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Journalism of Courage
Despite the early loss of Gayle, the host quickly shed all nerves to settle down with a steady and solid 57 run partnership between Sarwan and Chanderpaul. But it was Samuels and his supporting skipper Lara who not only defied the menacing duo of Kaneria and Gul but laid out a solid stage for the final flourish by Smith. Unlike Pakistan maintained a progressive run rate from the half way mark.
8226; It was just a case of different approach in similar situations. While Windies responded with gutsy show Pakistan decided to go into a shell after early blows by Powell and Taylor. An insipid approach from skipper Inzamam and his run-machine Yousuf, left a lot to be done after Smith rocked their middle-order. One man8217;s hopeless slog anyway is too little to derail local hopes.
