England were 104 for 6 in the first innings against Pakistan at stumps on the first day of the third cricket test at Dubai.

Earlier, Pakistan were bowled out for just 99 runs in the first innings. With the wind blowing and the pitch having some early moisture, England’s pace pair of broad and Anderson bowled well to Pakistan’s batting in which Asad Shafiq top-scored with 45. Anderson struck as early as in the first over, trapping opener Taufiq Umar for a duck. Broad then clicked into gear, snaring Azhar Ali in his third over and Younis in his next. It got worse for Pakistan, tumbling to 21 for 5 when Anderson trapped Misbah-ul Haq for one. Asad Shafiq and Adnan Akmal added 18 for the sixth wicket before broad changed ends to dismiss the wicket-keeper. Asad Shafiq hit 45 runs with the help of three boundaries. Broad grabbed four while Anderson took three wickets for England. England also had a shaky start after losing two early wickets for seven runs. England lost opener Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott in Paceman Umar Gul's incisive opening spell. England were 64 for 2 but then Pakistani spinners came back and took three wickets in quick succession to leave them 88 for 5. Pietersen made 32, Ian Bell scored 5 , Eoin Morgan hit 10 and Mathew Prior made 6 runs. Andrew Strauss on 41 and James Anderson on 3 runs were at the crease when stumps were drawn.

India broke through for their first tour win with a convincing eight-wicket win over Australia in the second Twenty20 international at the Melbourne cricket ground.

The series of t-20 matches is now levelled at 1-all. Australia were dismissed for 131 with two balls left after winning the toss. Aaron finch top scored with 36 runs while wade scored 32. Praveen Kumar and Rahul Sharma shared two wickets each for India. India reached the target for the loss of just two wickets off 19.4 overs. Opener Gautam Gambhir remained unbeaten on 56.

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