Anderson puts England in command

First Test, Trent Bridge (day two, close):
England 354 v Pakistan 147-9
Match scorecard

Anderson claimed his ninth five-wicket haul in Test cricket

By Sam Sheringham

Birthday boy James Anderson produced a superb bowling display to put England in control of the opening Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

Anderson, 28, claimed 5-49 and fellow paceman Steven Finn 3-20 as Pakistan slumped to 147-9, still eight runs short of avoiding the follow-on.

England earlier collapsed to 354 all out, losing their last six wickets for 23 runs as Mohammad Asif took 5-77.

In all, 15 wickets fell for 170 runs before bad light ended play on day two.

Despite the batting collapse, it was another hugely encouraging day for England as all three front-line seamers impressed on a bowler-friendly pitch.

Anderson was on the money from the off, swinging the ball both ways, while Broad and Finn were quick and hostile, suggesting they have benefitted from a spell of strength and conditioning training.

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The tourists were reeling on 47-6 midway through the afternoon session before some gutsy batting from Shoaib Malik (38), Mohammad Aamer (25) and Umar Gul (30 not out) hauled Pakistan back from the brink.

England soon put a dismal morning behind them, with Broad bowling several deliveries in excess of 90mph and striking Pakistan captain Salman Butt on the helmet with a fierce bouncer.

Anderson, these days the undisputed leader of England's attack, found a testing line early on but gained his reward when Butt nicked an away-swinger through to Matt Prior.

Imran Farhat was the next to fall, this time Anderson bowling from wider of the crease and producing a sublime delivery, which swung towards the batsman's pads, pitched on middle and seamed away to topple off stump.

Finn, whose four previous Test appearances had all come against Bangladesh, removed Umar Amin in his first over, as a quick and straight ball drew a thick outside edge to Graeme Swann at second slip.

Azhar Ali was the next to go after bizarrely opting not to refer the umpire's decision even though replays showed that Anderson's delivery had missed the edge and brushed his trousers on the way through to Prior.

Finn had the Akmal brothers, Umar and Kamran, caught in the slips in quick succession before a gutsy partnership of 58 between Malik and Aamer held up England's charge.

Asif took four quick wickets in the morning session, all via lbw decisions

Their resistance was finally broken by Anderson who, returning for his second spell after tea, drew the edge from Malik and watched skipper Andrew Strauss cling onto the catch at the second attempt.

Soon afterwards Aamer (25) gave Anderson his ninth five-wicket haul in Tests and Broad bowled Danish Kaneria through the gate.

But an aggressive innings from Gul - featuring four fours and a six - looked set to deny Strauss the opportunity of enforcing the follow-on when the umpires took the players off the field shortly after 1700 BST.

Earlier, England's hopes of a total in excess of 400 were torn to shreds by a superb spell of wicket-to-wicket bowling from Asif, who claimed 4-12 in seven overs.

Aamer had already seen Morgan dropped in the slips by Farhat when Asif made the breakthrough in the sixth over of the day.

Paul Collingwood, on 82, did not get forward enough to a straight delivery and a television review only confirmed that the ball had struck his pad before any bat was involved.

Eoin Morgan had only added five runs to his overnight 125 when he was trapped on the back foot to give Asif his second wicket of the day.

Prior was easily run out after Graeme Swann changed his mind over a third run and left his partner stranded, and moments later England were nine down as Asif snaffled two wickets in as many balls.

On both occasions the method off dismissal was again lbw, with Swann missing a straight one and Anderson playing no stroke to an inswinger that would have cleaned out his stumps.

Finn survived the hat-trick ball as an edge dropped short of the slips but Gul wrapped up the England innings, beating Broad for pace and flattening his stumps.

It was a breathtaking comeback from Pakistan, who had appeared to lose heart while Collingwood and Morgan piled on the runs on Thursday afternoon, and could easily have been deflated anew by Farhat's early drop.

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