Pakistan Thump Bangladesh By An Innings In Chittagong

Pakistan Thump Bangladesh By Innings In ChittagongAbdur Rehman (left) took four wickets as Pakistan proved too strong for Bangladesh

Pakistan 594-5 dec. (Younus Khan 200no) beat
Bangladesh 135 & 275 by an innings & 184 runs
First Test, Chittagong
Scorecard | Day One | Day Two | Day Three

Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman picked up four wicket as Pakistan completed an innings-and-184-run win over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chittagong despite half-centuries from Nazimuddin and Shakib Al Hasan.

Debutant Nazimuddin stroked 75 and Shakib 51 before the home side were dismissed for 275 in their second innings as Aizaz Cheema and Saeed Ajmal contributed a brace of wickets apiece.

Nazimuddin and Shakib put on 78 for the fifth wicket and Nazimuddin added a further 47 with Mushfiqur Rahim (49) but Pakistan were then quick to crush their hosts' resistance.

The final five wickets fell for 70 runs to hand Pakistan a 1-0 lead in the two-match series with a day to spare.

Bangladesh were bowled out for 135 on the opening day, to which Pakistan replied with 594 for five declared, an innings in which Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq scored centuries and Younus Khan made 200 not out.

The second and final game begins in Dhaka on 17th December.

Pakistan Made To Work Hard Before Routing Bangladesh

Pakistan Made To Work Hard Before Routing BangladeshPakistan beat Bangladesh by five wickets with Shahid Afridi playing a starring performances

Pakistan 93-5 (Shahid Afridi 24no) beat
Bangladesh 91 (Shahid Afridi 5-23) by 5 wickets
First One-Day International, Dhaka
Scorecard

Pakistan were made to work hard but eventually another dominant performance from Shahid Afridi carried them to a 20th consecutive One-Day International victory over Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Afridi took five for 23 and then top scored with 24 not out as Pakistan closed on 93 for five in 25.4 overs after Bangladesh had managed to hit just 91 before being dismissed for their second lowest score against Pakistan on their way to a five-wicket defeat.

Pakistan then slumped to 63 for five to briefly raise hopes of an unlikely home win but they were extinguished by a brisk unbroken 30-run partnership between Afridi and captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who was unbeaten on 16 in 46 balls.

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat but were quickly in big trouble, losing Tamim Iqbal to Mohammad Hafeez before a run had been scored and quickly collapsing to 31 for five as Naeem Islam (5), Mushfiqur Rahim (11), Shahriar Nafees (7) and Mahmudullah (1) were also dismissed.

Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain tried to rebuild the innings, scoring 15 and 21 respectively before both were guilty of playing loose shots to give their wickets away and expose the tail.

Afridi made short work of the lower order and but for Rubel Hossain's unbeaten 15 in ten balls, Bangladesh would have set an unwanted new low score against the disciplined Pakistan side.

Afridi's haul saw him become only the second player after Sanath Jayasuriya to have scored 6,000 runs and taken 300 ODI wickets.

The tourists then progressed seamlessly to 36 before Imran Farhat was bowled by Nasir as he chopped on to his stumps for 15 and they then lost three wickets for two runs when Hafeez (22), Younus Khan (2) and Sarfraz Ahmed (2) departed in quick succession to almost throw the game open.

Misbah then dug in to prevent Bangladesh's advance and despite Shakib producing a belting delivery to clean bowl Umar Akmal for seven, his defiance allied with some controlled aggressive hitting from Afridi steered Pakistan into a deserved 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

A spirited performance with the ball saw Shakib return two for 42 and Rubel, who removed Hafeez and Sarfaz, two for 23.

The next game is in 3rd December at the same venue.

Cricket Video - Afridi Inspires Pakistan To Victory - Cricket World TV

A cricket video for Cricket World  TV about the latest cricket news looking at Pakistan thrashing Bangladesh by five wickets in the opening ODI in Dhaka thanks to a memorable all-round performance from Shahid Afridi

Afridi hit an unbeaten 24 to follow up a haul of five for 23 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 91 and Pakistan were made to work hard before reaching a relatively comfortable 93 for five.

During the course of the game, Afridi became the second man (after Sanath Jayasuriya) to score 6000 ODI runs and take 300 wickets. Afridi has had an extraordinary career in the game, scoring a century in 37 balls, retiring more than once, hitting hundreds of sixes and representing a number of teams around the world including Hampshire and the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League.

He captained his country to the 2011 World Cup semi-final before withdrawing from international cricket following Pakistan's tour of the West Indies. His latest return has been triumphant, playing a leading role in series successes in the UAE against Sri Lanka and now starting well against Bangladesh.

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