Munton in the mood

Cricket: England A 298-6 dec and 10-2 Patron's XI 187-9 dec

Cricket

England A 298-6 dec and 10-2 Patron's XI 187-9 dec

Only 48 hours after arriving in Pakistan to act as cover for the injury- troubled Mike Smith, Tim Munton took 5 for 54 for England A in Lahore yesterday in his first bowl for three months.

Munton quickly settled into an impressive rhythm and reduced the Patron's XI to 48 for 6 with a spell of four wickets for three runs in 13 balls. Smith managed 12 overs but said he still does not feel comfortable with his rib cartilage problem.

(Second day of three; England A won toss)

ENGLAND A - First Innings 298 for 6 dec (N V Knight 107, J C Pooley 100no).

PATRON'S XI - First Innings

Shakeel Ahmed run out 18

Nadim Younis b White 19

Atif Rauf c Hussain b Munton 1

Manzoor Akhtar c McGrath b Munton 0

Javed Qadir c McGrath b Munton 2

*Akram Raza b Munton 0

Azwar Mahmood not out 63

Aamir Wasim c Knight b Stemp 28

Mohammad Ali lbw b Munton 9

Anwar Ali b White 3

Shadid Nazir not out 28

Extras (b4, lb9, nb3) 16

Total (for 9 dec, 64 overs) 187

Fall: 1-34, 2-44, 3-44, 4-44, 5-47, 6-48, 7-114, 8-129, 9-136.

Bowling: Munton 22-7-54-5; Smith 12-4-43-0; White 15-3-46-2; Stemp 13- 5-27-1; Udal 2-1-4-0.

ENGLAND A - Second Innings

A McGrath c Javed Qadir b Shadid Nazir 0

J E R Gallian lbw b Shadid Nazir 1

S D Udal not out 8

D P Ostler not out 1

Extras 0

Total (for 2, 3 overs) 10

Fall: 1-0, 2-9.

To bat: N V Knight, *N Hussain, J C Pooley, C White, T A Munton, R D Stemp, A M Smith.

Bowling: Shadid Nazir 2-0-9-2; Azwar Mahmood 1-0-1-0.