The ashes of 2010: Kevin Pietersen English sees dividends to keep faith with double century in Adelaide

213 Unbeaten Pietersen was its first three figure in test cricket for England for 19 months, note a lean period which led to him be removed from the team at the end of last summer's day.

England hope is a career defining sleeves for Pietersen and finally put to bed a dismal period that began with his dismissal as captain, nearly two years ago.

"It was not the best time", he said. "You go in your career and have good things and bad things." I have had many good things fortunately but a little bad things. Fortunately, who is gone now and I look forward to.

"I love the opportunity to large and myself hard against the best players in the world." Has been quite difficult for 18 months, it's a challenge for me to really look forward to and I love the fact that it goes so well here. I myself has set high standards.

"For 80, 90, 99 s or 50 and 60 does my head in." It was great when shot down a fine leg [to raise its century], but the State of the game was where someone should continue to play with a level head and we know that we must pursue and sure today was a day where we flows throughout the day putting in a great position to win this match test. »

Pietersen had monitored the nearly a combined 11 hours before having to fold then Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott two partnerships at the Gabba and here on Saturday. For a man who is a nervous energy beam, the wait was so.

"I found it more tiring waiting bat to stick to that long today", he said. "You can probably see how I first started I was trying to make 50 on five balls." It is time to wait. I've never done in my career before, but it is great watching others and long may it continue as all our batter is nick. We will be win many games stay of our batters in nick like this. »

The Australia are now praying for rain, an event that is so rare in Adelaide Ian Chappell believed he saw only two days lost items here in 25 years.

"We will now be see what we're made," said Ricky Ponting. "They have shown us how bat and until their skills and their implementation were sensational." We emulate that and keep us in the game.

"This is an issue of confidence or morale." It is a little of everything. We have to learn that we were poorly last four or five days of test cricket.

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Younus Khan puts Pakistan in full control of first Test against Bangladesh with superb double century

Younus Khan hit his third double century and Asad Shafiq scored a maiden hundred as Pakistan took full control of the first Test against Pakistan in Chittagong.

Resuming on 415 for four in response to the Tigers' dismal 135 all out, the tourists progressed to 594 for five declared before taking four second-innings wickets as Bangladesh's top order struggled again.

Younus reached 200 not out before Misbah-ul-Haq called his side in on 594 for five, with Shafiq earlier posting 104 to become the third centurion in a one-sided innings.

At stumps, Mushfiqur Rahim's side were 134 for four, behind by 325 runs and staring at an innings defeat.

Younus was 96 not out overnight, with Shafiq on 40 and both men cashed in.

Younus turned Shahadat Hussain for four to fine leg to bring up three figures as play got under way and continued to keep the scoreboard ticking along while relentlessly punishing the bad balls.

Rubel Hossain dropped a slow-starting Shafiq on 43 and two balls later he found the boundary for the first time of the morning.

A tapped single off Shakib Al Hasan brought Shafiq his 50 and although Mushfiqur rotated his bowlers he could not find a breakthrough.

Younus passed 150 for the seventh time in his Test career with another easy run before hoisting the second six of his innings off Mohammad Ashraful.

Shahadat and Rubel took the new ball but could not curb the batsmen's momentum, while Elias Sunny was lifted over the ropes by Younus to bring up the 250-run partnership.

Shafiq registered his maiden Test ton with two off his 224th ball but fell for 104 - following Mohammad Hafeez and Younus past three figures - when Sunny had him caught at long-off by Shahriar Nafees.

Six runs in an over off Shakib took Younus to 200 and brought about the immediate declaration by Misbah.

By then Younus had batted for 290 balls, hitting 18 fours and three maximums in a wonderful and well-paced knock.

The Tigers faced an awkward seven-over stint before tea but Tamim Iqbal and Nazimuddin both survived to reach 24 for nought.

Hafeez wasted no time in removing Tamim after the resumption, bowling the opener for 15, before Nazimuddin and Shahriar Nafees posted 50 for the second wicket.

Nafees was the next man to fall, trapped lbw by Saeed Ajmal for 28. Mohammad Ashraful extended his run of poor form for his country with a third-ball duck and Nasir Hossain laboured for three before Aizaz Cheema ended his stay.

Nazimuddin and Shakib both reached 41no before stumps but their cause looked to be in vain.

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Derek Pringle: Double assault England by James Anderson and Graeme Swann breaches Australia defence

Close anyway, Anderson and Swann was helped by a one-stop each of great men, Stuart Broad and Steve Finn, as well as two run-outs, the surest sign team in turmoil. One, Simon Katich began that electrifying 15 minutes, while the second, Xavier Doherty, ensured that tail the Australia has been exposed to the second ball again. Still useful, although these contributions were is swingers and tweaker which finally transferred Ashes theory England here in practice.

Anderson opening two overs has seen Katich, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, the three pillars for a long time in the order of the Australia shufflers behind. Ponting has captured the second slip by Graeme Swann first ball after Katich was output by Jonathan Trott, due to an error with Shane Watson, Clarke has followed the route taken by the skipper when he edged out Anderson drive.

Make the new number of Australia ball, he became a cliché but Anderson turned into a catch phrase, overflows its assembled manage two machines with the first and the second took after 80 overs.

Australian batsman tend to go hard at the ball when it is installed up to bat and body weight at the forefront, which has always made vulnerable when it moves. Anderson is hoop, but a little beat often enough when you nick (Clarke), or try to dominate the Ponting (off).

With them in the locker room, it became worse start Australia handle test and the other only preempted in terms be worse still, by the India in 1952, which were 0-4 in their second round at Headingley after Fred Trueman reached among them his test debut

Launchers can relax when the situation is that easy, but kept the handful of heir, at least until Finn in England has been introduced. Struggling for pace, he overthrew too directly and too full Watson, which is a powerful engine when the ball is close to him. But it away from her body, Anderson made after lunch and its weight is back and the ball will air in this case to Kevin Pietersen into a ravine.

Prior to his mistake, Watson has made a solid 50, an extravagance being a huge six off Swann, which hoiked it to mid wicket in the new members stand. This is not a bad ball and Swann, cut and fired at the Gabba, reversed with much better control. Only Hussey, that had plagued in Brisbane, not was continued by his Agile feet he hit other deficiencies found.

When it is hot in Adelaide, commissioning team can quickly become discouraged as score and mercury climb. Obviously, extraordinary early England given partial immunity to that but Swann, effervescent character guaranteed in any way, that it never arrived by blocking until the end of the heat.

Something less Hussey has benefited, Swann suddenly had a bite left hander, which quickly edged Paul Collingwood slip, things tend to come to those who persevere and after barely turn shot all day.

Hussey is like a person who suffers the nerve system in the 1990s, but its readers a wide Swann, which became the furthest from him, was his usual wit. A rare error, it cost him a third successive hundreds, those at the oval result at last year's Ashes Tests and the Gabba last week.

Many other items of evidence that Mr. Cricket becomes in fact Mr. FixIt, even after digging his team of the bog, Hussey enjoy a bit of luck, Anderson, dropping a difficult captured and reversed the chance off the coast of him while he was three.

Swann could it earlier too, when he had an inside edge on his pillow, but unfortunately for England Alastair Cook already took evasive action at short leg and capture went begging.

With allé Hussey, Swann transformed its next ball even more striking right-handed cushion Ryan Harris on his back. Marsh Erasmus has it although Harris, recalled here instead of Ben Hilfenhaus, requested the referral in the belief that he had a bat on it. No contact has been revealed and he took lead sound skipper registering second duck Golden day.

With Doherty following shortly thereafter sortient by a skilful combination of brazzell Strauss setbacks and pure armpit cook at the front, Haddin decided to replace the contempt at risk, a change that has seen regularly in bowling England - something Ponting seems object when he had a discussion moderated with Strauss at the end of the game.

Six bypasses on the fine leg by Haddin off Anderson raised fifty by cricket. Siddle then becomes fourth wicket Anderson, his need to maximize the value of its traits became more pressing, even if it cost him his desk when he was the last man to try large hook for six.

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