Date-stamped : 11 Jul97 - 14:22 Arthurton`s century rocks Pakistan tourists Keith Arthurton used a combination of luck and scintil- lating stroke play on his way to a century against Pakistan A at Shen- ley, as the MCC dominated the first day of the tour match. The Pakistanis were earlier dismissed within an hour after lunch for 119, producing little response to the pace of Hamish Anthony, who took six for 34. Only Saleem Elahi`s 53 showed any kind of resistance to the MCC attack, and with only two other players reaching double figures the last six wickets fell for 48 runs. The MCC`s batsmen did not begin much better, though. Queens- land`s Mark Lavender was trapped leg before with the first ball of the innings, from Shoaib Akhtar. West Indies Test player Arthurton then came in to join fellow international, Zimbabwean Grant Flower, and the two seasoned took firm control of the game - but not without their share of luck. The fourth ball of the 13th over should have been the West In- dian`s downfall. He went for a hook and put it straight down the throat of square leg, who took the catch only to find it had come off a no-ball. After that, Arthurton and Flower set about the Pak- istani bowlers with relish. Flower`s shot of the day was a six over extra cover off Ifram Fazhail that had everything to do with timing and lit- tle with brute force. There were no more flirtations with trouble for the pair from then on, and both comfortably reached half-centuries. Arthur- ton went to his 50 with a bludgeoned shot down the ground for six that started out as an attempted sweep. Flower was somewhat more stylish. He reached his half- century with a glorious drive straight back past the bowler, along the ground for four. The partnership reached 182, before Flower was dismissed for 78 after a top class over by Azhar Mah- mood. He beat the bat twice and cut Flower in half once, be- fore the man from Zimbabwe left his bat dangling, and the ball found the outside edge en route to the safe gloves of Javid Qadeer. Arthurton, however, was in no mood to be denied his 100 and brought it up with a well-timed off-drive. The century came from only 124 balls and included one six and 13 fours. He finished unbeaten on 138, as the MCC cruised to 276 for five and a lead of 157. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)