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This is an archive article published on January 19, 2012

Gul helps Pakistan rout England in first Test

Pak notched the required 15 runs in 3.4 overs to hand England their first defeat in 10 Tests.

Paceman Umar Gul took 4-63 to help Pakistan beat the world8217;s best Test team,England,by 10 wickets in the first Test inside three days here on Thursday,gaining a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

The 27-year-old fast bowler dismissed Andrew Strauss six before lunch and then accounted for Alastair Cook five and Kevin Pietersen nought in his hostile nine-over first spell on a spin-friendly Dubai Stadium pitch.

Spinners Abdul Rehman 3-37 and Saeed Ajmal 3-42 his second 10-wicket haul in Tests 8212; supplemented Gul to help Pakistan bundle out England for 160.

Pakistan notched the required 15 runs in 3.4 overs to hand England their first defeat in 10 Tests,since losing to Australia at Perth in the 2010 Ashes.

England8217;s batsmen,wrecked by Ajmal8217;s career-best 7-55 in their first innings of 192,were again clueless against the spin and played some rash shots as they sought to score runs on the pace of Gul.

Jonathan Trott top-scored with 49,but fell to an irresponsible shot,trying to force a short delivery from Gul and being caught by wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal,who finished the match with seven catches.

Trott,who passed the boundary of 2,000 runs when he reached 18 in his 24th Test,hit six boundaries during his 111-ball knock but became Gul8217;s 150th wicket in his 41st Test.

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England had another disastrous start as Strauss was adjudged caught behind,pushing Gul to the leg side and seeing the ensuing edge well taken by the wicket-keeper.

Strauss instantly challenged the verdict but was left to trudge off the field after television umpire Steve Davis of Australia upheld the original decision.

 

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