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Enlarge PhotoAustralia's Tim Paine (L) stumps Pakistan's Salman Butt for 92 (C) as Michael Clarke looks... Pakistan opener Salman Butt perished eight runs short of what would have been his first test century at Lord's on Friday after a delightful display of deft drives, cuts and resolute defence.Pakistan, set a world record 440 to win the first of a two-test series on neutral territory, were 216 for four at lunch on the fourth day and any hope of an unlikely victory seemed to have disappeared with Butt's dismissal.
Butt, who has been a class above any of his team mates in the first test against Australia, over-balanced trying to reach a wide delivery down the leg-side from off-spinner Marcus North's first ball of the match.
Wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who has enjoyed an exemplary debut test, gathered the ball and dived at the stumps with Butt stranded to complete the stumping.
Mitchell Johnson opened the day's play with a maiden from the Nursery End to Butt who had resumed on 58, his second half-century of the match.
Butt struck four sweetly timed boundaries from the next two overs from Johnson which cost 18 runs and the left-arm fast bowler was replaced by Shane Watson, who took five wickets in Pakistan's first innings
Azhar Ali added 14 to his overnight total of 28 with the aid of two fortuitous boundaries through the slips off Ben Hilfenhaus.
The bowler took his revenge by inducing an edge which was snapped up by Paine. It was the third time in the match that the Tasmanian combination had accounted for a Pakistan batsman.
In the next over Hilfenhaus jarred his left shoulder diving at long-leg to cut off a boundary.
He received treatment on the boundary edge from the physiotherapist Alex Kountouris and bowled a further over from the Pavilion End before leaving the field.
Umar Akmal smacked North for a six over long-on which flew near a slumbering spectator who remained blissfully unaware how close he had been to getting a ball in his face.
Akmal raced to 22 off 30 balls but then played a loose cut to North which went straight to Michael Clarke in the final over before the interval.
(Editing by Ed Osmond ; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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