Tamil Nadu and Bengal marched into the finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy to set up a replay of last year’s title clash

Cricinfo staff27-Feb-2010
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Abhinav Mukund kept piling on the runs•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Tamil Nadu’s formidable batting unit clicked again to set up a thrashing of Madhya Pradesh in the semi-finals at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket ground. It was Abhinav Mukund who made a century this time, supported by half-centuries from opener S Anirudha and S Badrinath. The other major contribution was an all-round effort from R Sathish, blazing a 17-ball 39 and then bagging four wickets to bury MP’s chances.After choosing to bat, Tamil Nadu’s openers piled on a 177-run stand before Anirudha fell at the end of the 32nd over. With the foundation in place, Tamil Nadu stepped up the pace, with Badrinath slapping eight fours and a six to slam a 40-ball 58. Abhinav, meanwhile, progressed to his third List A century, making a steady 130. Medium-pacer Amarjeet Singh removed both off consecutive deliveries in the 44th over to reduce Tamil Nadu to 276 for 3. Even then, there was no respite for MP, with Sathish and K Vasudevadas ransacking 72 runs in the final six overs to set a massive target of 349.MP lost opener Jalaj Saxena early but kept fighting through a brisk 72-run association between Naman Ojha and Monish Mishra. However, a double-strike from medium-pacer Yo Mahesh, removing both set batsmen in the space of the three deliveries in the 14th over took the momentum out of the chase, and MP never recovered. It didn’t help that none of their batsmen reached even 50, and they were bowled out in the 44th over, 134 runs short.
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Manoj Tiwary’s patient half-century steered Bengal past Karnataka and into the finals, setting up a replay of last year’s title clash. His effort came after a solid platform laid by the openers, Shreevats Goswami and Arindam Das, who put up 118 runs, which meant even a late wobble didn’t hurt Bengal. The game had been billed as a clash between Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, but neither of the former India captains had much of an impact on the outcome.Karnataka’s top-order batsmen flopped after they were sent in, and it was only a battling 93-run partnership between CM Gautam and S Aravind that lifted them from the depths of 130 for 8 to a middling score. The experiment to play Vinay Kumar at No. 3 worked to an extent, his 43 was the highest score among Karnataka’s top six. Dravid stuck around for 48 deliveries to compile 29 before he was caught behind off debutant offspinner Soumya Pakre. That dismissal came in the middle of a collapse that started with Vinay’s exit – Karnataka losing five wickets for 29 runs. It was then that Gautam combined with Aravind, who had made only 15 runs in his career before today’s unbeaten 38, to revive Karnataka.Bengal’s chase had its shakiest period when four wickets went down for 24 runs after the openers had put on a big stand. Tiwary and Wriddhiman Saha, though, put Bengal back on top with a 74-run association, and the target was overhauled with an over to spare.

Northamptonshire have secured Virender Sehwag to head their Twenty20 challenge this summer

Cricinfo staff12-Mar-2010Northamptonshire have secured Virender Sehwag to head their Twenty20 challenge during the coming season. It’s a major coup for the county who were beaten in the semi-finals in last year’s competition.Sehwag, 31, is currently ranked as the world’s leading Test batsman. He has established himself as one of the most destructive players in the game but curiously, given his reputation, Sehwag’s Twenty20 international record is a relatively modest average of 24.07 although his strike-rate is 153.43.Having played county cricket for Leicestershire in 2003, Sehwag has experience of English conditions and Mark Tagg, the Northamptonshire chief executive, believes Sehwag’s signing could lift Northamptonshire to the top of the domestic game.”This is absolutely fantastic news for the club and shows everyone that we want to continue our year on year improvement,” he said. “Hopefully this shows our fans we are serious in our ambitions to become the best club in the country.”Sehwag is still awaiting clearance from the BCCI but said: “I am looking forward to the T20 campaign and I am delighted to have joined the county.”He is the latest big-name signing for the Twenty20 tournament with counties going around the world for star attractions. Tillakaratne Dilshan has joined Sussex, Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq are with Hampshire, Herschelle Gibbs is heading to Yorkshire and Cameron White is due with Somerset.

Plays of the day from the IPL game between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in Chennai

Siddarth Ravindran at the MA Chidambaram Stadium22-Mar-2010Ramesh Powar had the better of Matthew Hayden and his Mongoose•Associated Press

Where’s your regular bat?
In the absence of regular captain, MS Dhoni, there’s no doubt over who the
Chennai crowd’s favourite player is. They were screaming ‘Hayden, Hayden’
when he emerged for the pre-match warm-ups. When he walked out to bat, he
was greeted with similar chants, mixed with a few cries of ‘Mongoose,
mongoose’. They didn’t have to wait long to see the much-discussed bat; in
the second over Hayden signalled for it when he had a free-hit. To the
fans’ disappointment, he didn’t connect with a big swipe. Worse followed
in the Super Over, when the Mongoose’s larger ‘sweet spot’ proved of
no use, as Hayden was bowled first ball.The Chennai ripple
Fans at the IPL are generally a boisterous bunch, happy to roar their
approval even at a no-particular-reason bugle, and enthusiastic in
counting down the end of time-outs. The MC at the MA Chidambaram Stadium,
though, had a hard time getting a Mexican wave going. Around the 12th over
of the Punjab innings, he implored the spectators in stand D to stand up
and wave to no effect. At his repeated cajoling, a few fans desultorily
got to their feet, prompting desperate cries of ‘Pass it on, pass it on,’
from the MC, but the wave was still-born. Halfway through the chase,
however, at no one’s prompting, a Mexican wave started rolling around the
stadium as the home team seemed headed for a straightforward win.How about that one?
In the ninth over of the chase Ramesh Powar was convinced he had Hayden
lbw, though the massive appeal was turned down by the umpire because the
ball pitched outside leg. Off the very next delivery, he tricked a
charging Hayden by pitching the ball a little shorter, and the ball
crashed into off stump. Before launching into his celebrations though,
Powar made a tongue-in-cheek appeal to ask the umpire whether that was
good enough to be adjudged out.A botched celebration
While Chennai looked to be coasting towards victory for much of the chase,
it started to get a little tense towards the end. Parthiv Patel’s square-driven
four on the first ball off the 18th over provided some relief for the home
team, but he was stumped off Piyush Chawla on the next delivery. Punjab
were back in the game, and Chawla got set for his trademark send-off – get
down on one knee and scream while forcefully punching the air with a
clenched fist. However, as he bent down to start his celebration, his foot
slipped and he ended up on his backside.Multi-skilled players?
Bowlers are becoming increasing adept with their footwork. Over the past
month, both Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard ran out Zimbabwean batsmen by
kicking the ball onto the stumps with their left foot during their
follow-through. While the West Indian allrounders needed angled shots to
hit the target, Juan Theron had a far simpler goalmouth tap-in; with three
stumps to aim at, his right-footed the ball onto the wicket to send back
Suresh Raina.Second-time lucky
Chennai have been one of the better fielding outfits in the IPL, and apart
from Manpreet Gony’s drop, Raina’s team was sharp in the field again, with
the captain showing the way. In the 19th over, Raina just missed a direct
hit from cover to run-out Yuvraj Singh but made amends by knocking down
the stumps from a similar position in the final over to dismiss Theron for
a golden duck.On the ball
Hayden and Parthiv had played steadily for the first three overs,
after which the Australian decided to open up. He launched a Powar
delivery towards long-off but didn’t hit it as well as he would have
liked. The fielder on the boundary, Mohammad Kaif, was so focused on
taking the catch that he lost track of where the rope was, and ended up
tripping over it and fell over as he back-pedalled. The ball
cleared the boundary.

Naman Ojha’s bat, Yusuf Pathan’s right arm and some steady nerves from the fast bowlers proved enough to flummox Chennai Super Kings and lead Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win in a row

The Bulletin by Jamie Alter28-Mar-2010
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How they were outNaman Ojha made 80, his best IPL score•Indian Premier League

Naman Ojha’s bat, Yusuf Pathan’s right arm and some steady nerves from the fast bowlers proved enough to flummox Chennai Super Kings and lead Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win in a row. Ojha’s first half-century of the season, and best score in the IPL, propelled Rajasthan to a formidable total before a miserly spells from Yusuf, who also effected a direct-hit run-out and held two catches, Shaun Tait and Siddharth Trivedi choked Chennai as the “home” side surged to a 17-run victory in Ahmedabad.In Yusuf and Michael Lumb, Rajasthan possess some awesome firepower, but the pair fizzled in hot conditions on an ideal batting pitch. Lumb, who scored crucial 40s in the last two games, fleetingly cut loose while Pathan followed his audacious 34-ball 73 in the last game with a single-digit score. Thus it was left to Ojha to shore up the innings. For the first four overs he was a spectator as Lumb led the charge, playing a series of shots in his 16-ball 30. At 47 for 1 after four overs, Rajasthan were off to a flier. At this stage Ojha was on 14. He was keen to play from his crease and more comfortable against medium-pace than spin, though each of his five sixes came against the slower bowlers, two against Muttiah Muralitharan. Ojha played superb shots off the back foot into the arc between cover-point and short third man that were hit with tremendous bat speed and put pressure on the boundary riders.After the strategic time-out, Faiz Fazal fell, trying to launch Shadab Jakati’s left-arm spin into orbit; that brought Yusuf to the crease with Rajasthan set up at 100 for 2 after 11 overs. The last time he walked out at this venue, Pathan clubbed eight sixes in an audacious innings. Today he batted six deliveries for eight runs, with just one four, before he got a leading edge off Jakati to cover.Ojha, after crossing fifty, relied on two areas for the majority of his runs: that same arc square of the pitch when the seamers were on, and down toward long-on, when the spinners were in operation. Ojha struggled to hit the quicker bowlers down the ground or past cover and, trying to manipulate Thilan Thushara, he got a leading edge on an ugly paddle that short fine leg gobbled up.Adam Voges fell just after for 20 from 19 balls as Chennai limited the damage at the end. Paras Dogra was run out trying to get Abhishek Jhunjhunwala on strike and, having got back on strike, Jhunjhunwala holed out to long-on. Shane Warne completed the hat-trick of wickets in the final over when he was run out without facing a ball. Chennai had bowled the last ten overs for 81 runs and seven wickets, but failed to take that momentum into their chase.After bowling a four-run first over, Yusuf struck in his second when he made a difficult chance look easy: Matthew Hayden charged and drove back firmly but Yusuf stuck out his right hand and plucked the ball. Chennai regained some momentum through M Vijay, who looked in gorgeous touch during his 28-ball 42, but Yusuf then nailed a sharp direct hit from square leg.Chennai’s chances after nine overs still looked favourable. They had lost two wickets, but Rajasthan’s bowlers had been let down in the field, with three chances going down, two off the dangerous Suresh Raina. Lumb failed to latch on to a pull off Tait and Ojha put down a chance on 12 when Raina looked to steer Warne.The strategic time-out has favoured the fielding side this season and so it was here. Four balls after the break, the slow pace of Warne undid Raina, who looked to ping the deep midwicket boundary with a big swish but instead heard the ball crash into off stump. S Badrinath was beaten first up with a fizzing legbreak, with Yusuf at slip licking his lips, to conjure up visions of Warne in a different era. The squeeze was on.Chennai managed just four boundaries in the next five overs, with Trivedi turning in another outstanding outing. His first three overs cost just 15 runs and he mixed slow bouncers with offcutters expertly. With Chennai needing 59 from 30 balls, Warne called on Yusuf for his final over and what an over it proved to be. He fired the ball in flat and quick and, after a wide, a leg-bye, a single and a dot, MS Dhoni was run out going for the second run. Rajasthan exploded in excitement.That turned into trepidation as Morkel clubbed three successive sixes off Warne, but Tait struck with the bouncer to get Badrinath top-edging to Pathan and followed up with Morkel’s wicket as he swung one to the deep. Tait’s pace was just too hot to handle and for the third straight game he’d bowled a crucial spell. Trivedi bowled a tight last over to seal the win.Rajasthan now have the same number of points as Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. They are scripting another memorable comeback.

Those who scoffed at Yorkshire’s self-belief after the side tipped for relegation had won their opening two matches might decide to keep their thoughts to themselves if Andrew Gale’s young team can turn a compellingly strong position in this contest into

Jon Culley at Headingley 28-Apr-2010

ScorecardJacques Rudolph left Durham left Durham’s depleted bowling attack with an undefeated 228•Getty Images

Those who scoffed at Yorkshire’s self-belief after the side tipped for relegation had won their opening two matches might decide to keep their thoughts to themselves if Andrew Gale’s young team can turn a compellingly strong position in this contest into an emphatic victory over the defending champions.It not yet being May, there is a temptation to dismiss early-season results as not particularly relevant, on the basis that there is still a long way to go. In fact, after what had appeared to be a ridiculously early start, bound to be ruined by the weather, has instead produced three weeks of unbroken and positive cricket, we may be witnessing the decisive phase of the campaign.Durham’s crown has not slipped yet – they did, after all, beat Hampshire, supposedly a key rival, only last week – but they are looking much less invincible than had been supposed, particularly with their bowling resources so stretched. A comeback game for Graham Onions is still some way off and Steve Harmison’s back is taking time to heal. Given that those two shared 96 wickets last season, it is little wonder Durham are feeling their absence.Here they need to reach 461 merely to avoid the follow on after a second day dominated by Yorkshire, in which the redoubtable Jacques Rudolph, despite taking a bang on the helmet when a shot from partner and fellow centurion Anthony McGrath caught him with a glancing blow, expanded an epic innings to seven and three quarter hours, eclipsing his own personal best.Having laboured so long in the field, unable to make much headway on a slow pitch against batsmen happy to accumulate rather than take liberties, they might have hoped at least to post a sizeable total of their own, but after losing three wickets in the last session, their prospects look less than rosy.Ominously, moreover, they lost two of those wickets to consecutive deliveries by Adil Rashid, the leg-spinner, who has the experience now to deliver what Durham’s Scott Borthwick, the 20-year-old, could only hint at.Rudolph, the South African left-hander, walked off unbeaten on 228, bettering the 222 not out he made on his Test debut against Bangladesh in 2003, after Gale had decided he had enough in the bank 38 minutes after tea.The runs took his tally for the season to 473. He is on course already to be Yorkshire’s top scorer for the fourth season running. A controversial signing when he arrived in 2007, penning a Kolpak deal only five months after playing his 36th Test for South Africa, Yorkshire can count themselves fortunate to have him. His arrival might have been blocked in the first place but, after passing the revised Kolpak criteria for this season, he is contracted to stay now until the end of next season.Bizarrely, he and McGrath attracted criticism for scoring too slowly at times yesterday, not least when the chance to push on for a fourth batting point was allowed to pass with no discernible change in approach. But perhaps that is a legacy of the tempo at which much of today’s cricket tends to be played, prompting questions to be asked if a feat happens not to be achieved at high speed.A measured approach is sometimes exactly what is required and this Rudolph innings should not be considered a lesser achievement just because it was more workmanlike than classical. And no batsman hits 35 boundaries without unfurling the odd high-quality shot and when there are so many running off towards the fence it is easy for the appreciation to be dulled.The partnership with McGrath was in itself a tour de force, adding 206 in 74 overs and grinding Durham’s spirits to dust, even if it ended a little farcically, McGrath setting off for a run to mid-off, Rudolph declining and Dale Benkenstein hurting his knee as he retrieved the ball and executed the run-out.Gale missed an opportunity of his own, driving a widish ball from Liam Plunkett to square cover, before Borthwick bowled Jonathan Bairstow and had Rashid caught low down at extra cover. Borthwick’s overs were experience in the bank for a young player who will hope to emulate Rashid.They were of small consolation later, however. Durham survived Tino Best’s first Championship overs for Yorkshire but lost Kyle Coetzer when Rudolph grabbed a catch at first slip off Steve Patterson at the second attempt before two Rashid googlies accounted for Will Smith and nightwatchman Mark Davies. They have it all to do on day three.

A round-up of all the action from the Clydesdale Bank 40

21-May-2010Essex beat Holland by just one run as the hosts came close to causing a huge Clydesdale Bank 40 upset in Amstelveen. Set 219 runs to win, the Dutch finished on 217 for 6 as Eric Szwarczynski provided the bedrock of their brave chase. Despite seeing Nick Statham (five) and Michael Dighton (nine) depart cheaply to leave the hosts 37 for two, the South Africa-born right-hander remained unflappable as he fashioned a recovery.A Chris Schofield half-century guided Surrey to a two-wicket win over Glamorgan in their Group A game under the Swalec Stadium floodlights. Surrey were set 224 to win but looked in trouble until Schofield and Gareth Batty rescued their side from 126 for 6 in the 26th over with a 53-run partnership.

20-Jun-2010

ScorecardDerbyshire allrounder Garry Park took three wickets as the visitors claimed an unlikely nine-run Friends Provident t20 win over Northamptonshire. Nicky Boje took 3 for 20 and Zimbabwe international Elton Chigumbura claimed 1 for 8 in four overs as Derbyshire posted what looked a mediocre 109 for nine with Lee Goddard top-scoring with 22. Despite a pedestrian 37 off 46 balls by Alex Wakely, Northants fell 10 runs short of their modest target with Steffan Jones and Tim Groenewald taking two wickets each.Derbyshire won the toss and chose to bat first, but they lost Wes Durston (three) in the second over when he was trapped lbw by former Sri Lanka seamer Chaminda Vaas. South Africa international Loots Bosman made the same score before departing after scooping Jack Brooks to Chigumbura at mid-off.Steelbacks skipper Andrew Hall then bowled Chesney Hughes for 12 to leave the Falcons teetering on 23 for 3. Chigumbura, who was making his home debut, then caught and bowled Derbyshire captain Robin Peterson (14) before Boje trapped John Sadler (five) leg before.The visitors continued to toil, with Jonathan Clare’s six over long-on in the 14th over their first boundary in seven overs before he went for 14 when he smashed Boje to Hall at extra cover.
Boje then claimed his third wicket by pinning Park (20) lbw before Hall sent Jones’s offstump cartwheeling, without troubling the scorers.Groenewald made four before launching Hall to Rob White at deep midwicket, with Derbyshire only getting past a hundred in their final over.Chasing 110, Northants lost White (four) in the third over when he sliced Groenewald to Sadler, who took and easy catch at third man, as their chase got off to a sluggish start. Vaas – opening the batting – then hammered 18 off a Groenewald over to get them back on track on his way to 28 before he blasted Peterson to Groenewald at deep midwicket.Boje went for four by knocking Jones to Clare at extra cover before he claimed his second wicket by forcing Chigumbura to edge to wicketkeeper Goddard for two. It was slow going for the hosts afterwards and they lost Wakely when he hammered Park to Clare at deep extra cover.Bosman took David Willey (three) in the same position off Park and the same bowler made wicketkeeper David Murphy edge to Goddard before Groenewald bowled James Middlebrook (one) in the final over.

Sulieman Benn, the West Indies left-arm spinner, has been suspended for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his team’s third Test match against South Africa in Barbados

Cricinfo staff10-Jul-2010Sulieman Benn, the West Indies left-arm spinner, has been suspended for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the third Test against South Africa in Barbados last month. South Africa had asked the ICC to take disciplinary action against him last week following his altercation with fast bowler Dale Steyn on the third day of the Test.Benn pleaded guilty to a Level 2 breach of the code and was penalised by match referee Jeff Crowe. His previous disciplinary troubles means he now faces a ban of one Test or two ODIs or two Twenty20s, whichever comes first.The incident took place during lunch on the third day at the Kensington Oval when Benn barged into the South African dressing room and taunted some of the players and management. This followed the dismissal of Steyn a few overs before lunch when the fast bowler appeared to spit in the direction of Benn as he walked towards the pavilion. That cost Steyn his entire match fee, though the match referee agreed that Benn had provoked Steyn in the overs leading up to his dismissal.”Whatever had gone on before Sulieman entered the Proteas’ dressing room, while helping to explain his behaviour, cannot justify it,” Crowe said. “Clearly, Sulieman has acted inappropriately here and in a way that is contrary to the spirit of cricket.”Benn has had behavioural issues over the past year, including a dust-up with Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin during the Perth Test in December, which earned him a two-ODI ban. He was fined his full match fee by the West Indies management last month after he was ordered off the field by captain Chris Gayle for failing to follow his instructions during the fourth ODI against South Africa.His spat with Steyn was not the only ugly incident in an ill-tempered final Test in Barbados. Fast bowler Kemar Roach lost half his match fee after a run-in with Jacques Kallis during the closing stages of the match. He repeatedly walked up to and exchanged words with the batsman after testing him with a series of bouncers. The stand-off threatened to escalate and required the intervention of the umpires and West Indies fielders to come under control.

Greg Smith made his highest score for nearly two months to give Derbyshire a
chance of a first Championship victory since late April at Derby

Cricinfo staff23-Jul-2010
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Greg Smith made his highest score for nearly two months to give Derbyshire a
chance of a first Championship victory since late April at Derby.Smith made 91 off 163 balls as Derbyshire claimed a first-innings lead of 126
and then reduced Worcestershire to 70 for 3 at the close.Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan took 3 for 94 but Derbyshire’s last
five wickets added 168 to take the home side to 405 before their bowlers left
the visitors facing defeat.The match was in the balance at the start of day three with Derbyshire 96 runs
behind with six wickets intact but the home side slowly gained the initiative
after Worcestershire’s bowlers failed to make an early breakthrough.Smith and Dan Redfern batted through the first 18 overs before Matt Mason
finally struck with the new ball when Redfern was well caught at second slip by
Daryl Mitchell for 19.Redfern had faced 110 balls but he had done a valuable job in frustrating the
bowlers who were then held up by Smith and Robin Peterson as the sixth-wicket
pair put on 71 in 22 overs to take Derbyshire past 300.Smith had not scored a half century in any form of cricket since late May –
against Worcestershire – but he showed his confidence had returned by hammering
four boundaries in an over from the wayward Richard Jones.He looked set for a hundred until he drove Moeen Ali’s off-spin loosely to
short extra cover and Derbyshire were only 45 runs on when Peterson was caught
at short leg to give Shakib his first Worcestershire wicket. But Steffan Jones mixed watchful defence with some punishing blows, including two big sixes over midwicket, to score 40 off 43 balls and Lee Goddard chipped in with 38 to leave Worcestershire with a lot of batting to do.David Wheeldon had batted for more than three hours for 20 in the first innings
and he was again threatening to stand in Derbyshire’s way when Jones broke
through with the last ball of his second over.The experienced pace bowler found the outside edge as Wheeldon prodded forward
and Goddard pouched the chance to end the opener’s one-hour occupation. Worcestershire suffered another blow five overs later when skipper Vikram Solanki got a good ball from Mark Footitt that left him and Chris Rogers dived forward at first slip to hold a fine catch.Derbyshire’s celebrations showed just how important they thought that wicket
was and they were gifted a big scalp off the penultimate ball of the day. Mitchell and Moeen had dug in for 14 overs to reduce the arrears to 56 when Moeen drove loosely at Peterson and sliced a catch to point to leave Derbyshire scenting victory.

England have added Tim Bresnan to their squad for the final Test of the summer against Pakistan at Lord’s on Thursday

Cricinfo staff22-Aug-2010England have added Tim Bresnan to their squad for the final Test of the summer against Pakistan at Lord’s on Thursday.Having taken the unprecedented route of naming their starting XI three days in advance of the third Test, which they went on to lose by four wickets, England have returned to their more established option of naming a squad this time round, with Bresnan the only addition to the team that lost at The Oval.Going into the match it was Alastair Cook’s position at the top of the order that was most under scrutiny but he responded with 110 in the second innings and Geoff Miller, the national selector, feels his performance was a bright spot in the defeat.”There were some real positives from the last Test such as Alastair Cook’s outstanding century and the way the team fought hard on the final day defending a small total,” said Miller. “But ultimately the team is looking for an improved performance to finish the series well.”Bresnan kept his spot ahead of Yorkshire team-mate Ajmal Shahzad after replacing him in the squad for the first Test when Shahzad suffered an ankle injury. It gives Shahzad another opportunity to work on his game at his home county, after taking seven wickets in Yorkshire’s recent Championship victory over Durham.”We have been saying throughout this entire series that consistency is key and that certainly remains the case. We know Pakistan are a dangerous side, which they showed in the last Test, so we will be looking for a strong performance across the board in this final Test match of the summer.”England squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Tim Bresnan