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Five-star Riaz shines on debut

Five-star Riaz shines on debut

Left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz took five wickets on Test debut to give Pakistan hope of clawing their way back into the npower series. The tourists were 48 for one at stumps, 185 behind England's 233.

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Strauss and Trott complete victory

Strauss and Trott complete victory

England completed their sixth successive Test victory - and opened up a 2-0 npower series lead over Pakistan - with nine wickets to spare as Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott struck fifties.

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Haider gives Pakistan faint hope

Haider gives Pakistan faint hope

Debutant Zulqarnain Haider led a lower-order fightback which means England will have to chase in excess of 100 to win the second npower Test once they have taken Pakistan's final wicket.

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England maintain upper hand

England maintain upper hand

England were well on course for a 2-0 lead in the npower Test series despite a Pakistan fightback on day two at Edgbaston. The hosts collapsed to 251 all out, but Pakistan were 19 for one at stumps.

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Seamers put England in command

Seamers put England in command

Stuart Broad and James Anderson took four wickets apiece as England ran through a startled Pakistan for 78 at Edgbaston. By stumps, England were already 40 runs ahead with both openers out.

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Anderson bamboozles Pakistan

Anderson bamboozles Pakistan

James Anderson crowned a thoroughly impressive victory in the first npower Test at Trent Bridge by collecting career-high figures of 11-71. Pakistan were shot out for 80, their lowest score in England...

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England scent commanding victory

England scent commanding victory

Matt Prior extinguished all conceivable chance of Pakistan preventing an England win with a superb century at Trent Bridge. Three batsmen fell late in the evening in the tourists' forlorn chase of 435...

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Anderson swings through Pakistan

Anderson swings through Pakistan

England, spearheaded by James Anderson, harnessed hostile conditions at Trent Bridge to take a vice-like grip on the first npower Test. At 147 for nine by stumps, they were eight adrift of the follow...

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Morgan heaps misery on Pakistan

Morgan heaps misery on Pakistan

A maiden Test century of astoundingly even temperament by Eoin Morgan allowed England to carve out the enviable position of 331 for four by stumps in the first npower Test at Trent Bridge.

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Crushing victory follows for England

Crushing victory follows for England

England's fast bowlers seized on hostile conditions at Old Trafford to consign Bangladesh to a familiar and depressing innings defeat inside three days of the second npower Test.

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