1.   Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram struck in the first over when Roshan Mahanama offered no stroke to an incoming delivery and was adjudged leg before wicket.

2.   At the end of play, the two were at the crease, batting doggedly, defying the buoyant Pakistani bowlers.

3.   At stumps, the two were at the crease, batting doggedly, defying the buoyant Pakistani bowlers.

4.   Batting first, England slaughtered Pakistani bowlers, who were not accurate in the initial spells.

5.   But they were unable to break the shackles by the Pakistani bowlers.

6.   Earlier the Indian batsmen struggled against Pakistani bowlers.

7.   Earlier, India scored a flurry of fours against Pakistani fast bowlers Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar.

8.   Ignoring warnings, Pakistani bowlers maintained a steady chorus of frivolous appeals.

9.   Man-of-the-Match Wasim Akram and Aaqib Javed were the most successful of the Pakistani bowlers, each picking up three wickets.

10.   Once he survived the thundering first over from Waqar Younis, the Indian skipper unleashed the power of his willow on the Pakistani bowlers.