England start day two excellently when Matthew Hoggard removes Mohammad Sami with the fifth ball of the morning Andrew Flintoff sends Shabbir Ahmed's middle stump flying as England quickly take the remaining Pakistan wickets Pakistan are all out for 274 giving England's openers Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss a testing time before lunch The tourists suffer an early blow when Strauss is plumb lbw to a fast swinging delivery from Mohammad Sami But stand-in skipper Trescothick plays some delightful shots as his side reach 72-1 at lunch Under-fire Ian Bell goes some way to proving his critics wrong with a mature innings alongside Trescothick Both Bell and Trescothick complete half-centuries as England close to within 100 runs of Pakistan's total at tea Bell finally departs for 71, despite bowler Shoaib Malik appearing to no ball in his delivery stride Trescothick shrugs off the loss of Bell to reach his 13th Test century and his fourth in 2005 Shabbir Ahmed has Paul Collingwood caught behind before play finishes for the day with England on 253-3 At the end of the day's play, Michael Vaughan works on his injured knee with physio Kirk Russell
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