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Butt stakes a claim

AFP, Perth
A dashing century by opening batsman Salman Butt thrust him into pole position for a Test opening berth as Pakistan notched up their first tour win with a 43-run victory over a Cricket Australia Chairman's XI at the Lilac Hill ground here Tuesday.
Salman made a big impression on Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer after carrying his bat to blast 115 off 135 deliveries including 11 fours and
one six as Pakistan finished with 256 for9after50-overs.
In response, the Chairman's XI petered out, losing five lower-order wickets for 10 runs after a promising start to finish witK213.
"It takes someone of his heart... his guts... he goes out there and produces performances so he's knocking all the time, pushing us with his performance which is really good," Woolmer said of Salman's effort
"It definitely puts him into the mix (for Test selection) - yes. He got a hundred against India as well in Calcutta on a much bigger occasion so it showed what temperament he had then.
"He showed a bit of skill today so I think if you're in form you're always pushing aren’t you."
Butt's innings was the highlight of an otherwise mediocre performance by a Pakistan side missing its main strike bowlers in Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami.
Shoaib had previously indicated he would be playing in the Lilac Hill match but was t^ken out of the side by Woolmer who wanted to rest both pacemen for the four-day match against Western Australia starting on Thursday.
"I don’t know why Shoaib thought he was going to play. I
would rather he play in the four-day game and got four-day match fit than play in the one-day game so we changed it," he said.
Spinner Shoaib Malik also missed the match after hurting his right bowling arm playing table soccer but Woolmer was hopeful he would be fit for the four-day fixture.
"Malik has had an injection which is supposed to cure it — it takes 48 hours so hopefully he should ok for the four-day game," Woolmersaid.
Despite Pakistan's lack of bowling firepower, Australian Test opener and Chairman’s XI captain Justin Langer never looked comfortable and was dismissed for just one after edging medium-pacer Mohammad Khalil to rival skipper Inzamamul Haq at slip.
Western Australian state team batsman Marcus North was more settled, rattling off two fours and a six before he was run out while backing up at the non-strikers end for26.
North's teammate Chris Rogers top-scored for the Chairman's XI with61.
Earlier, Salman, along with fellow opener Imran Farhat, had immediately adapted to the near-perfect conditions, clocking up 24 runs off the first two overs by retired Test bowler Geoff Lawson and local
quick Ben Edmondson.
T he duo carried Pakistan to 54 before Farhat lofted a Lawson delivery to New South Wales all-rounder DominicThornely at mid-wicket.
His innings of 25 included one six and a four and came off 29 deliveries.
Inzamam, playing his first cricket on tour after resting in the opening match against a Western Australian second XI, had looked confident hitting two boundaries before mis-reading the line of Peter Worthington's pace to be bowled middle stump for 16.
Western Australian batsman Mike Hussey caused the most damage against Pakistan with his medium pace deliveries taking 3-28 off just four overs while for the tourists Rana Naveed took3-36.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the one-day tour match between Pakistan and Cricket Australia Chairman's XI at Perth's lilac Hill ground onTUesday: PAKISTAN
Farhat cThomely b Lawson 25 Buttnotout 115 Hameed c Casson bDodemaide 4 Inzamam b Worthington 16 Younahac Rogers b Casson 15 Razzaq c Rogers b Hussey 24 Afridi c Ronchi b Hussey 21 Akmal b Hussey 8 Naveed c North b Worthington 10 Khalil b Edmondson 4
Kaneira notout 4
Extras: (b-2, Ib-4, w-4) 10
Total: (For 9 wkts in 50 overs) 256 Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-73, 3-99, 4-130, 5-178, 6-205, 7-217, 8-246, 9-252
Bowler O M R W
Lawson 6 0 31 1
Edmondson 8 0 47 1
Dodemaide 5 0 25 1
Thornley 10 1 31 0
Casson 8 1 42 1
Hussey 4 0 28 3
Worthington 9 0 46 2
CHAIRMAN'S XI
Langer c Inzamam b Khalil 1
North run out 26
Rogers c Imran b Afridi 61
Hussey c Imran b Afridi 8
Thornelyrunout 38
Goodwin c Yousuf b Kaneria 8
Ronchi b Naveed 51
Worthington b Naveed 3
Casson lbw b Naveed 0
Edmondson not out 1
Dodemaide c Khalil b Kaneria 1
Extras: (lb-10, w-4, nb-i) 15
Total: (All out in 45.2 overs) 213
Fall ofwickets: 1-6,2-45,3-77,4-117, 5-133,6-203,7-207,8-208,9-210
Bowler O M R W
Naveed 10 1 36 3
Khalil 7 0 33 1
Razzaq 10 0 45 0
Afridi 10 0 49 2
Danish 8.2 1 40 2
Result: Pakistan won by 43 runs.