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08/27 11:04 CDT Cox and Smith steady England after a shaky morning against
Pakistan at Lord's
Cox and Smith steady England after a shaky morning against Pakistan at Lord's
By FOSTER NIUMATA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) --- Jordan Cox and Jamie Smith led England's labored fightback
against Pakistan on the first afternoon of the Lord's test on Thursday.
England was 180-5 at tea, grinding in the sunshine after losing four wickets on
a grey morning. England added 100 runs in 26 overs in the middle session for
the loss of only Dan Lawrence.
Cox was 55 not out off 102 balls and Smith on 44 off 53. They'd scored 60
together.
It could have been worse for England at 147-5. Smith, who replaced Lawrence,
was somehow not caught on 15 by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. Rizwan missed
Mohammad Ali's edged delivery completely and it ran underneath him to the
boundary.
Lawrence was dropped on 10 off Khurram Shahzad when the ball popped out of Shan
Masood's palms at midwicket.
Masood made up for it when Lawrence was on 17. Lawrence nudged Ali Usman to the
leg side and took off. But Cox wasn't interested in a run and Lawrence turned
around too late to beat Masood's throw.
Usman's spin, backing up Pakistan's three seamers, did much to slow down
England's scoring. England went 14 overs without scoring a boundary. Pace
bowler Mohammad Abbas took three wickets in eight overs in the morning but five
overs in the afternoon went unrewarded.
Cox reached back-to-back test fifties with consecutive fours off Usman and
found a willing partner in Smith as they upped the run rate closing on tea.
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