2nd Test, Manchester, Jul 27 - 29 2006, Pakistan tour of England and Scotland
Scorecard & Video Highlights At Manchester, July 27, 28, 29. England won by an innings and 120 runs. Toss: Pakistan. Fifty years to the week after Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets at Old Trafford, England produced their most effective display of the summer to go 1-0 up. There were no stellar performances to match Laker's; there probably never will be. But that did not dilute a feeling of well-being as two young batsmen, Cook and Bell, recorded hundreds for the second Test in a row, while Harmison, rhythm and confidence restored, claimed match figures of 11 for 76. And, fittingly, spin played a part: Panesar took eight wickets, to fan the Monty Mania that had begun to reach the nation's sports desks. Strauss had left Lord's expecting to return to the ranks, with Flintoff resuming the captaincy. When Flintoff finally faced the reality of further surgery on his left ankle, however, the tenure of the "stand-in for the stand-in", as Strauss modestly...