Cricket: Jaques the lad as Pears get off the mark.

Byline: PHIL JAQUES Philip Anthony "Phil" Jaques (born May 3, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire.

A RAPID 107 from Phil Jaques set up Worcestershire's first County Championship win of the season as they beat Surrey in an astonishing run-chase at The Oval.

Set 285 to win from 62 overs they were 95 for no wicket when rain wiped out 30 overs yet they still overhauled their target with one ball and two wickets in hand.

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made 57 in an opening stand of 171 with Australian Jaques and Ben Smith (47 not out) got Worcestershire up near to their target before Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan pronunciation (helpinfo) (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra), is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. hit Nayan Doshi, who took 10 wickets in the match, for six off the penultimate ball.

Jaques, in his first Worcestershire match this season, faced 64 balls and hit 14 fours and two sixes and made Surrey pay for some poor bowling before the first rain interruption.

Worcestershire had started the day needing 38 more runs in their first innings just to avoid the follow-on.

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Publication:	Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:	May 22, 2006
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