da roleta： Queensland scored 274 on the first day of theirfour-day match against Pakistan on Saturday
Rick Eyre31-Oct-1999Queensland scored 274 on the first day of theirfour-day match against Pakistan on Saturday. The game, Pakistan’s lastbefore the First Test, is the first first-class match to be played at theQueensland Cricket Assocation’s headquarters at Allan Border Field inBrisbane.Queensland captain Stuart Law won the toss and elected to bat on Saturdaymorning, with Wade Seccombe resuming his place as wicketkeeper following thesudden retirement from all levels of cricket of Ian Healy on Thursday. MohammadWasim is in the Pakistan eleven after being hospitalised on Thursday nightwith food poisoning, the result of eating a prawn.Jimmy Maher dominated the morning session, scoring 70 of the 114 runs addedbefore being the fourth batsman out. Mushtaq Ahmed took three wickets asQueensland slumped to 5/128 before Andrew Symonds took to the attack.Symonds brought up his half-century in 59 balls, and hit a total of foursixes all off the bowling of Mushtaq before being trapped leg before wicketby Shoaib Akhtar. Symonds, who with his ability to bowl both fast-medium andoff-spin could be seen as an alternative to Colin Miller in the Test side atsome stage this season, scored 78 from 81 balls.Mushtaq Ahmed staked a claim for a First Test berth taking 4/103 againstQueensland, though he was expensive, conceding runs at the rate of nearlyfive an over. Shoaib Akhtar took 2/60.Pakistan, needing to face nineteen overs on Saturday evening, lost two earlywickets. Mohammad Wasim was out to a questionable catch by wicketkeeperWade Seccombe off Andy Bichel for a duck, while fellow opener Ijaz Ahmed wasdismissed for 3. Pakistan returned to the pavillion on 50 for 2 at stumps.Early on Sunday morning, Adam Dale claimed the wickets of Inzamam ul-Haq(37) and Yousuf Youhana (0). Abdur Razzaq (35) fell to a stumping off thebowling of new left-arm spinner Matthew Anderson, and Pakistan were 95 for5. Azhar Mahmood (83 from 150 balls) and Moin Khan (70 from 83 balls) toadd 130 runs for the sixth wicket. The two were dismissed from successivedeliveries in consecutive overs, the wicket-takers being Bichel and Symondsrespectively.Saeed Anwar, who had been battling a stomach disorder, came into bat atnumber eight and scored 29. Wasim Akram made a subdued 21 not out,harvesting the strike just long enough to nudge Pakistan into the lead.Adam Dale finished 5/58 to keep his outside chances of a Test place alive.Pakistan dismissed for 276, a lead of two.In failing late afternoon light, the Queensland second innings began withShoaib Akhtar bowling three consecutive bouncers to Jimmy Maher. Theumpires duly decided that was enough for the day. Two more days remain ofthis match, with the First Test against Australia beginning across Brisbaneat The Gabba on Friday.