Anderson flattens Pakistan

Tourists skittled for their lowest ever Test score against England

By Rob Lancaster   Last updated: 1st August 2010   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Anderson flattens Pakistan

Anderson: 11 wickets in the match

First Test Match
Trent Bridge - Day Four
England 354 (E J G Morgan 130, P D Collingwood 82, Mohammad Asif 5-77) & 262-9 dec (M J Prior 102 no) v Pakistan 182 (Umar Gul 65 no, J M Anderson 5-54) & 80 (J M Anderson 6-17)
England beat Pakistan by 354 runs

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James Anderson finished with 11 wickets in the match as England crushed Pakistan by 354 runs in the first Test at Trent Bridge.

Having already slipped to 15-3 late on day three after being set 435 to win, the tourists seemed resigned to suffering a defeat in the series opener.

However they would have hoped to put up more of a fight than they managed on the fourth day, as they were skittled out for 80 before lunch.

Anderson was once again their tormentor-in-chief, bettering his figures of 5-54 in the first innings with 6-17 from 15 overs second time around, giving him a stunning match analysis of 11-71 - comfortably the best of his career.

Blown away

Steven Finn also picked up two wickets in the morning session as Pakistan were blown away for their lowest ever Test total against England.

Amazingly it took England 30 minutes to get an intial breakthrough on Sunday, Anderson getting Imran Farhat caught at first slip by Andrew Strauss for 15.

The departure of the opener signalled the beginning of the end - Umar Akmal quickly being trapped leg before by an inswinger in Anderson's next over.

He used up Pakistan's second and final referral trying unsuccessfully to get the decision overturned, meaning his brother Kamran Akmal could do nothing about a borderline lbw decision that went against him soon after.

The wicketkeeper-batsman was given out by umpire Tony Hill for a duck attempting to pull the third delivery he faced from Finn, one that Hawk-eye suggested was too high and missing the top of leg stump.

In between the departure of the Akmal siblings, Finn tempted Mohammad Amir (four) to slice to gully, ending the nightwatchman's stubborn resistance after 44 balls at the crease.

Record low

When Umar Gul was brilliantly taken at third slip by Paul Collingwood to become Anderson's ninth victim, Pakistan were no longer worried about reaching their victory target but more about making sure they did not set a new record low.

They at least managed to avoid that embarrassment before Anderson claimed his first 10-wicket haul in Tests. Shoaib Malik (nine) was the man he removed to reach the milestone, edging to the extremely safe hands of Collingwood.

Fittingly, the Lancastrian seamer ended proceedings with the wicket of Mohammad Asif - caught at second slip by his good friend Graeme Swann.

Danish Kaneria was left unbeaten on 16, one of only two Pakistan batsmen to make it into double figures on a sorry-looking scorecard.

The visitors will hope to put up a better fight in the second Test at Edgbaston, which gets underway on Friday and can be seen live in HD on Sky Sports.