Kaneria leads Pakistan to 22-run win

Leg spinner Danish Kaneria took four wickets and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar three to spur Pakistan to a 22-run win over England on a thrilling final day of the first test in Multan yesterday. England, chasing 198 for victory, started the day on 24 for...

Leg spinner Danish Kaneria took four wickets and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar three to spur Pakistan to a 22-run win over England on a thrilling final day of the first test in Multan yesterday.

England, chasing 198 for victory, started the day on 24 for one and were bowled out for 175 half an hour after lunch.

Kaneria turned the tide for Pakistan after the overnight pair of Andrew Strauss (23) and Ian Bell (31) had put on 57 for the second wicket and looked like piloting England to victory. England then lost six wickets for 53 runs before lunch, three of them to Kaneria. Shoaib Akhtar ended the England resistance after lunch with two quick wickets.

Akhtar who took six wickets in the match, broke the obdurate eight-wicket stand of 49 between Geraint Jones and Shaun Udal which had brought England to within 32 runs of a win.

It was only the fourth defeat for England in 29 tests since October 2003 and followed their Ashes series defeat of world champions Australia.

The next two tests are in Faisalabad and Lahore.

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