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Matthew Wade almost loses his head. While Sami Aslam might not have had a problem with Mitchell Starcs fourth ball of the innings, as it is full and wide down the leg side, when it goes past the batsman it flies up at Wades head, swinging back at him. There is no actual danger to Aslam, but it is inferred, and this was not going to be like facing the Pakistan attack. Starc showed more menace in a rubbish ball than Pakistan had mustered for most of their first day. The Pakistan bowlers bowled well on day two but compared to them, Starc looks like a sexual tyrannosaurus - a furious beast.****Josh Hazlewood gets straight and short, Aslam turns his head and lets it hit him in the helmet. Hazlewood asks if he is ok, Aslam waves him away. Aslam does not take the helmet off, or even seem overly worried by the substantial hit; its either manly stupidity or hes in a bit of shock. His face, that solid chunk of granite that rarely changes and makes him look a decade older, seems to say, I aint got time to bleed.It is the umpires who come in to check on him, make him check his helmet, but still, he bats on. A few overs later he sweeps one into his helmet off Nathan Lyon. Much like Pakistan, he is under attack from outside and within.****Somehow, in the minute it takes Younis Khan to make it out to the middle, it suddenly feels much, much darker. The man who was born before day-night internationals started, who is walking out confidently for his 202nd Test innings, is now coming out to face under lights, against a pink ball, just as the Australian bowlers smell blood. For a man who has seen everything in a 16-year career, this is different, this is dangerous, this is brief.****Misbah-ul-Haq tries a forward defence, a shot he was playing long before Hazlewood was born, and this time it hits his pad before he is even ready to play the shot. He laughs, not because he is happy, but at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation. Misbah is more pragmatist than others, and when life is like this, others might get concerned, but he laughs. The next over he is hit on the gloves by Bird by a ball that he cannot get away from. Soon after he will be prodding at a ball outside off stump that he would have been just as close to if they turned the lights off. Aslam gets hit in the head again, and again he shrugs it off in just as silly a way as he keeps playing the short ball. Like he is telling Australia to keep coming at him, old painless is waiting.**** The team 50 is brought up by Asad Shafiq off his first ball, on the last ball of the 27th over. It is not a landmark you usually notice, the first 50 runs, but this one seems like the only one Pakistan will see today, this innings, and if you are a true pessimist (read Pakistan fan) this game. Starc looked dangerous in the nice light, bowling friendly balls down leg, now Pakistan seemed to be hoping he missed them and their edges. But Aslam keeps plugging on. He has faced 89 of the 162 deliveries; he has 12 runs, three hits to the head, and he has dug in deeper than an Alabama tick.****Aslam greets Sarfraz Ahmed to Pakistans world of hurt; Sarfraz is too busy to notice. Straight away he is not edging to slip, but getting an eager leading edge off through the covers, and scampering through. Aslam is not one who scampers, he is like a small tense ball of muscle that has out-batted his entire top order, and is more interested in surviving than runs. He shuffles across the line of his stumps to protect his wicket so much he has not seen how far he has gone, and instead of protecting his wicket, he accidentally gives it away. After all the pain, the fight, the trouble, he loses his wicket to a leg-side strangle.****Bird bowls a bouncer to Wahab Riaz; it is outside off and safe, but Wahab cant see that as he closes his eyes, ducks his head and backs off for square leg. By the time he stops moving backwards, it takes him six steps to get back to the crease.****The scoreboard, so surprised at the quick nature of the wickets, still has Pakistan at six wickets down. It is the only respite Pakistan get. Even Lyon coming on to bowl feels intense, as the crowd cheers each ball like its a hat-trick ball.Pakistan make it to the end of the day only eight wickets down. Only. Sarfraz plays his typical innings, of complete and utter disregard for the conditions, the situation and life in general, Mohammad Amir stays with him.The rest of the Pakistan batsmen sit around and think of how they just got completely smashed by Australia. And how, that despite the hits on the head, the balls flying through, and the darkness, they lost their wickets mostly through a series of limp pushes at length balls. It was tough out there, but Pakistan were not. They didnt lose their heads, they gave them away.Air Force 1 Norge . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Nike Air Force 1 Billig . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium. http://www.airforce1norge.com/air-force-1-dame-norge.html . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. Air Force 1 Dame Norge . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Air Force 1 Just Do It Norge . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.SAN DIEGO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers were celebrating Adrian Gonzalezs tiebreaking home run when the crowds roar directed attention back to the field. Hanley Ramirez sent the next pitch out, too, giving the Dodgers a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday and a split the four-game series. "Hanleys home run was the after-party that keeps the celebration going," Gonzalez said. "This win was a big one for us. We needed to split the series and build some positive momentum. Im glad we were able to do that." Gonzalez broke a 1-all tie with a drive to right field off closer Huston Street, and Ramirez hit the next pitch to right-centre. It was the second home run in two days for both players. "Were 2-0 when Hanley and I homer in the same game," Gonzalez said. "We need to keep that trend going. We need to produce in the middle of the lineup." The Dodgers also got solid efforts on the mound. Chris Capuano threw five shutout innings on short rest and a shaky bullpen held up when Padres relievers could not. "A lot of good stuff happened today," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "We got a solid start and clutch hitting from the middle of our lineup. Thats what you want. Thats what you should expect from this club." The Dodgers have been beset by injuries -- Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford and Ted Lilly remain out -- but Mattingly doesnt want to use that as a crutch. He believes the Dodgers are healthy enough now to win consistently. "We are pretty much at full strength," Mattingly said. "There are no excuses at this point. We have the talent in the middle of the order to produce in a big way. Its nice when those thumpers come through for us in the clutch." Street (0-4) has given up 10 home runs in 26 1-3 innings this season. Last year, he allowed two in 39 innings. "Bottom line ... its location," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Huston is a guy who changes speeds. He has impeccable control. This year, at times, its been spotty. We have to get him to the point where hes consistently hitting his spots and making his pitches." Brandon League (3-3) got the last out in the eighth and Kenley Jansen earned his fourth save. Ramirez kept up his torrid hitting of late. He is 11 for 22 with six runs, seven RBIs and two homers in his last six games. The Dodgers were in position to win because of Capuano, who volunteered to start on short rest just days after returning from the disabled list. He was healthy, able and up to the task. The left-hander threw five shutout innings, struck out five and walked none. He let only two runners reach scoring position and was pullled before the sixth due to a 75-pitch limit.dddddddddddd He threw 74. Los Angeles needed someone to start on short rest after playing a doubleheader Wednesday against the New York Yankees. Capuano pitched six shutout innings that day, showing no ill effects from the strained left calf that sidelined him on May 29. "I knew that I had a relatively stress free outing in New York where I threw just 80 pitches," Capuano said. "I knew we were going to need a starter for Sunday and I thought I was the guy to take that responsibility. Given the way my body and my arm felt, the assignment made perfect sense." Capuano has pitched 11 shutout innings since returning from the DL, a run he credits to a mechanical tweak that has improved location and the life on his fastball. Padres starter Andres Cashner had life on most pitches in one of the best starts of his young career. He allowed one run in eight innings. He generated 18 outs on the ground with efficiency uncharacteristic of a strikeout pitcher. He fanned only two, but was rarely challenged by the Dodgers. "The best part about it was the efficiency," Cashner said. "I was able to keep my pitch count down and I threw some good pitches when I was behind in the count." The Dodgers have won two straight, but havent won three in a row since April 7th. Buried in last place, the Dodgers must go on a run to get back in the NL West race. Mattingly knows they need to do it soon. "This is a time where we need to get on a roll and we build some momentum," he said. "Weve seemed to stall in the past. This time, hopefully we wont." NOTES: Kemp went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts Saturday in his first rehab game with Triple-A Albuquerque. He was the DH and will play centre field throughout the rest of his assignment, the final stage of his recovery from a hamstring injury. Its scheduled for three games, but Mattingly said Sunday that the stint could be extended to ensure Kemps timing at the plate is right. OF Scott Van Slyke (shoulder) also is on a rehab assignment with Albuquerque. ... The Padres recalled RHPs Miles Mikolas and Brad Brach from Triple-A Tucson and optioned RHPs Anthony Bass and Brad Boxberger back to their top farm team. The moves were made to add fresh arms to the bullpen, with RHPs Tim Stauffer and Tyson Ross unavailable following extended outings Friday night, when LHP Clayton Richard was removed with an injury in the first inning. ... There is no exact timetable for Padres 2B Jedd Gyorko (groin) to start a minor league rehab assignment with Class-A Lake Elsinore, but manager Bud Black believes it will be sometime next week. ' ' '