Pakistan launches them back in the game

Fawad Alam, Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal fashioned an extraordinary turnaround on the second day at the P Sara Oval, with Pakistan dominating as completely as they had been dominated on the opening day. Led by superb spells from Gul and an outstanding century on debut from Alam, Pakistan recovered from a disastrous first innings, limited their deficit to 150, and, by the end of the day two, had wiped off the arrears and moved ahead, losing only one wicket in the process. As Pakistan were 178/1 at the end of the first day with Fawad Alam batting on 102* and Younus Khan batting on 35* at the end of the second day with Pakistan having a lead of 28 runs.