PAKISTAN CHAMPIONS LEAQUE 2012

ABOUT THE EVENT
being Pakistan’s first sports channel, has always been on a struggle to present quality sports to the sports aficionados. Living up to its ongoing quest, Geo Super now brings a goliath international event being held in Pakistan. The event is entitled “2nd Pakistan Champion Cricket League Tournament - 2012 organized by KCCA, Rashid Latif Cricket Academy, Landhi & Korangi Zone, D.M.C. East & D.M.C. Malir.

This is an invitation tournament in which thirty two (32) teams of various cities of the country including 7 foreign countries viz Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, UAE and Canada will be participating in this tournament. Each team will play three (3) matches on league basis. Top two teams will qualify for the Pre-Quarter Finals. The matches will be played at Landhi Gymkhana, RLCA (Korangi), RLCA (Gulberg), RLCA (New Karachi), Asghar Ali Shah Stadium and T.M.C Ground.

The tournament will commence with a mega opening ceremony on Saturday, May 20, 2012 and will be

SCHEDULE
Date	Day	PST	Match	Venue
May 21, 2012	Monday	04:00 PM	Riyadh Cricket Association (Saudi Arabia) vs Peshawar Club	Rashid Lateef Cricket Academy (Korangi)
		08:00 PM	Afghanistan Youth Cricket Club vs Crescent C.C (Multan)	Rashid Lateef Cricket Academy (Korangi)
May 24, 2012	Thursday	04:00 PM	Phoenix Medicine (UAE) vs Gul C.C (Rawalpindi)	Rashid Lateef Cricket Academy (Korangi)
		08:00 PM	Hong Kong vs Boraywala C.C	Rashid Lateef Cricket Academy (Korangi)
May 26, 2012	Saturday	04:00 PM	Gul C.C. (Rawalpindi) vs Malir Gymkhana	Rashid Lateef Cricket Academy (Korangi)
		08:00 PM	Hong Kong vs Diamond C.C (Islamabad)	Rashid Lateef Cricket Academy (Korangi)
May 28, 2012	Monday	05:30 PM	Pre Quarter-Final (A1 vs H2) vs Pre Quarter-Final (B1 vs G2)	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
		09:30 PM	1st Quarter-Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
May 29, 2012	Tuesday	05:30 PM	2nd Quarter-Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
		09:30 PM	3rd Quarter-Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
May 30, 2012	Wednesday	04:00 PM	4th Quarter-Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
		08:00 PM	1st Semi-Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
May 31, 2012	Thursday	04:00 PM	2nd Semi Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi
June 1st, 2012	Saturday	08:00 PM	Final	Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi

Note: Opening Ceremony will be aired on Sunday (May 20, 2012) at 11:30 pm, which will be followed by Festival Match

	Riyadh Cricket Association (Saudi Arabia)
	Peshawar Club
	Afghanistan Youth Cricket Club
	Crescent C.C (Multan)
	Phoenix Medicine (UAE)
	Gul C.C (Rawalpindi)
	Hong Kong
	Boraywala C.C
	Malir Gymkhana
	Diamond C.C (Islamabad)

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PCB chief to watch IPL final

KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief said Monday he had accepted an invitation to watch the Indian Premier League final next week and would use to visit to discuss reviving cricketing ties between the rivals.
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Zaka Ashraf said he had received an invitation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and would watch the IPL final on May 27 in Chennai, more than three years after ties were suspended.
"It is a positive step forward in further normalising bilateral cricket ties between the two countries," Ashraf told reporters in London.
"The invitation will allow me to undertake a two-day visit to India and I plan to use this visit to have informal discussions with the BCCI officials regarding chances of restoring bilateral cricket ties," he said.
The invitation is seen as the second major step towards reviving ties between the two cricketing powerhouses.
Ties were suspended in the wake of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which were blamed on militants from Pakistan and left 166 people dead.
The BCCI earlier this month approved Pakistan featuring in this year's Champions League, a tournament between the top three IPL teams and winners from domestic Twenty20 champions from several other countries.
The moves followed a request by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a one-day visit to India last month.
Since taking over in October last year, Ashraf endeavoured to revive cricket between India and Pakistan but without receiving any positive response from the BCCI. However, Zardari's visit seems to have given the process some impetus.
The arch-rivals are due to play this year in the ICC (International Cricket Council) Future Tour Programme but India's hectic schedule is the biggest hurdle to the possibility of holding a series.
Ashraf said he remained optimistic.
"We are positive about it as we want to play India regularly in bilateral matches and we are willing to talk to them at every level to achieve this," he said.

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Cook and Bell seal England win over Windies

LONDON: Alastair Cook and Ian Bell led England to victory in the first Test against the West Indies at Lord's here on Monday.

England, set a target of 191 to win, were faltering at 57 for four before lunch on the fifth and final day.

But Cook (79) and Bell (63 not out) shared a fifth-wicket partnership of 132 that saw England, the world's number one ranked Test side, to the brink of victory before left-handed opener Cook was out with two runs needed when caught in the gully off West Indies captain Darren Sammy.

Bell though struck the winning boundary for a win that gave England a 1-0 lead in this three-match series heading into the second Test at Trent Bridge starting Friday.

England's first innings saw Strauss end his 18-month wait for a Test century and the opening batsman added: "It was lovely to score that hundred and when you do that in a winning cause it makes it all the more special."

West Indies -- who hadn't won a Test match outside the Caribbean against major opposition since defeating South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 2007 and came into this game with a record of just two wins in 30 matches -- made England work for their victory and did well to take the game into the fifth day.

England resumed Monday on 10 for two after Kemar Roach had taken two wickets for seven runs in eight balls to remove Strauss and nightwatchman James Anderson on Sunday.

Both Cook and Jonathan Trott had yet to score.

Roach struck again Monday to remove Trott for 13 with a good length ball that squared him up and took the edge with Sammy, diving to his left, holding a good catch at second slip.

And 13 also proved an unlucky number for Trott's fellow South Africa-born batsman Kevin Pietersen.

He had just pulled Test debutant Shannon Gabriel's third delivery of the innings for four when, to the fast bowler's next ball ball, he tried to repeat the stroke and got a bottom edge to wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

England were in trouble but Cook got them going again.

He completed a 78-ball fifty featuring eight fours when he late cut off-spinner Marlon Samuels and after lunch Bell followed him to the landmark in 84 balls.

That West Indies started the last day with even an outside chance of victory owed much to Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Officially the world's best batsman, the Guyana left-hander made scores of 87 not out and 91 while spending more than 10 hours at the crease in this match.

Together with Samuels (86) he put on 157 for the fifth wicket in the second innings as the West Indies gave their bowlers a target to defend and a chance of a first win in 15 Tests in England.

For England, this Test was a personal triumph for Stuart Broad, the man-of-the-match.

The fast-medium bowler took a Test-best seven for 72 in the first innings and four for 43 in the second for a match haul of 11 for 165.

Broad, who made 169 against Pakistan at Lord's in 2010, became just the fourth player to take five wickets in an innings, 10 in a match and score a century in Lord's Tests.

Only England's Gubby Allen and Ian Botham, and Australia's Keith Miller, had previously completed that 'treble'.

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Cook takes England nearer Windies win

LONDON: Alastair Cook's unbeaten fifty steadied England in their victory chase in the first Test after the West Indies gave the hosts a couple of scares on the fifth day at Lord's here on Monday.

At lunch, England were 131 for four in their second innings and needing just 60 more runs to reach their victory target of 191 in the opening match of this three-Test series.

Left-handed opener Cook was 53 not out, his fifty coming when he late cut off-spinner Marlon Samuels for an eighth four in 78 balls.

Together with Ian Bell (34 not out), he'd so far added an unbroken 74 for the fifth wicket after England had faltered at 57 for four.

England resumed on 10 for two after Kemar Roach had taken two wickets for seven runs in eight balls to remove England captain, and first innings century-maker, Andrew Strauss, and nightwatchman James Anderson on Sunday.

Both Cook and Jonathan Trott had yet to score.

Roach struck again Monday to remove Trott with a good length ball that squared him up and took the edge with West Indies captain Darren Sammy, diving to his left, holding a good catch at second slip.

And 13 also proved an unlucky number for Trott's fellow South Africa-born batsman Kevin Pietersen.

He had just pulled Test debutant Shannon Gabriel's third delivery of the innings for four when, to the fast bowler's next ball ball, he tried to repeat the stroke and got a bottom edge to wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

England, the world's number ranked Test side, were in trouble but Cook got them going again with a square-cut four off Roach.

And Bell then drove a Gabriel full-toss down the ground.

That West Indies -- who hadn't won a Test match outside the Caribbean against major opposition since defeating South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 2007 and came into this game with a record of just two wins in 30 matches -- still had a shot at victory owed much to Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Officially the world's best batsman, the Guyana left-hander made 91 in a second innings total of 345 to follow his first innings 87 not out.

Together with Samuels (86) he put on 157 for the fifth wicket and, with Ramdin and Sammy adding runs down the order, the West Indies gave their bowlers a target to defend and a chance of a first win in 15 Tests in England.

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IPL: Luke Pomersbach confesses to crime

NEW DELHI: The police claim that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach has confessed to his crime in the molestation case. However, Luke can deny his statement in the court as a statement made before the police is not admissible in courts.
Reports also point to the victim's fiance being Siddhartha Mallya's friend, which is why he and the victim had gone to attend the party in the first place.
The police have identified Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player KP Appanna from the CCTV footage in connection with the molestation case involving his RCB teammate Luke Pomersbach.
The police have identified Appanna as the one who returned with Luke to the victim's hotel room. The police also say that it is possible that members of the team approached the victim after the match to withdraw the complaint.
Meanwhile, the statement of another person Moiz, who was present in the hotel room corroborates the complainant's statement.
The victim had complained that five people including three IPL players had threatened her. Meanwhile, the Delhi Commission for Women is expected to send a notice to RCB team owner Siddartha Mallya for his tweets on the incident.
The victim has said that if the Kingfisher scion doesn't apologise, she will file a defamation suit against him.
A case under Sections 354, 323, 454 and 511 of the IPC was registered at Chanakya Puri police station in Delhi.
This is not Luke Pomersbach's first brush with law. Earlier he was jailed in a drunken driving case and also went to a rehabilitation centre for an alcohol problem.

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IPL players, Bollywood stars among 100 held from Mumbai hotel

MUMBAI: According to Indian media Mumbai police on Sunday raided a top hotel where they held almost 100 people including Indian Premier League (IPL) players and Bollywood stars who were allegedly high on drugs.
Media reports had it that the police raided on a rave birthday party going on in a five-star hotel and arrested high profile figures from IPL and Bollywood.
“IPL player Rahul Sharma was among 100, arrested from hotel,” report said adding that cops also nabbed 19 foreigners.
"We found 58 men and 38 women at the rave party at Oakwood Premier Hotel on J R Mhatre Road near Juhu beach," said zonal DCP Pratap Dighavkar talking to media. Police seized around 110 grams of cocaine, besides Ecstasy tablets and marijuana.
The police said they would lodge two types of cases - one for possession and the other for the consumption of proscribed substances.
Around 100 youngsters have been sent to various hospitals for their blood and urine samples to be collected.
"The party was being held on the open terrace of the hotel. We acted around 8 pm on the basis of a tip-off. A decoy had been sent to the party and we acted after a green signal from him," an official said, adding that the police are trying to pinpoint the organizers of the party and who supplied the drugs.
"All those youngsters whose identities have been confirmed will be sent back home. If their blood and urine reports are positive for drugs, only then will they be called and taken into custody," said additional commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil, who supervised the raid informed media.
The drugs seized have been sent for analysis to the forensic science laboratory.

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Roach rocks England to give Windies hope

LONDON: Kemar Roach stunned England with a dramatic late burst to give West Indies hope of an improbable victory in the first Test at Lord's on Sunday.

Roach took two wickets for seven runs in eight balls, including England captain, and first innings century-maker, Andrew Strauss, to leave the hosts 10 for two at the close of the fourth day.

England will need a further 181 runs to reach their seemingly modest victory target of 191 on Monday's final day in the first of this three-Test series.

That West Indies - who started the day 35 runs adrift and in danger of an innings defeat -- were still in the game owed much to Shivnarine Chanderpaul's second marathon effort of the match.

Chanderpaul, officially the world's best batsman, made 91 in a total of 345 that followed his first innings 87 not out.

The Guyana left-hander batted for 10 hours and 24 minutes in this match, scoring 178 runs for once out while facing 425 balls -- a mammoth effort even by the 37-year-old's high standards.

Nevertheless, with the Lord's pitch holding up well, England will still be regarded as favourites for victory.

But if the tourists maintain their accuracy, and overhead conditions assist swing bowling, the West Indies -- who came into this match having won just two of their previous 30 Tests -- could yet claim a stunning success.

Roach had Strauss, who made 122 in the first innings, caught in the gully for just one and nightwatchman James Anderson caught behind for six.

After Anderson exited, Roach's next ball rapped Jonathan Trott on the pads and the tourists appealed for lbw, only for Aleem Dar to rule not out.

The West Indies reviewed the decision but as replays showed the ball only just clipping the stumps, the Pakistani umpire's original verdict was upheld.

Trott was nought not out at stumps, as was opener Alastair Cook.

Chanderpaul, downplaying his own effort, said he was looking forward to some final day fireworks from Roach and new-ball partner Fidel Edwards.

England's Graeme Swann insisted Roach's late double strike hadn't caused too many jitters in the home dressing room.

Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels he shared a fifth wicket stand of 157 that rescued the West Indies from the depths of 65 for four.

The 31-year-old Samuels was closing in on what would have been only his third Test hundred when, shortly after England had taken the new ball, he played a flat-footed drive off Stuart Broad and edged straight to Swann at second slip.

Samuels faced 172 balls with 12 fours in an elegant and gutsy innings of 86.

Broad, who took a Test-best seven for 72 in West Indies' first innings, followed up with four for 93 for a match haul of 11 for 165.

That meant the fast-medium bowler had become the first player to take 10 or more wickets in a Lord's Test since South Africa's Makhaya Ntini in 2003 and the first Englishman since Ian Botham took 11 for 140 against New Zealand in 1978.

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Mumbai crush Rajasthan by 10 wickets

JAIPUR: Mumbai Indians crushed Rajasthan Royals by a big margin of ten wickets with 12 balls to spare in the last league match of the Indian Premier League season – V here at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing 163, Mumbai completed their win without losing any wicket in 18 overs as openers Dwayne Smith of the West Indies and star Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar made 163 runs for the opening wicket partnership.
Smith scored an aggressive 87 from 58 balls with ten fours and three sixes while Tendulkar made a cautious 58 off 51 balls with six boundaries – both remained not out.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals made 162 for six in the allotted 20 overs after their captain Rahul Dravid won the toss.
Shane Watson top scored with 45, followed by Stuart Binny (30) and England’s Owais Shah (28 not out).
For Mumbai, medium-pacer Dhawal Kulkarni captured three wickets for 18 runs.
Geo Super televised this match live from Jaipur.

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Chanderpaul out at last as Windies battle

LONDON: England finally dismissed Shivnarine Chanderpaul after another marathon effort from the West Indies great ensured the hosts would have to bat twice to win the first Test at Lord's.

Chanderpaul, officially the world's best batsman, fell shortly before tea on the fourth day here on Sunday for 91 and at the interval the tourists were 265 for six in their second innings -- a lead of 110 runs.

Denesh Ramdin was 23 not out and West Indies captain Darren Sammy unbeaten on four.

It seemed as if Chanderpaul was heading towards a 26th Test century when, he attempted to sweep the first ball of a new spell from off-spinner Graeme Swann and was given out lbw.

Chanderpaul, one of only 10 men in history to have scored 10,000 Test runs, immediately reviewed South African umpire Marais Erasmus's decision.

But replays indicated the ball would have hit the stumps and England had the wicket of the 37-year-old Guyana left-hander, one of the most obdurate batsmen in Test history.

With Chanderpaul having top-scored with 87 not out in West Indies's first innings 243, it meant he'd batted for 10 hours and 24 mins in this match, scoring 178 runs for once out -- a mammoth feat of concentration.

Together with Marlon Samuels he shared a fifth wicket stand of 157 that rescued the West Indies from the depths of 65 for four and a looming innings defeat in the first of this three-Test series.

The 31-year-old Samuels was closing in on what would have been only his third hundred in 38 Tests when, not long after England had taken the new ball, he played a tired-looking, flat-footed drive against Stuart Broad and edged straight to Swann at second slip.

A disappointed Samuels slowly trudged off, having faced 172 balls with 12 fours in three hours and 49 minutes of elegant resistance.

West Indies resumed Sunday on 120 for four, 35 runs behind, having lost three wickets with their score on 36 on Saturday.

Chanderpaul was 34 not out and Samuels 26 not out.

James Anderson and Broad, who'd taken a Test-best seven for 72 in the first innings, probed for an early breakthrough in overcast conditions but on what was still a typically good Lord's pitch.

But when Broad dropped short, Samuels pulled him past backward short-leg for four. And when the seamer repeated the dose next ball, Samuels commandingly pulled him in front of square for another boundary.

Samuels then reached his fifty in style by off-driving Anderson down the ground for four.

England captain Andrew Strauss switched to the spin of Swann in a bid to break the partnership.

However, Samuels cut Swann's first ball Sunday for a four that took the tourists into the lead and played a near carbon copy next ball.

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Deccan knock Bangalore out of race as Chennai placed in last four

HYDERABAD : Deccan Chargers shocked Royal Challengers Bangalore with a nine-run win in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal on Sunday. Now, this defeat ousted the Royal Challengers from the tournament and placed Chennai Super Kings in the last four. Chasing an easy target of 133, Bangalore could not resist against accurate bowling and alert fielding by Deccan and were restricted to 123 for nine in the allotted 20 overs. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn bagged three wickets for just eight runs and medium-pacer Ashish Reddy also took three for 25. The main scorers for Bangalore were Virat Kohli (42), Saurabh Tiwary (30) and West Indian Chris Gayle (27). Earlier, Bangalore captain Kohli won the toss and put Deccan into bat who made 132 for seven in 20 overs. South Africa’s Jean-Paul Duminy smashed 74 runs from 53 balls and struck five sixes and four boundaries. For Bangalore, seamers Vinay Kumar and Zaheer Khan captured three for 22 and two for 30, respectively. Pakistan’s premier sports tv channel Geo Super showed this low-scoring match live from Uppal, Hyderabad.

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Windies fifth-wicket duo frustrate England

LONDON: Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels repelled England with a century stand as the West Indies batted through the fourth morning of the first Test at Lord's here Sunday without losing a wicket.

At lunch, West Indies were 212 for four in their second innings.

Left-hander Chanderpaul, officially the world's best batsman, was 73 not out and Samuels 79 not out, with their unbroken fifth-wicket partnership now worth 147 runs.

Even so the West Indies were still just 57 runs in front of England's first innings 398, with the new ball available after just one more over.

But the tourists had at least ensured England would have to bat again if they were to go 1-0 up in this three-match series.

Chanderpaul, one of only 10 batsmen to have scored 10,000 runs in Tests, has now batted for over eight-and-a-half hours in this match having top-scored with 87 not out in the West Indies' first innings 243.

West Indies resumed on 120 for four, 35 runs behind, having lost three wickets with their score on 36 on Saturday.

Chanderpaul was 34 not out and Samuels 26 not out, with their stand then worth 55.

James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who'd taken a Test-best seven for 72 in the first innings, probed for an early breakthrough in overcast conditions but on what was still a typically good Lord's pitch.

Chanderpaul and Samuels almost gifted England a wicket by twice threatening a run out.

But when Broad dropped short, Samuels pulled him past backward short-leg for four. And when the seamer repeated the dose next ball, Samuels commandingly pulled him in front of square for another boundary.

Samuels then off-drove Anderson down the ground for four to complete an admirable 97-ball fifty featuring seven boundaries.

England captain Andrew Strauss switched to the off-spin of Graeme Swann in a bid to break the partnership.

However, Samuels cut Swann's first ball Sunday for a four that took the tourists into the lead and played a near carbon copy next ball.

Chanderpaul had a lucky break when an inside-edge off paceman Tim Bresnan, his sixth boundary of the innings, saw him to a painstaking 151-ball fifty.

But few neutrals would begrudge him a moment of good fortune in yet another marathon effort on behalf of the West Indies.

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Kirti Azad begins hunger fast against IPL

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Kirti Azad on Sunday began a fast, demanding that the Indian Premier League, which has been a hit by a series of controversies, be scrapped.
Azad, who is also a BJP leader, began the hunger strike outside the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.
He enquired shouldn't there be transparency and then went on to state that there is too much of politics in sports. I only hope that there is some sportsmanship in politics," Azad said while addressing the gathering.
Cricket is a religion in our country but it hurts when I get to know that youngsters want to play in IPL and not for the country," he added. Another former cricketer Vivek Razdan was also present at the venue.
Five domestic uncapped Indian players were suspended by the BCCI when a sting operation by a private TV channel implicated them in spot-fixing.
Within says of that, Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan was involved in a brawl with the Maharashtra Cricket Association officials at the Wankhede stadium and was banned by the MCA from the entering the facility for five years.
After that, Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach was arrested on charges of molesting an American woman. He was given bail by a Delhi court on Saturday but cannot leave the country until the investigation is complete.

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West Indies collapse in second innings against England

LONDON: West Indies were left facing an uphill struggle in the first Test against England at Lord's here on Saturday after a dramatic top-order collapse saw the tourists lose three wickets for no runs.

The West Indies were 36 for three in their second innings at tea on the third day, still 119 runs behind England's first innings 398.

Their familiar flurry of early wickets again left Shivnarine Chanderpaul, officially the world's best batsman, having to contemplate another salvage operation when he came in at No 5.

The tourists had survived a couple of scares in seeing openers Adrian Barath and Kieran Powell put on 36.

But in sight of getting through a tricky pre-tea session wicketless, Barath was undone by first change Tim Bresnan's fifth ball, an excellent leg-cutter he could only edge through to wicket-keeper Matt Prior on 24.

Powell was far more culpable in his exit for eight, languidly top-edging a pull off Stuart Broad to Ian Bell, running round from deep square leg.

And worse followed when Kirk Edwards was run out for nought.

Darren Bravo nudged the ball in front of square but turned down a single with Edwards already half-way down the pitch and England debutant Jonathan Bairstow threw down the stumps at the bowler's end from cover-point.

West Indies had lost three wickets for no runs in nine balls, with Bravo nought not out at tea.

Earlier, an improved West Indies bowling display saw four England wickets fall in Saturday's first session after the hosts resumed on 259 for three.

But a ninth-wicket partnership of 55 in 47 balls after lunch between Bell and Graeme Swann took the match away from the West Indies, who ended up being 155 behind on first innings.

Nevertheless there were encouraging signs for the West Indies in the form of debutant fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, who took three wickets for 60 runs in 21.3 overs, with fellow paceman Kemar Roach returning figures of three for 108 in 25.

England captain Andrew Strauss started the day on 121 not out, having ended his 18-month wait for a Test century on Friday.

Although the West Indies had endured a tough first day, they were only two deliveries into the new ball.

And they had an early breakthrough when left-hander Strauss, who'd added just one to his total, inside-edged a rising delivery from Roach to wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

South African umpire Marais Erasmus originally ruled in Strauss's favour, but West Indies captain Darren Sammy got the decision overturned on review to end an innings of more than six-and-a-half hours.

Bairstow then took his first ball in Test cricket, a lifting delivery from Roach, on the chest.

And Roach dismissed Bairstow, son of the late England wicket-keeper David, when he missed a sharp inswinger and was lbw for 16.

New batsman Prior became Gabriel's first Test wicket when the seamer bowled him for 19.

Swann, however, revived England's innings, with a brisk 30 featuring six fours before he was bowled by Gabriel.

Bell, five not out overnight, worked hard for his runs.

He was last man out for 61, made off 105 balls with just four boundaries, when he pulled Gabriel and Powell, running in, took a well-judged low catch

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