da heads bet： A dashing half-century from Ben Hollioake restored some of England’sbattered pride at Headingley after a sensational spell of fast bowling byWaqar Younis had reduced the home side to 58 for 7
Stephen Lamb17-Jun-2001A dashing half-century from Ben Hollioake restored some of England’sbattered pride at Headingley after a sensational spell of fast bowling byWaqar Younis had reduced the home side to 58 for 7. England eventuallyrecovered to 156 all out.Already eliminated from the NatWest Series, England were put in to bat by Waqar, who then took the wicket of Marcus Trescothick with the first ball of the innings. The delivery was a loosener at 77mph, but it spread-eagled the Somerset left-hander’s stumps after he appeared to have trouble seeing it.The chilly, overcast conditions early on suited Waqar and Fazl-e-Akbar, whomPakistan had included for the first time in the series in place of theinjured Shoaib Malik. While Akbar bowled at a lively pace from the FootballStand end and troubled Nick Knight around leg stump, it was Waqar whoeventually accounted for the left-handed opener.In the seventh over of the morning, Knight (9) offered a leading edge to aball he intended to steer through mid-wicket and it looped to Shahid Afridiat backward point. Waqar should have picked up another wicket when MichaelVaughan, on his home ground, drove uppishly into the covers but YousufYouhana failed to hold on to a straightforward chance. Vaughan had just oneat the time. The miss proved to be inexpensive as Waqar had his man in his nextover. A ball outside the off stump found the outside edge of Vaughan’s batand was taken by Younis Khan at third slip.There was further trouble for England in the 12th over when theoutstanding Waqar claimed his fourth wicket. Owais Shah (3) had to play at aball on off stump that left him and bounced. Again it took the outside edgefor Inzamam to hold on to the catch, despite wicket-keeper Rashid Latifdiving across his line of sight.Paul Collingwood quickly followed in similar fashion without scoring. Waqarwas again the bowler, and enjoyed seeing Collingwood push firmly forward forYounis Khan to take the catch low down at third slip. Alec Stewart, who hadhung on grimly at the other end, then top-edged an attempted pull to a ballfrom Waqar which was caught by Abdur Razzaq at mid-off. Stewart (18) wassoon followed by Dominic Cork, who was caught behind by Rashid Latif withoutscoring as he aimed to hit Waqar through mid-wicket.After Waqar had bowled himself out with figures of 7-36, Ben Hollioake gavethe crowd some relief with some delightful drives on either side of thewicket, including three fours in a row off Azhar Mahmood. He found thepartner he needed in Darren Gough, who survived an appeal for a catch byAzhar Mahmood at slip off Saqlain Mushtaq, after the replay showed that theball had scraped the ground as the fielder took it. Hollioake’s 50 came offjust 51 balls and included nine boundaries.Hollioake and Gough had added 67 when Hollioake was out for 53 as he droveover a straight ball from Shahid Afridi. Andrew Caddick then fell to abrilliant, one-handed diving catch by Latif off Azhar Mahmood, and whenMullally was run out without scoring England were all out for 156, withGough left unbeaten on 40. Waqar Younis finished with best-ever one-dayfigures of 7-36 in a spell which has given Pakistan a strong chance of ahat-trick of wins over England in this tournament.