The pre-lunch bowling of Mohammed Asif provided some light for the Pakistan captain on an otherwise dark day Pakistan’s impressive young captain, Salman Butt, will suspect that his honeymoon period is already over. He has had his victory over Australia when life was as happy as a frolic in the sea.

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