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1st Test : Bangladesh vs Pakistan | Match Report
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Friday, 16 December 2011 19:53 |
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Day 1 : If Bangladesh had any hopes of making a fight out of this test match they must have been smoking something strong. Their performance on day 1 was nothing short of disgraceful as on a failry decent batting surface they found themselves at 5-47 before some fight from Nazimuddin and Nasir saw them cross 100. Finally they were bowled out for 135 with just 3 players getting in to double digits. Pakistan nearly knocked off the lead by the end of the day as they reached 132/0 with both Hafeez and Taufeeq scoring fifties.
Day 2 : Bangladesh bowlers knew that a long day lay ahead as Pakistan continued from 132/0. Taufeeq fell for 61 but Hafeez scored century in company of Azhar who scored 26. Hafeez finally fell for 143 and Misbah didn’t last very long but Younis and Asad showed no mercy as Pakistan ended the day at 415/4 with Younis batting on 147 and Asad at 40*. Sunny was the most successful bowler for Bangladesh with 2 wickets against his name.
Day 3 : Pakistan continued to pile on misery as Younis inched towards a double century while Asad helped himself to a century before getting out. Pakistan declared as soon as Younis Khan scored his double century. With 594/5 on board and a lead of 359 runs they looked for an early finish. When Tamim got out early again it seemed it would all be over today but then Nazimuddin continued his impressive debut and put on fifty stand with Shariar before the latter lost his wicket to Ajmal for 28 and Ashraful’s comeback ended up with another disaster as he was out for zero. And when Nasir fell with score at 80 it seemed the collapse was well and truly underway. However Shakib and Nazimuddin battled out the day with Bangladesh reaching 134/4 with both unbeaten on 41.
Day 4 : We all knew the match was going to settled today as Pakistan had too much quality to allow Bangladesh to bat out 90 overs without losing 6 wickets. Shakib fell for 51 but Nizamuddin continued defiantely in Mushfiqur’s company as they took Bangladesh past 200 mark. Nizamuddin’s battle finally ended at 78. Mushfiqur continued to fight till he was out for 49. The tail wagged more than expected nut in the end it was all just delaying the inevitable. Bangladesh finally folded up for 275 to lose the match by an innings and 184 runs.
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