

Tim Ambrose was caught behind off Steyn for 36 from 94 balls after he abandoned his patient approach. He may be under pressure to retain his place after one half-century in his last nine Test innings.

Stuart Broad hit an unbeaten 67 at the end of the innings with 11 cleanly struck boundaries. He added 61 for the last wicket with debutant Darren Pattinson (13).

South Africa are seeking their first series win in England since their return from international isolation. They last won in 1965.

England aim to defy South Africa

England will need to show the same defiance South Africa did at Lord's if they are to save the second Test.

England will resume on 50-2, still 269 runs behind at Headingley, after South Africa were all out for 522.

Bowler James Anderson said: "They're going to come out all guns blazing and we're going to battle hard and put in a similar performance to what they did.

"Obviously a couple of guys are going to need to get big hundreds," the nightwatchman added.

South Africa were staring down the barrel at Lord's after being forced to follow-on in the first Test but on a flat pitch they managed to bat out the match to salvage a draw.

They are on top in the second of the four-match series, thanks to a second successive century by Ashwell Prince and 174 by AB De Villiers.

De Villiers said the abuse he suffered from England fans spurred him on to hit his big century.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's the first time in my life I've been booed onto the field which was disappointing.

"I rate myself as a gentleman of the game but (the abuse) motivated me. It was my most disciplined innings."

De Villiers had claimed a catch on the first morning of the Test, which replays showed had clearly been dropped by the fielder before he caught it on the first bounce.

Though Andrew Strauss had waited for the third umpire to make the correct ruling on the decision, England had been so angry at the time that captain Michael Vaughan walked into the South African dressing room at lunch to complain.

De Villiers said of the incident: "I was never 100% sure and I told my captain straight away. He said there's nothing to worry about because they'll be referring it to the third umpire.

"It was disappointing to see how everyone handled it but that's life."

South Africa Surge To Sizeable Lead

Ashwell Prince tormented England with another hundred as South Africa took a firm grip on the second npower Test at Headingley.

Left-hander Prince, 31, extended his tendency to convert half-centuries into three figures with an unbeaten 129, the ninth time he has done so in 16 attempts during his Test career.

His latest effort, following his 101 in the draw at Lord's last week, meant the South Africans closed a second day shorn of 14 overs by bad light and rain, 119 runs ahead with six wickets intact.

And with three days still remaining in Leeds, all the series momentum, which was English for the first three days of the draw at Lord's, is now with the tourists.

Even the British weather has been favourable to their cause, and they have made the most of their advantage.

Having won the toss under heavy cloud cover yesterday morning, it dissipated to provide better batting conditions for the first day's final session and the majority of today.

Prince celebrated his latest landmark moments before tea when he tucked a James Anderson off his hip for a single.

His ability to rotate the strike, allied to excellent running between the wickets with fifth-wicket partner AB de Villiers, further strained England limbs, following their three days in the field during the first Test.

They have already shared 179 runs of South Africa's 322 for four and threaten to carry their side out of range of Michael Vaughan's men.

To compound English misery, their only success of the second day came via a dubious leg before wicket decision, which provided a maiden international success for surprise debutant Darren Pattinson.

Apparently intent on preventing England's slow left-armer from settling - after a belated introduction in the 59th over - Prince twice struck Panesar for six.

The first, after he dashed up the wicket, completed a 120-ball 50 which also contained seven fours.

He hit the next one from the crease, to wider long-on as the South Africans calmly crept into credit.

In spite of those two maximums, the general scoring rate for the day remained below three per over.

However, England did not create a chance despite the best efforts of Anderson and Andrew Flintoff, Vaughan's go-to bowlers, both at the start of the day and again with the new ball before the second interval.

Their one breakthrough came in the morning session when 29-year-old Pattinson won a fortuitous lbw decision against Hashim Amla.

There was little obvious help for England's four-strong seam attack, with minimal swing available to them and nothing notable in terms of sideways movement or unpredictable bounce.

But Pattinson deemed that irrelevant when he persuaded Australian umpire Daryl Harper to raise the finger after hitting Amla on the pads with a full toss angled down the leg-side, which appeared to be sliding wide of its target.

England, of course, thought they had Amla on nine last night - before controversy kicked in and Michael Vaughan's 'catch' at mid-off was scrubbed out.

Instead the number three stayed to share a 67-run stand with Prince, and there must have been added frustration among the hosts' ranks as Amla began to time the ball sweetly for boundaries square on either side of the wicket.

Vaughan had opened up with Flintoff and Anderson this morning, and summoned Stuart Broad as his first change before allowing Pattinson an opportunity - in the 38th over of the innings - to try again down the hill after his new-ball spell of 3-0-16-0 from the Kirkstall Lane end.

Prince pulled Pattinson's sixth ball of his second burst for four, however, after a period of circumspection.

Although the left-hander found the rope with a square drive from the second ball of the day from Anderson only 10 runs came from the opening seven overs.

Confronted with sunshine following early morning showers today, Amla then took his toll on youngster Broad in particular.

He greeted him with a flash to the backward point boundary and then struck the same bowler for two fours in his next over, another cut followed by a handsome clip through midwicket.

Batting conditions were certainly an improvement on the slate grey of day one but although sunshine bathed the ground at the scheduled start time of 11am, the showers earlier this morning meant a 15-minute delay.

SA on top after England collapse

South Africa took the upper hand on day one of the second Test, bowling England out for 203 before replying with 101-3.

England took two big gambles, making a shock selection in Darren Pattinson and asking Tim Ambrose to bat at six.

They were then bowled out in 53 overs, as the ball swung for Morne Morkel (4-52) and Dale Steyn, who took 4-76.

Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 45 but too many batsmen were out edging drives when they should have been playing more cautiously on the Headingley wicket.

England's total was less than half the average first innings score at Leeds in the last 10 years, a sorry indictment of how they had attempted to hit their way out of trouble - and paid the penalty.

They then saw the clouds lift after tea - at a time when they should still have been batting. Instead, South Africa came out to start their innings, and batting was a less taxing proposition.

But after the openers had cruised to 51-0, James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff, in his first Test for 18 months, got stuck in late in the day to leave the tourists with some thinking to do.

Unlike four of the five days of the Lord's Test, which finished in a sterile draw on Monday, this was a genuine contest between bat and ball.

The combination of thick cloud cover and a fresh wicket normally has seam bowlers champing at the bit in Leeds.

So it was no surprise that when Graeme Smith called correctly at the toss he chose to invite England to bat first.

But the big talking-point for much of the morning remained the selection of swing bowler Pattinson. Born in Grimsby, he grew up in Australia where he worked as a roof tiler while playing grade cricket for Dandenong in the outskirts of Melbourne.

At the age of 28, he made his first-class debut for Victoria and barely a year later he had been signed by Nottinghamshire.

A return of 29 wickets at an average of 20.86 saw him elevated not just above England's regular reserve bowler, Chris Tremlett, but also above three of the 2005 Ashes heroes - Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison.

He replaced Ryan Sidebottom, laid low with back trouble, while Paul Collingwood was dropped to accommodate the fit-again Flintoff.

Play began 10 minutes late after a shower and openers Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss weathered the early examination.

It took a poor decision from umpire Billy Bowden to separate the pair in the 12th over, Mark Boucher - who went on to take five catches - claiming a leg-side catch off Morkel.

The unlucky victim was Cook, who looked aghast to be given out, and the television technology suggested the ball had flicked his thigh and nothing else.

In the next over, Michael Vaughan edged his seventh delivery straight to Smith at first slip to give Steyn his first wicket - and England were in trouble at 27-2.

Strauss and Pietersen had rebuilding to do, and they had to overcome a moment of controversy when South Africa claimed a catch after AB de Villiers had clearly dropped a chance in the slip cordon, before scooping the ball off the turf.

Strauss, who nicked the delivery in question, could not last until lunch, as a thinner edge off Morkel was safely pouched by Boucher and at the interval England were 70-0.

The early afternoon exchanges featured a barrage of boundaries from Pietersen, who hit three fours off Steyn, including a thumped drive off the back foot through the covers.

But there was something too frenetic about the cricket, and Pietersen drove Steyn once too often, edging an easy catch to an ecstatic Smith.

Ambrose, with a Test match average of barely 30, struggled to cope with the demands placed on a Test match number six, and soon edged Makhaya Ntini behind.

Everything seemed to depend on Bell, who played some beautiful drives before failing to get to the pitch of a tempting delivery from Jacques Kallis, which he edged into his stumps.

Flintoff and Stuart Broad both produced breezy scores of 17 before edging drives - like so many of the previous batsmen had done - and Monty Panesar and last man Pattinson quickly departed

After the last seven wickets had fallen in a single, extended session it was Pattinson who shared the new ball with Anderson.

Dispiritingly for the hosts, they could barely get the ball to deviate off the wicket or move sideways in the air.

Pattinson was hauled off after just three overs and only in Anderson's second spell was a wicket finally taken, Neil McKenzie edging a ball that did very little to Flintoff at second slip.

By then, Flintoff was working up a head of steam himself with the ball, and had Smith (44) caught by Strauss at first slip from a ball that bounced a bit extra from round the wicket.

Anderson caught the out-of-form Kallis on the crease, the ball crashing into the stumps from a crooked inside edge, and it was nearly 76-4 when Vaughan dived forward from mid-off to catch Hashim Amla off Flintoff.

But South Africa's coach Mickey Arthur urged Amla not to cross the boundary rope and the umpires referred the decision to the TV official. With just enough doubt about whether the catch was cleanly taken, Amla lived to fight another day.

Lord’s test ends in draw

The first Test at Lord's between England and South Africa ended in a draw. Hashim Amla became the third centurion of the South Africa. Amla shared 152 with Neil McKenzie, who spent more than nine dogged hours at the crease for his 138 before edging a wide delivery shortly after lunch.

Ryan Sidebottom bowled the ball of the match, a magical yorker to bowl Jacques Kallis, but it was a rare highlight.

Amla's fine display of application resulted in his fifth Test ton as the tourists closed on 393-3, 47 ahead.

With South Africa resuming 104 runs behind and nine wickets intact, it was either going to be a classic final day of intriguing action, or it was going to meander in rather turgid fashion.

In the final stages of Sunday's play, James Anderson produced an intrepid spell with the new ball that removed Graeme Smith and caused new batsman Amla serious problems.

In the end, it will be South Africa, who were made to follow on 346 behind in the closing stages of day three, who will take any psychological advantages into the second Test, starting at Headingley on Friday.

Smith, McKenzie lead Proteas fightback

South Africa captain Graeme Smith came to his side`s rescue on Sunday with a fighting 107 which may help salvage a draw in the first test against England at Lord`s.

Smith added 204 for the first wicket with Neil McKenzie, who was still at the crease on 102 after South Africa had been asked to follow on Saturday 346 runs in arrears.

At the close, South Africa were 242 for one, needing 104 to make England bat again with a day`s play remaining.

Smith, who was out for eight in the first innings, was unable to capitalise on a huge slice of good fortune after reaching his century in the final session.

An edge off Kevin Pietersen`s occasional off-spin, which seemed destined for Paul Collingwood at first slip, went through Tim Ambrose`s gloves as the wicketkeeper lunged to his left.

However, he was out without adding a run when a skied pull shot off James Anderson was taken safely by Pietersen running in from backward point.

The England team and a near-capacity crowd gathered on a fine, sunny morning started the day with high hopes that England were about to end a sequence of five successive test draws at cricket`s world headquarters.
Instead the South African openers, resuming on 13 for no wicket, gradually took command on a pitch offering nothing to the bowlers except for some slow spin for Monty Panesar, who took four for 74 in the first innings.

Panesar was introduced into the attack 48 minutes after the start of play and captain Michael Vaughan placed close fielders on both sides of the pitch.

Faint Edge

The left-arm spinner made the occasional delivery deviate from the bowlers` footmarks into the left-handed Smith and away from McKenzie but the only semblance of a chance in the opening session was a faint inside edge from Smith which hit the unfortunate Ambrose`s pads.

South Africa, who lunched at 67 without loss, carried on where they had left off after the interval, playing straight and running swiftly between the wickets. Smith reached his 23rd test fifty in 10 minutes short of three hours and brought up the 100 partnership with a controlled glide for four to third man.

McKenzie completed his 15th test half-century in 234 minutes from 190 balls.

Smith, using his height to drive confidently through the off-side, went on after tea to compile his 15th test century with 11 fours from 186 balls followed shortly by the 200 partnership.

It was South Africa`s 10th opening partnership of 200 or more in test cricket and Smith, who scored 259 in his only previous test at Lord`s, has been involved in seven.

McKenzie, who had played an excellent supporting role, reached his fifth test century with a scampered single just before the close. It was his first ton against England and came in 307 balls.

Vaughan kept attacking and innovative fields in place and rotated his bowlers constantly in an attempt to conjure a wicket.

Nobody bowled badly but the continued excellence of a pitch, on which England compiled 593 for eight declared in their first innings, neutralised his pace bowlers who were unable to get any significant movement England are due to announce on Monday their team for the second test at Headingley in Leeds starting on Friday.

If South Africa do scrape a draw after being thoroughly outplayed for the first three days, the case for the recall of fast bowling all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be overwhelming.

Brilliant Bell Misses Out On Double

Ian Bell silenced his critics with a stunning display to spearhead England's most dominant batting performance for five years in the opening npower Test against South Africa.

The Warwickshire batsman has been one of a number of names mentioned as possible candidates to make way when key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is regarded as fit enough to make his Test comeback.

Having scored only 45 runs in four innings against New Zealand, he knew the time was ripe to deliver in the opening Test at Lord's and returned to county cricket last week in a desperate attempt to rediscover his form.

It was the perfect fillip, with Bell making 215 against Gloucestershire and falling only one run short of claiming successive double centuries to help England declare on 593 for eight before South Africa ended the second day at Lord's on seven without loss.

Bell's stunning display in over eight hours at the crease included a six and 20 fours - easily eclipsing his previous best Test score of 162 against the less taxing opposition of Bangladesh three years ago - and helped England record their highest total since declaring on 604 for nine against the same opposition at the Oval in 2003.

But his performance was worth far more than mere statistics and by the time South Africa trooped off following 156.2 taxing overs, he had made a major statement of intent both for himself and for a top six who had previously gone 12 Tests without scoring a first-innings total in excess of 400.

Resuming overnight on 75 with England on an already-commanding 309 for three, Bell knew today was a massive chance to emerge from a reputation as a highly-talented player who failed to make his mark when it really counted.

That accusation could not be levelled at him today, however, after he shared two major stands with Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad to thoroughly demoralise a South African side who had high hopes of rattling England after winning the toss in favourable conditions on day one.

From the very first ball, Bell looked composed, while Pietersen was reckless at times and was fortunate to survive on 121 when he gloved an attempted hook off Makhaya Ntini only for the ball to drop out of wicketkeeper Mark Boucher's despairing reach down the leg side.

He was also given another reprieve on 133 when he drove all-rounder Jacques Kallis back down the pitch but he was unable to take the smart return catch.

His luck failed to last, however, and after progressing to an outstanding 152, he was dismissed with a lifting delivery from Morne Morkel, which this time he gloved down the leg-side to give Boucher a more comfortable catch.

Bell had already reached three figures when his 286-run stand with Pietersen was finally broken, but England and a Lord's crowd were demanding a major innings from him to finally break away from a reputation as an under-achiever.

Joined at the crease by Paul Collingwood - another player desperately under pressure for his place after a barren run with the bat - their stand was broken almost immediately when even luck deserted the Durham all-rounder.

Pushing forward defensively to left-arm spinner Paul Harris just two balls after a rain break, South Africa appealed for a catch at short leg which was wrongly upheld by umpire Billy Bowden.

Collingwood did well to contain his frustration as he made his way back to the pavilion having scored just seven, particularly when television replays proved conclusively that the ball had missed his bat and bounced off his pad.

Tim Ambrose was also unable to keep Bell company during his marathon shift and edged Morkel to slip shortly after lunch but once again Broad demonstrated his growing reputation as a high-class all-rounder.

Having hit a career-best 64 in his previous Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Broad picked up where he left off and contributed fully to a 152-run stand which must have driven South Africa's highly-rated attack to distraction.

This time, Broad reached 76 and perhaps had his eyes set on his maiden Test century before he was bowled attempting to slog Harris and captain Michael Vaughan called a halt to the innings by summoning the declaration.

The same misfortune befell Bell six overs later when he needed just one run to reach his maiden Test double-hundred knowing Vaughan was ready to halt the innings at any minute.

Attempting to force Harris down the ground, Bell mistimed his shot and gave the spinner a sharp return catch which he took, prompting the immediate declaration.

Facing a testing final part of the day when they began their reply, South Africa only faced 3.2 overs before rain and bad light halted play to give them a welcome reprieve from England's dominance.

Australia secure series whitewash

West Indies suffered a one-day series whitewash as Australia completed a 169-run victory in the fifth and final match at Warner Park.

Luke Ronchi hit 64 off 28 balls, while David Hussey scored a 19-ball half century to steer the tourists to 341-8.

Shawn Findlay (59 not out) was the only player to pass 50 for the hosts as they were all out for 172.

Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson took 5-29 to tear through the hosts, who only completed 39.5 of their 50 overs.

Chasing a challenging target, West Indies made a dreadful start, losing Marcus Gayle (five), Ramnaresh Sarwan (seven) and Xavier Marshall (17) to leave the innings teetering on 56-3

Shivnarine Chanderpaul injected some much-needed life into their effort before skying Michael Clarke to Brett Lee at long-off.

Findlay steadied the ship but Dwayne Bravo's dismissal - caught by David Hussey at long-on off Andrew Symonds - sparked a collapse.

Andre Fletcher and Denesh Ramdin soon followed but Findlay continued to push on and made his second one-day 50 with a single, though it became a one-man effort as the wickets tumbled.

Johnson picked up his third and fourth wickets, bowling Daren Powell comprehensively in the 36th over, and then having Nikita Miller caught by Shane Watson.

The bowler wrapped up the comfortable win - and his five-wicket haul - by taking the wicket of Fidel Edwards.

Earlier, Watson (29) and Shaun Marsh (49) put on 70 for the first wicket before Ronchi accelerated the innings, hitting six sixes in his maiden one-day international half century.

Australia then lost two wickets for as many runs when Ronchi and then Clarke went before Symonds (66) and Michael Hussey (51) put on 113 for the fifth wicket.

Edwards removed both Symonds and Hussey before Sarwan matched his three-wicket haul by snaffling David Hussey (52) and James Hopes with the last two balls of the innings.

Australia captain Michael Clarke: "Full credit goes to the whole Australian team. Our goal was to come over to the Caribbean and win 5-0 in the one-day series and we've done that. It's great for Australian cricket. We have a lot of depth back at home."

West Indies coach John Dyson: "We have to accept that we need to change our approach to various things. The potential is there, we have some very talented players, but to compete with teams at the top of the table there are some changes that they need to accept they need to make to their game."

Sri Lanka pin Cup final hopes on Mendis

Sri Lanka will look to their new spinning sensation Ajantha Mendis to defend their Asia Cup title against batting juggernauts India when the two teams meet in the final here on Sunday.

The 23-year-old from Moratuwa has bowled impressively in a tournament dominated by batsmen, and after going wicketless in the first match took 5-22 against United Arab Emirates and 4-47 against Pakistan to lead his team into the final.

Sri Lanka rested him in the Super League match against India on Thursday after they had already qualified for the final.

Captain Mahela Jayawardene played down the hype around his unorthodox spinner, who has six different deliveries in his armoury.

"We are not going to put lot of pressure on the guy," said Jayawardene of Mendis, who has been in the limelight since making his debut against the West Indies earlier this year.

"He (Mendis) has done what he is capable of doing, we are just going to give him the freedom to go out there and enjoy his first final playing for his country, that's how we are going to treat him," said Jayawardene.

Spinners Upul Chandana and Sanath Jayasuriya contributed to Sri Lanka's 25-run win over India in the 2004 Asia Cup final in Colombo.

Jayawradene said resting Mendis and spearhead Chaminda Vaas in Thursday's game against Pakistan was part of the plan.

"We rested them because we wanted to rest them. It's about executing your game plan," said Jayawardene, whose team are trying to overcome poor form since finishing runners-up to Australia in the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean.

Sri Lanka won only eight of their last 22 one-day internationals before this tournament.

"We set ourselves a goal to get into the finals, we now need to focus hard. After trying a few things, which we wanted to try (against India), we have an idea of exactly how we want to go about in the final," said Jayawardene.

The pitch at National Stadium will help his spinners, Mendis and off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, he added.

"We now have played six-seven matches on the squares, which are bound to deteriorate, and the spinners are getting enough spin on the ball. We've been very successful batting first, putting runs on board and defending."

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted it would be a tough final.

"We are playing Sri Lanka, a very good team, so we expect it to be tough, but we are ready for all kinds of challenges in this final," said Dhoni, whose team lost to Pakistan in the final of the tri-series in Dhaka last month.

Dhoni hoped his openers would once again set the pace.

"Our openers have given us good starts and if they continue to do so it would keep pressure off the middle order and set the foundation," said Dhoni.

TEAMS :

SRI LANKA: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Udawatte, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Kaushal Weeraratne, Thilan Thushara, Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Jehan Mubarak, Nuwan Kulasekera

INDIA: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha, Manpreet Gony, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar

Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS), Tony Hill (NZL)

Tv umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)

Aussies Sneak Dramatic Win

Australia snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a thrilling one-run triumph in the fourth one-day international against West Indies to remain on course for a series whitewash.

After being put into bat, the tourists were made to work hard to put 282 for eight on the board - all-rounder Andrew Symonds leading the way with 87 from just 78 balls.

Many of his team-mates failed to build on decent starts with the bat at Warner Park, but Symonds' timely knock along with 50 from debutant David Hussey set the Windies a testing total.

The hosts set about chasing their victory target of 283 in fine fashion and looked likely to clinch their first win of the series at 188 for two in the 34th over.

Captain Chris Gayle struck 92 and there were also half-centuries for Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

But it was not enough and Chanderpaul's dismissal with the final ball of the penultimate over - with eight runs still required - proved costly as the Windies finished their 50 overs on 281 for six.

West Indies' innings could hardly have got off to a worse start with opener Xavier Marshall trapped lbw by only the second ball from Brett Lee.

But Sarwan then came in to join Gayle in the middle and the pair put on 137 for the second wicket before the former became Lee's second victim when he was caught behind by Luke Ronchi for 63.

Gayle's fine run-a-ball 92 ended when he went for one big hit too many and sliced a Shane Watson delivery to backward point where James Hopes took an assured catch.

Hopes accounted for the next wicket to fall - that of Dwayne Bravo, bowled between bat and pad after contributing 31 from 32 balls.

Shawn Findlay put on nine before being caught at mid-wicket by Michael Hussey off Lee in the 48th over and then, with the last ball of the 49th, Nathan Bracken snared the crucial wicket of Chanderpaul for 53.

Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy needed to add eight in the final over to win the match but could only manage six as Australia clinched a dramatic triumph to go 4-0 up in the five-match series.

Earlier, man of the match Symonds shared a 127-run fifth-wicket partnership with David Hussey - standing in for injured skipper Ricky Ponting - to rescue the tourists from a tricky position at 129 for four.

Daren Powell pegged Australia back after a promising start by removing Watson - whose century inspired the tourists to victory in the third one-dayer - and fellow opener Shaun Marsh.

Watson made 24 off 22 balls before, having just been softened up by a bouncer, he was tempted into a drive by a Powell inswinger and flicked an inside edge through to wicketkeeper Ramdin.

And the same combination did for Marsh (16) as Australia slipped from 41 without loss to 56 for two.

Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke - captaining Australia in a one-dayer for the first time - put on 60 for third wicket before both fell in the 30s.

Michael Hussey (37) holed out to Bravo at deep mid-wicket off the bowling of Sammy before Clarke (36) went lbw to Nikita Miller after failing to connect with a sweep.

But Symonds and David Hussey piled on the runs later in the innings to get the tourists back on track.

Even a brief rain delay could not disrupt the rhythm of Symonds in particular, who struck 10 fours and two sixes before becoming Fidel Edwards' first victim.

The quick then dismissed Hopes for a duck with the following ball, while David Hussey fell to Gayle as Australia lost three wickets for 10 runs.

Asia cup: India to face Sri Lanka today

There's no respite yet for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and he will have to find a way to beat Sri Lanka in today’s match to seal a place in the final of Asia Cup 2008.

Sri Lanka has sealed their spot in the final, and has the luxury to rest key players, something Pakistan won't want them to do.

India would have ideally rested some players but their inability to beat Pakistan makes the Sri Lanka game significant. Dhoni suffered from cramps during his 76 and even Gary Kirsten, India's coach, has admitted the ODI captain needs a break.

Dhoni, however, kept wickets during Pakistan's chase, and with no reserve wicketkeeper, he is unlikely to switch fielding positions as he did in the Indian Premier League.

India might also change their bowling combination. Remove his four-wicket haul against Hong Kong, and Piyush Chawla has been listless in the tournament. He could make way for left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who impressed in the game against Bangladesh.

RP Singh could also get a look in, while Yusuf Pathan's role will be under scrutiny after his failure with both bat and ball against Pakistan.

INDIA: 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Rohit Sharma, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 RP Singh. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have already qualified for the final and are likely to rest Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan as they did against UAE.

SRI LANKA: 1 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 2 Mahela Udawatte, 3 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 4 Chamara Kapugedera, 5 Chamara Silva, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Kaushalya Weeraratne, 8 Thilan Thushara, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Dilhara Fernando.

Younis century drives Pakistan win

Younis Khan struck his first one-day international century on home soil to take Pakistan to an eight-wicket win over India in a high-scoring Asia Cup super league match at the National Stadium.

Younis's undefeated 123, his fifth one-day century in 174 matches, gave Pakistan their fifth win while chasing 300 or more runs for victory and revived their fading hopes of a place in the final.

Pakistan reached their victory target of 309 for the loss of only two wickets with 4.3 overs to spare after India had compiled 7-308 from their 50 overs.

If Sri Lanka beat India on Thursday, Pakistan have to defeat Bangladesh in the final league match by a big margin to play in the final. Sri Lanka have already qualified.

Younis shared partnerships of 56 with Nasir Jamshed (53), who retired hurt with cramps, and an undefeated 144 from 123 balls with captain Misbah-ul-Haq (70 not out).

Younis also passed 5,000 international one-day runs in his innings of 117 balls which contained 11 fours and one six.

Misbah said Younis's century was one of the best he had seen from him.

"When he plays like this we usually win. We knew we could win this one when we restricted them to 308 after their strong start. The pitch was very good and all credit to our bowlers for bowling aggressively and playing positively," he said.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (76) and Rohit Sharma (58) provided the basis for India's competitive total.

Dhoni, who came into bat in the 13th over, was out in the penultimate over after hitting four boundaries from 96 balls.

India scored 77 in the final 10 overs with Irfan Pathan hitting an unbeaten 38.

Dhoni said India would now treat Thursday's game against Sri Lanka as a semi-final.

"I don't know what went wrong today but we just have 14 to 15 hours to recover and give our best against Sri Lanka," he said.

Pakistan faces daunting task against India

Pakistan team will be playing under dark clouds and facing a daunting task as they take on arch-rival India in Super four round of Cricket Asia Cup at National Stadium in a day/night encounter on Wednesday.

Pakistan's tiny chances of qualifying for next Sunday final depend as they must beat Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Indian side tomorrow and than hoping their rival also loses to Sri Lanka on Thursday.

And there are more calculations that despite this drama practically happening Pakistan team must have better net-run-rate to progress in the final.

Pakistan team is under great stress and pressure and handling the pressure would be key factor in their success. Home team were outplayed both by holders Sri Lanka and India in their previous match in the competition.

However under the current prevailing conditions when form and morale is down, it will be very difficult proposition for the home team to repair their dented pride infront of their home crowd.

Pakistan team is already hit by controversies, injury problems, selection trouble and Coach Geoff Lawson tiff with the media. Lawson has tendered an unconditional apology but it had left the best taste.

Shahid Afridi is struggling both with the bat and ball while team's bowling suffered a blow with muscle rib injury to Umar Gul and team opening batting problems. Afridi is facing the axe after string of failures.

Shoaib Malik almost certain to lead the team against India after getting proper rest after dehydration problem.

Changes are there in offing as there is likelihood that all- rounder Fawad Alam will be returning to the final 11 after dropped in the game against Sri Lanka.

Reserve opener Nasir Jamshed may also get selectors nod after failure of Salman Butt.

Hosts will be heavily banking in batting aces of Muhammad Yousuf and Younis Khan to salvage team's pride in break scenario.

Indian team is good frame of mind with the consistent batting show from their top three Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina.

PAKISTAN: Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik (Captain), Nasir Jamshed, Younus Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicket- keeper), Sohail Tanvir, Rao Iftikhar, Wahab Riaz, Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rauf and Saeed Ajmal.

INDIA: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain-wicket-keeper), Yousuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Pravin Kumar, Rudra Partap Singh, Ishant Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Manpreet Gony, Pragyan Ojha.

Tony Hill (New Zealand) and Ian Gould (England) will be supervising the match. Alan Hurst of Australia will be Match referee.

New Zealand in record one-day win

New Zealand followed up their 3-1 one-day series win over England with a record-breaking defeat of Ireland here Tuesday in the opening match of a triangular tournament also involving Scotland.

The Black Caps thrashed a makeshift Irish side by 290 runs in what was the biggest margin of victory in the history of one-day international cricket, surpassing India's 257-run defeat of Bermuda at last year's World Cup.

New Zealand's total of 402 for two was also their highest one-day international total and an opening stand of 274 runs between Brendon McCullum and James Marshall was the fifth highest for any wicket.

In reply, Ireland were scuttled out for 112.

McCullum claimed his first ODI century with a knock of 166 from 141 deliveries that featured 11 boundaries and ten sixes.

Marshall took 120 balls to post his hundred but then added a further 61 from only 21 more deliveries.

McCullum finally fell in the 43rd over, holing out to Ryan Haire on the cover boundary off the bowling of Phil Eaglestone.

McCullum's departure brought little respite as Ross Taylor set about a ragged Irish attack with an onslaught which saw him race to an unbeaten 59 from only 24 balls, with one of his four sixes comfortably clearing the pavilion on its way out of the ground.

The second wicket fell when Marshall skied a catch to wicketkeeper Gary Wilson off Reinhardt Strydom in the final over.

Ireland's response started positively enough as openers Strydom and Wilson moved smoothly to 27 without loss off four overs.

Strydom was bowled by Tim Southee in the next over, however, and things fell apart quickly.

Southee and Michael Mason claimed three wickets apiece while only some lusty hitting from tail-ender Peter Connell, who top-scored with 22 not out, ensured Ireland hoisted their tally above the 100 mark.

Watson's maiden one-day century sets up Aussie victory

Shane Watson collected his maiden Test century to power Australia to a seven-wicket victory in the third one-day international against West Indies on Sunday.

Watson, playing in his first one-day series since the final of the World Cup last year, hit 126 from 122 balls as Australia, chasing 224 runs from their allocation of 50 overs, hit their target. The winning runs came when Xavier Marshall delivered a wide delivery to Michael Clarke down the leg-side that went all the way to the boundary with 57 balls to spare at the Queen's Park Stadium.

The victory gave Australia an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, after they won opening match by 84 runs last Tuesday at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex, and the second ODI by 63 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis Method last Friday at this venue. Watson got into his stride quickly, after Australia suffered an early setback when Shaun Marsh was bowled by Fidel Edwards for a five-ball duck in the opening over of the chase. But Watson found Australia captain Ricky Ponting a stable ally, and they put the visitors firmly on course for victory in a stand of 190 for the second wicket. Watson reached his 50 from 48 balls in spectacular fashion in the 13th over bowled by Sulieman Benn. He cut a succession of long-hops from the beanpole left-arm spin bowler through backward point for three of the 15 fours he struck. But the champagne moment for Watson came in the 32nd over when he pulled his 106th delivery from West Indies captain Chris Gayle -- bowling his part-time off-spin -- through mid-wicket for his 13th four to reach his landmark. Watson's stroke-play overshadowed that from Ponting, but the Australia captain still reeled off a few delightful strokes and reached his 50 when he pushed his 57th ball from Benn into the covers for a single.

When Watson and Ponting were dismissed within three overs of each other, Australia were 17 runs away from the magic number. Ponting swung a ball from Gayle and was caught at long-on in the 34th over, and Watson scooped a ball from Darren Sammy over his left shoulder, and was caught at fine leg in the 37th over, but Michael Clarke and Andrew Symonds remained the rest of the way. Earlier, choosing to field, the Aussies bowled and fielded with typical purpose and dismissed West Indies for 223 in 48 overs. Gayle hit five fours and three sixes in the top score of 53 from 54 balls, but several other batsmen were guilty of getting starts without carrying on.

Marshall made 35, Shivnarine Chanderpaul got 32, Ramnaresh Sarwan gathered 31, and Denesh Ramdin contributed 21. Nathan Bracken was again Australia's most successful bowler with three wickets for 26 runs from nine overs, and Symonds captured two for 42 from seven overs. Australia's bowlers brought their side back into the match, after Gayle and Marshall put on 86 for the first wicket. The Australians had kept things tight early on, but Gayle and compatriot Marshall steadily grew in confidence, and the runs started to flow. Gayle reached his 50 in the 17th over in spectacular fashion. He drove the penultimate ball of Andrew Symonds' first over for a straight four, and then lofted the next ball over long-off for his third six about 12 rows back in the lower deck of the grand stand at the River End of the ground. In the next over, Mitchell Johnson ran Gayle out when Marshall drove straight and the bowler stuck out his left-hand, deflecting the ball on to the stumps with Gayle out of his crease. Wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi then held a fine catch diving to his right to dismiss Marshall off Shane Watson for 35 in the 21st over to leave West Indies 99 for two. But the Aussies met two familiar stumbling blocks in Sarwan and Chanderpaul. The experienced pair added a valuable 61 for the third wicket to stabilise the innings, but their dismissals within four overs of each other left West Indies 168 for four. Michael Clarke had Chanderpaul caught behind top-edging a loose cut in the 33rd over, and in the 37th over, Mitchell Johnson had Sarwan caught at short extra cover, but the rest of the batting offered little or no resistance to the Aussie bowlers. The last two ODIs of the series will be contested on July 4 and 6 at Warner Park in the St. Kitts capital of Basseterre.

Bangladesh to face Sri Lanka in Asia Cup today

Bangladesh would face Sri Lanka in the third match of super four leg of Asia Cup at National Stadium here on Monday.

Sri Lanka would book its berth for the final in case of victory in today’s match.

Bangladesh would likely retain its squad whereas Sri Lankan management might give rest to its key players.

Meanwhile, Pakistan would attend the practice session in the evening today.

Indian team had practiced in the morning session at National Bank Sports Complex.

Kaneria Bowls Hants To Victory

Danish Kaneria returned the best Twenty20 Cup figures of his career as Essex cruised into the quarter-finals with a crushing 54-run victory over Hampshire at Chelmsford.

The Pakistan leg-spinner claimed four wickets for 22 runs in only 3.3 overs as the visitors were bowled out for 105 in reply to Essex's total of 159.

Kaneria weaved his magic after coming on for the 11th over with Hampshire - who would have progressed at Essex's expense with a victory - 61 for four.

And, helped by some fine work in the field, Essex were able to celebrate victory in the 18th over.

David Masters had put Hampshire on the back foot by removing Michael Carberry and Ian Harvey in consecutive overs, but it was 20-year-old Maurice Chambers who shared the honours with Kaneria.

As well as taking three fine catches in the deep, the young fast bowler stifled Hampshire's progress with four overs costing just 18 runs and earning him the wicket of Sean Ervine.

No-one in the Hampshire side reached 20 but Essex too did not find runs in plentiful supply.

The only batsman to perform with any real freedom was skipper Mark Pettini, who struck three sixes and four fours in gathering 49 from 34 deliveries.

James Foster, with 20 from 16 balls, was the only other Essex player to top 20 before Chris Tremlett brought the innings to a swift conclusion.

He did so by picking up four of the last five wickets at a personal cost of four runs in eight deliveries, three times shattering the stumps as the batsman found his pace and accuracy too much.

That gave Tremlett figures of four for 25 in 3.4 overs - but it soon became apparent his efforts would not be enough to take Hampshire into the knockout stages.

Graham Napier drew first blood when he trapped Michael Lumb lbw in the second over of the innings, and Masters' double strike heaped further problems on Hampshire before Kaneria took his tally of wickets in this season competition to 18.

Essex's reward for their win is a home tie against Northamptonshire next month.

New Zealand Clinch NatWest Series

Kevin Pietersen made a losing start as England captain - and saw his side slump to seventh spot in the ICC one-day rankings - as New Zealand triumphed by 51 runs in the final NatWest Series clash at Lord's.

The Kiwis had comprehensively lost the opening game at Durham but recovered to triumph 3-1 and repeated the scoreline of the winter series with England.

Big hitting by Jacob Oram and Scott Styris lifted New Zealand to a challenging 266 for five after being put in by Pietersen.

Then their accurate and nagging attack ensured England never seriously threatened to overhaul their total, despite 69 off 75 balls from Owais Shah, as they were dismissed for 215 in 47.5 overs.

And skipper and spinner Daniel Vettori (three for 32) showed why he is ranked number one bowler in the ICC one-day lists as he ripped out the England middle order

It enabled New Zealand to gain revenge for the 2-0 defeat in the Test series and the thrashing in the Twenty20 international.

Pietersen had scored a superb century at the Riverside but significantly their star batsman has since failed to make a major contribution as New Zealand demonstrated why they are third in the rankings.

Unproven players such as paceman Tim Southee and all-rounder Grant Elliott have stepped up to the mark and made major contributions.

But in contrast England showed once again they have a long way to go before they can be considered a major force in the 50-over version of the game.

Pietersen could be pleased with his contribution in the field as England captain as a temporary replacement for the banned Paul Collingwood.

He switched his bowlers around effectively and saw them maintain a disciplined line and length on a bouncy and pacey pitch until the late Oram and Styris onslaught.

But he was at fault in keeping fill-in bowler Owais Shah in the attack too long when there were other options available, and his last over cost 17 runs.

England had made a confident start in pursuit of their 267 target but once again Ian Bell flattered to deceive after looking well set for a sizeable contribution.

He produced some flowing drives in reaching 27 off 34 balls with five fours before walking across his stumps and being trapped lbw by Mark Gillespie.

Then Southee confirmed the favourable impression he has made in his first limited-over series for his country by removing Alistair Cook and Pietersen in quick succession.

Cook (24) had looked in decent touch before edging Southee through to wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum and he was jubilant after dismissing Pietersen.

The Hampshire player only succeeded in carving the ball into the hands of Oram at backward point.

Bopara raced to 30 off 39 balls but was undone by Vettori's arm ball and was bowled and then Luke Wright (six) perished in a similar fashion.

Vettori collected his third scalp when the out-of-form Tim Ambrose (two) cut into the hands of point and he scored just ten runs in five knocks.

Graeme Swann (12) fell to a fine legside catch by 'keeper McCullum off Kyle Mills who then had another success when Stuart Broad holed out on the mid-wicket boundary.

Any last hope for England was extinguished when Shah was pouched at long-off to give man of the series Southee his 13th victim in five games.

And the New Zealanders celebrated when James Anderson (two) carved Mark Gillespie to backward point.

Pietersen had been well backed up by his bowlers after putting New Zealand into bat.

Anderson should have broken through when Jamie How on four top edged a skier towards long leg but wicket-keeper Ambrose spilled the chance after getting both gloves underneath the ball.

It initially looked as if that miss would prove costly when Broad came into the attack as How pulled him for six but it proved to be his last scoring shot as he carved the next delivery to Bopara at backward point after making 22.

Broad had also undone Ross Taylor (four) who edged a straightforward catch to Ambrose.

McCullum, after making a restrained 23 off 57 balls, was drawn into a false stroke by Anderson and edged to Swann at first slip.

Styris and Daniel Flynn carefully added 53 in 13 overs before the latter on 35 went to drive spinner Swann and was bowled.

The pace of the innings started to pick up with the arrival of Oram whose 52 spanned only 40 balls and contained three sixes and two fours.

He dominated a stand off 77 with Styris until the impressive Swann, who finished with two for 33 from his 10 overs, had him caught at long off by Broad.

His dismissal was the signal for Styris to start to open out and he received good support from Grant Elliott as 65 runs were plundered from the last six overs.

Styris reached his 50 with a six over long leg off Anderson and launched Sidebottom for a massive hit over mid-wicket into the top tier of the stand.

He finished unbeaten on 87 from 91 balls with five fours and three sixes.

Arafat Puts Kent In Quarters

Yasir Arafat took three for 12 as holders Kent Spitfires cruised into the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup with a comfortable 50-run win over south group whipping boys Sussex Sharks at Hove.

Kent's total of 162 for nine did not look enough on a good batting track but Sussex's chase was fatally undermined after they lost key men Murray Goodwin, acting captain Matt Prior and Dwayne Smith in the first four overs - all to former Sussex fast bowler Arafat.

In his first over Arafat uprooted Goodwin's leg stump and in his second he had Prior caught at mid-off off a mis-timed drive before winning a contentious leg-before decision against Smith, who had taken three or four paces down the track trying to work the ball through the leg side.

Opener Mike Yardy held things together with 26 off 17 balls including four boundaries, but when he pulled Robbie Joseph's first ball in Twenty20 cricket straight to deep square-leg Sussex were never in contention.

They did not score a boundary for six overs between the fifth and 11th overs and large sections of the 6,200 crowd had already left when Sussex were dismissed for 112 with three overs unused.

The impressive Joseph finished with two for 24 and also ran out Andrew Hodd while Rory Hamilton-Brown's 36 was a lone act of lower-order defiance for the hapless hosts.

Kent had built the platform for a total in excess of 200 when they reached 86 for two after 10 overs with skipper Rob Key starting to find his range.

But the Spitfires were never quite the same after Key holed out to deep mid-wicket in the 13th over for a run-a-ball 38 as Sussex's spinners applied a mid-innings squeeze.

Slow left-armer Yardy and leg-spinner Will Beer both took one for 27 from their four overs and when Kent tried to press the accelerator in the closing stages they tossed away their wickets, losing their last five for 15 runs.

Chief beneficiary was left-armer Chris Liddle who finished with four for 28, his second four-wicket performance in this season's competition.

Three of Liddle's victims were snared in the last over when Martin van Jaarsveld, Geraint Jones and James Tredwell fell in the space of four balls, leaving a frustrated Azhar Mahmood stuck at the non-striker's end unable to improve on his 34 off 21 balls which included two fours and two sixes.

Kent hit six sixes in their innings with Arafat, promoted to number three, striking three of them in the same over from Smith.

West Indies all-rounder Smith had earlier agreed to join Sussex on a Kolpak registration until the end of the 2010 season and celebrated with two wickets.

He had opener Joe Denly caught at backward point off the second ball of the innings before ending Arafat's fun after the Pakistan all-rounder had spoiled his figures by smashing 22 in his final over.