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Langer defies Pakistan

AFP, Perth
The long-awaited showdown between twooftheworid'sbest pace attacks did not disappoint here Thursday when first the ball, then
the bat dominated proceedings on the opening day of the Tbst belwcen Pakistan and Australia.
At stumps at the WACA ground, Australia were back in control after opener Justin Langer guided his side to 357 for eight with a gritty and at times commanding 181 notout.
Thil-ender Michael Kasprowicz
was with him at the crease on four notout.
It was a remarkable recovery after Pakistan had grabbed the contestjry the scruff of die neck from the very first ball and refused to let go throughout the morning sessidp, skittling four Australian wickets, before lunch and a fifth almost' immediately after.
Pakistan, firm underdogs before the Test started after losing two of their opening tour matches, had' hoisted their colours from the outset, selecting four specialist bowlers and an all-rounder.
The move paid off when captain Inzamamul Haq won the toss and sent the home team in to bat -giving his lighting quick pace duo of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami the first crack on a green-top wicket renowned for favouring fast bowling.
Akhtar did not disappoint, striking the first blow when he trapped opener Matthew Hayden lbw for four with the score at six It was a far cry from Hayden's last Test effort at the ground in October, 2003 which saw him smash the then world record of 380 runs against Zimbabwe.
With captain Ricky Ponting coming to the crease, it seemed like the early loss may have proved an aberration, although he never looked entirely comfortable as he and opener Justin Langer carried the score to 56.
But it was then that Sami, who showed he has the pace to match Akhtar and the durability to outlast him by bowling 12 straight overs throughout the morning session, struck the definitive blow, clean bowling Ponting for 25.
Hometown hero Damien Martyn followed almost immediately caught behind by Kamran Akmal off Sami for one and then it was veteran ' Darren Lehmann's turn to feel the heat.
The 34-year-old shuffled awkwardly across his wicket to be bowled by Akhtar for 12.
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His dismissal left Australia in real trouble going into lunch at 72 for four and the situation worsened when newcomer Michael Clarke, the hero of Australia's tour of India, fell straight after lunch, caught by InzamaminslipsoffAkhtarforone.'
Pakistan, who had appeared despondent earlier in the tour, clearly had their tails up with Australia reeling at 78 for five but it was then the Australians began to steady the ship, taking advantage of the tiring pace attack and the change in tempo offered by allrounder Abdul Razzaq and spinner Danish Kaneira.
With one-day specialist Adam Gilchrist at the crease with Langer the pair set about demoralising the Pakistanis once more — adding 152 runs from 176 balls.
Tile pair lifted the Australian total to 100 then piled on 100 runs In
17 overs at almost a tun a ball as they went on the attack while Inzamam tried to slow the onslaught by bringing Akhtar and Sami back into the attack.
But Langer, who has never been dismissed for less than a hundred at Test level after reaching 85, showed he was determined to stand his ground finally clocking up his 21st Test hundred off 166 balls.
His jubilation was evident as he punched the air and danced down the wicket after nudging Razzaq to mid-wicket for a single to reach his goal just before tea. IBs innings included 11 fours and two beautifully-timed sixes.
His subsequent 50 came 60 balls later and induded a further four boundaries, including one through mid-offwhichbroughtup his 150.
Gilchrist, always the more flamboyant of the two, reached 69 before he was bowled by Razzaq on 69 in
aninnings which featured 10 boundaries off 78 balls.
Thilender Jason Gillespie who contributed 24, formed an 80-run partnership with Langer for the eighth wicket