Australia vs Pakistan, 1st Test at Colombo, Oct 03 2002 | Full Highlights
Australia were in the ascendant for much of the first day of the series, as a blistering 141 from Ricky Ponting and half-centuries from Justin Langer and Mark Waugh put a depleted Pakistan firmly on the back foot. But Australia lost three key wickets in the last session, and the match had developed the hint of a contest when bad light stopped play with 13 overs remaining.
The toss proved irrelevant. Steve Waugh opted to bat first and Waqar Younis indicated that he would have bowled first; the first over of the day seemed to bear out Waqar's instincts. On a wicket affording good pace and bounce, he lured Matthew Hayden into mistiming a pull that ended safely in the hands of Imran Nazir at cover (5 for 1).
The finest sports cars can race at high speeds while appearing merely to cruise. So it was for Australia, as Ponting and Langer took Australia to 138 for 1 at lunch off just 26 overs. At no point did they appear to be making an effort to accelerate or score at a fast pace. They were merely clinical, playing out the good deliveries and unerringly punishing the poor ones.
Ponting was especially severe on anything remotely loose and at one stage, when he hit four boundaries in the space of five minutes to bring up his fifty, it appeared that Pakistan were in for a nightmare of a day. Meanwhile Langer, a man known to bat in either first or fifth gear, was sailing along in third, but always looking likely to explode.
Saqlain tested Langer with some tight bowling, though once Ponting got his eye in against him he played beautifully, using his feet to play some delectable straight-drives and flicks through midwicket. The two had added 183 when, against the run of play, Langer edged an awayswinger from Razzaq to Rashid Latif, who took a low diving catch (188 for 2). Langer had made 72.
Mark Waugh started nervily as Shoaib was brought back into the attack, but got into his element soon enough, executing some typically graceful strokes square of the wicket on both sides. But it was Ponting who upped the tempo again, reaching his century by whipping Saqlain to the midwicket fence and then unleashing some belligerent strokes off both Shoaib and Saqlain.
But just when it seemed that he could conceivably pass his Test-best 197 before the day was done, Ponting got out on 141, edging Waqar to Younis Khan at slip, thus ending an innings that looked unstoppable (272 for 3).
Pakistan tour of Australia
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Australia were in the ascendant for much of the first day of the series, as a blistering 141 from Ricky Ponting and half-centuries from Justin Langer and Mark Waugh put a depleted Pakistan firmly on the back foot. But Australia lost three key wickets in the last session, and the match had developed the hint of a contest when bad light stopped play with 13 overs remaining.
The toss proved irrelevant. Steve Waugh opted to bat first and Waqar Younis indicated that he would have bowled first; the first over of the day seemed to bear out Waqar's instincts. On a wicket affording good pace and bounce, he lured Matthew Hayden into mistiming a pull that ended safely in the hands of Imran Nazir at cover (5 for 1).
The finest sports cars can race at high speeds while appearing merely to cruise. So it was for Australia, as Ponting and Langer took Australia to 138 for 1 at lunch off just 26 overs. At no point did they appear to be making an effort to accelerate or score at a fast pace. They were merely clinical, playing out the good deliveries and unerringly punishing the poor ones.
Ponting was especially severe on anything remotely loose and at one stage, when he hit four boundaries in the space of five minutes to bring up his fifty, it appeared that Pakistan were in for a nightmare of a day. Meanwhile Langer, a man known to bat in either first or fifth gear, was sailing along in third, but always looking likely to explode.
Saqlain tested Langer with some tight bowling, though once Ponting got his eye in against him he played beautifully, using his feet to play some delectable straight-drives and flicks through midwicket. The two had added 183 when, against the run of play, Langer edged an awayswinger from Razzaq to Rashid Latif, who took a low diving catch (188 for 2). Langer had made 72.
Mark Waugh started nervily as Shoaib was brought back into the attack, but got into his element soon enough, executing some typically graceful strokes square of the wicket on both sides. But it was Ponting who upped the tempo again, reaching his century by whipping Saqlain to the midwicket fence and then unleashing some belligerent strokes off both Shoaib and Saqlain.
But just when it seemed that he could conceivably pass his Test-best 197 before the day was done, Ponting got out on 141, edging Waqar to Younis Khan at slip, thus ending an innings that looked unstoppable (272 for 3).
Pakistan tour of Australia
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