Test Series - England v Pakistan

The first of five days of the First Test between England and Pakistan started at Lord's this morning.

Andrew Strauss captained for England, in the absence of regular captain Michael Vaughan, and his step in, Andrew Flintoff.

Things started well for Strauss, who won the toss and chose to bat.

England Team:

1. M E Trescothick (bat)
2. A J Strauss (bat-cap)
3. A N Cook (bat)
4. K P Pietersen (bat)
5. P D Collingwood (bat-bowl)
6. I R Bell (bat-bowl)
7. G O Jones (bat-wkt)
8. L E Plunkett (bowl)
9. M J Hoggard (bowl)
10. S J Harmison (bowl)
11. M S Panesar (bowl)

Pakistan Team:

1. Salman Butt (bat)
2. Imran Farhat (bat)
3. Faisal Iqbal (bat)
4. Inzamam ul-Haq (bat-cap)
5. Mohammed Yousuf (bat)
6. Shahid Afridi (bat-bowl)
7. Kamran Akmal (bat-wkt)
8. Abdul Razzaq (bat-bowl)
9. Mohammed Sami (bowl)
10. Umar Gul (bowl)
11. Danish Kaneria (bowl)

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Thu 07/13/06, 2:10 am EST

I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

1240 days ago

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all this stuff about "test series". what's a test series or a test match or whatever it is? what sport is it? what do they do?

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