Pakistan get back to winning ways, India lose their batting

England were jolted out of their winning streak by Pakistan at Oval, while Sri Lanka hammered India in a Micromax tri-series game at Dambulla last week.

Pakistan were on the back-foot from the start of the Test match, being 0-2 down and then having lost the toss. However, debutant, Wahab Riaz seemed to be bent on proving his critics wrong as he went through the English side with a five wicket haul. At one stage, the hosts looked to be getting out even before getting to 100, but recovered to get to 233.

Matt Prior made 84, while Stuart Broad chipped in with 48.

In reply, Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his comeback with a half-century whereas Azhar Ali was unbeaten on 92 to guide his side to a crucial 75-run lead.

England were propped by the return to form of Alastair Cook, who scored a century in the second innings. However, the rest of the batsmen capitulated to the combination of Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal and set Pakistan a target of only 148 for a win.

There were a few stutters on their way, but Pakistan did manage to get to the target with four wickets standing.

The other game saw India collapse to 103 all out in the return game against Sri Lanka. None of the batsmen could get a move on except Yuvraj Singh, but four incorrect decisions by the umpire broke the Indian backs. Any hopes of any kind of a comeback was thwarted by the Lankan openers, who scored 63 in eight overs without getting separated.

In the end, Sri Lanka triumphed by eight wickets.

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