Pakistan Reaches 147-9 as Bad Light Halts Second Cricket Test With England

Pakistan reached 147-9 on the second day of the opening cricket Test with England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham as bad light halted play with the visitors trailing by 207 runs.

James Anderson took five wickets and Steven Finn three today as England pressured Pakistan, which needs 8 runs to avoid the follow on. England, which won the toss, reached 354 in its innings.

Umar Gul was unbeaten on 30 runs, while Mohammad Asif was on 0 when play was stopped. Shoaib Malik reached 38 to lead the visitors before being caught by Andrew Strauss on a ball from Anderson.

This morning, Asif took four wickets as Pakistan took six English wickets in less than an hour. He got Paul Collingwood on 82 runs, Eoin Morgan (130), Graeme Swann (2) and Anderson (0), all leg before wicket, while Matt Prior was run out on 6 after confusion with Swann.

England started the day on 331-4 after an unbeaten 213-run stand by Morgan and Collingwood.

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