FAISLABAD,NOVEMBER 30: Saqlain Mushtaq snapped up the wickets of Michael Atherton and England captain Nasser Hussain just before the close to leave the second Test intriguingly poised on Thursday.Opener Atherton fell to a pad-bat catch for 32 and Hussain went leg before for 23 to a delivery that slow motion television replays showed he played onto his pads.England ended the second day on 110 for three in reply to Pakistan’s first innings of 316. Debutant spinner Danish Kaneria brought breakthrough by removing Marcus Trescothick for 30 to secure his first Test wicket. The first hour of the day belonged to Pakistan, 243 for five overnight, as Yousuf Youhana and Moin Khan extended their sixth-wicket stand to 120 before England broke through by snapping up four wickets for 12 runs. Darren Gough started the slump by having Youhana caught by Graham Thorpe at deep square leg for 77, ending a partnership with captain Moin which had lifted Pakistan from 151 for five on the first day. Giles followed up by having moin caught in the slips by Hussain for 65 and then dispatched Wasim Akram, who made only one before he came down the pitch, was beaten, and Alec Stewart stumped the all-rounder after an initial fumble.Warwickshire slow bowler Giles ended with his test best of five for 75, and said: ‘‘There was a little bit more pace and bounce in this pitch than at Lahore (in the drawn first Test) and that suits me. Pakistan had slumped from 271 for five to 283 for nine but Saqlain (34) and Kaneria frustrated the touring team with a last wicket stand of 33 that Gough ended by outwitting saqlain with a slower ball which he lobbed to gully. England openers Atherton and Trescothick had to survive a hostile new-ball burst by Akram before Kaneria struck the first blow at 49 when he beat left-hander Trescothick with a googly and Moin made a comfortable stumping. Atherton, in characteristically resolute mood, added 56 for the second wicket with Hussain but off-spinner Saqlain’s late double strike left the contest finely balanced. ScoreboardPakistan (1st innings): Saeed Anwar c Thorpe b Giles 53, Shahid Afridi c Thorpe b Gough 10, Salim Elahi c Atherton b Giles 41, Inzamam-ul-Haq b Giles 0, Yousuf Youhana c Thorpe b Gough 77, Abdur Razzaq b White 9, Moin Khan c Hussain b Giles 65, Wasim Akram st Stewart b Giles 1, Saqlain Mushtaq c Trescothick b Gough 34, Arshad Khan c Thorpe b White 2, Danish Kaneria not out 8, Extras (b1, lb12, nb3) 16, Total (all out, 108.1 overs) 316Fall of wickets:1-33, 2-96, 3-96, 4-130, 5-151, 6-271, 7-271, 8-276, 9-283. Bowling: Gough 23.1-2-79-3 (nb1), Caddick 15-3-49-0 (nb2), White 22-6-71-2, Giles 35-13-75-5, Salisbury 10-0-29-0. England (1st innings): M Atherton c Yousuf b Saqlain 32, M Trescothick st Moin b Kaneria 30, N Hussain lbw b Saqlain 23, I Salisbury not out 1, G Thorpe not out 2 , Extras (lb3, nb19) 22, Total (for three wickets, 44 overs) 110.Fall of wickets:1-49, 2-105, 3-106.Bowling: Wasim Akram 10-2-30-0 (nb5), Abdur Razzaq 7-0-28-0 (nb8), Danish Kaneria 12-5-29-1, Saqlain Mushtaq 10-3-16-2 (nb6), Arshad Khan 5-3-4-0.
