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Pakistan beat spirited Bangladesh in Asia Cup opener

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 10:07 AM PDT


Pakistan survived a scare before pulling off a nervy 21-run victory over a spirited Bangladesh in the thrilling opening cricket match of Asia Cup tournament, on Sunday.

Chasing 263 to win, Bangladesh were reeling at 135 for five at one stage but Shakib Al Hasan (64) and Nasir Hossain (47) raised the hopes of a stunning win with their 89-run stand for the sixth wicket.

However, the hosts lacked the batting firepower in the end to be all out for 241 in 48.1 overs at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.

Nevertheless, the hosts gave a good account of themselves and served a warning to other teams that they cannot be taken lightly in the tournament.

Shakib and Nasir were going great guns as the team needed 68 off the last 10 overs but Pakistan paceman Umar Gul (3/58) broke the partnership by bowling Nasir in the 44th over after conceding two consecutive boundaries.

Shakib was still fighting from one end but ran short of partners. Shakib was the last man out, bowled by Gul in the first ball of the 49th over.

Pakistan scored 262 for eight after Mohammed Hafeez top-scored with a patient 89 and shared a 135-run stand with fellow opener Nasir Jamshed (54).

Apart from Hafeez and Jamshed’s brilliant batting it was Gul’s strokeful unbeaten 39 towards the end that lifted Pakistan to a respectable total.

Shahdat Hossain (3/53) and Shakib Al Hasan (2/41) shared five wickets between them to help Bangladesh restrict Pakistani players, who were scoring briskly till the 30 overs.

Pakistan rode on spin trio of Hafeez (2/40), Saeed Ajmal (2/45) and Shahid Afridi’s (2/49) brilliant bowling to open their campaign with a win.

Bangladesh’s chase was guided by opener Tamim Iqbal’s crafty 64 but the hosts could not make the best use of his innings. Iqbal along with opener Nazimuddin (30) and Jahurul Islam (23) shared two 45-run stands each for the first and second wickets.

Hafeez struck twice in two balls in the 29th over as he bowled Iqbal in the third ball and trapped Mahmudullah in the next to reduce Bangaldesh to 135 for five.

Shakib then joined hands with Nasir to take the fight to Pakistan. They made good use of third powerplay to set the tone for a close finish.

Earlier, Hafeez and Jamshed had laid the foundation by putting on 135 runs for the first wicket in just 28 overs but Shahdat Hossain (3/53) and Shakib Al Hasan (2/41) struck at crucial moments to help the hosts fight back into the match.

But Gul, somewhat, spoilt Bangladesh’s plans with a brisk 39 off 25 balls.

Hoping that the pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium would offer some assistance to his seamers early on, Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim elected to field after the coin landed in his favour.

Things, however, didn’t pan out the way Mushfiqur had hoped for as the two openers gave Pakistan a perfect launchpad. Both were not flashy but effective nevertheless.

Jamshed was the more aggressive of the two as he found the fence five times, besides hitting a six. Hafeez was content to rotate the strike while hitting the occasional boundaries.

Bangladesh then made a spirited fightback and the breakthrough they needed, came in the form of Jamshed’s wicket in the 28th over, when Mushfiqur ran the batsman out after receiving a throw from Shakib.

Living up to the tag of being an unpredictable side, Pakistan suffered a collapse and, from 160 for two in the 33rd over, they were struggling at 198 for seven.

Even as the middle-order, which has the experienced Younis Khan and the talented Umar Akmal, failed miserably, Gul provided the much-needed thrust down the order to help Pakistan post a challenging total.

Gul, who struck five fours and a six, found an ally in Sarfraz Ahmed (19 off 28), and the two added 53 crucial runs for the eighth wicket.

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Pakistan Vs Bangladesh 1st ODI Highlights | Asia Cup 2012 Highlights

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 09:43 AM PDT


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Pakistan Vs Bangladesh Post Match Presentation | Asia Cup | 11 Mar 2012

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 09:22 AM PDT


Hafeez: I was not having a great time with the bat in the last series. I was trying to get a good start today and the whole team was looking forward to this. The batting coach really helped me and asked me to spend more time at the crease today so I just tried to do that. My new opening partner really took the pressure off me early on and that helped. We didn’t finish off well but we will try and rectify that in the games to come.

Mohammad Hafeez has been given the Man of the Match award

Misbah: It was tough. I think the way we were batting we should hve got 300. I think we messed it up again, we need to learn from our mistakes and rectify them otherwise it may affect us in the games to come. The pitch was good, the ball was coming on to the bat nicely although there wasn’t much for the fast bowler. I think we need to step up our game otherwise we will struggle against teams like Sri Lanka and India. We can’t keep scoring less than what we are on track for and we have to aim to get to that 300 mark more often.

Mushfiqur Rahim: Definitely we were really very close to winning the game. I thought we bowled really well. Our batsmen did very well at the top but we let the game slip away at the end. I think we have a lot to take back from this game, we fielded really well. Hopefully we will learn from our mistakes and come back stronger in the next game.

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh 1st ODI Scorecard Asia Cup 2012

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 04:52 AM PDT


Asia Cup 2012

Pakistan vs Bangladesh – 1st Match

Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, 11 Mar 2012

Toss -Bangladesh won the toss and elected to Field.

Result – Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 21 runs

Pakistan Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Mohammad Hafeez c S Islam b S Hossain 89 126 7 0 70.63
Nasir Jamshed run out (S Hasan/M Rahim) 54 64 5 1 84.38
Younis Khan c A Razzak b S Hossain 12 15 1 0 80.00
Umar Akmal c A Razzak b S Hasan 21 20 2 0 105.00
Asad Shafiq c M Mortaza b S Hossain 4 6 0 0 66.67
Misbah-ul-Haq (c) b A Razzak 8 13 0 0 61.54
Shahid Afridi c & b S Hasan 0 1 0 0 0
Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Not Out 19 28 0 0 67.86
Umar Gul b M Mortaza 39 25 5 1 156.00
Saeed Ajmal Not Out 8 3 1 0 266.67
Aizaz Cheema            
Extras (b 0,lb 2,w 5, nb 1) 8
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 262 (5.24 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Pakistan):

1-135 (Nasir Jamshed, 27.5 ov), 2-160 (Younis Khan, 32.5 ov), 3-169 (Mohammad Hafeez, 34.4 ov), 4-175 (Asad Shafiq, 36.3 ov), 5-192 (Umar Akmal, 39.3 ov), 6-193 (Shahid Afridi, 39.6 ov), 7-198 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 41.2 ov), 8-251 (Umar Gul, 48.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza 10 0 55 1 5.50 (w 1)
Shafiul Islam 8 0 49 0 6.12  
Shakib Al Hasan 10 0 41 2 4.10 (w 1)
Shahadat Hossain 8 0 53 3 6.62 (nb 1, w 1)
Abdur Razzak 10 0 43 1 4.43  
Mahmudullah 4 0 19 0 4.75 (w 1)

Powerplay: 1-10, 16-20 (bowling), 36-40 (batting)

Bangladesh Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Tamim Iqbal b M Hafeez 64 89 6 1 71.91
Nazimuddin c U Gul b Aizaz Cheema 30 33 4 1 90.91
Jahurul Islam b S Afridi 23 31 3 0 74.19
Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk) b S Afridi 3 5 0 0 60.00
Shakib Al Hasan b U Gul 64 66 4 0 96.97
Mahmudullah lbw b M Hafeez 0 1 0 0 0.00
Nasir Hossain b U Gul 47 49 3 1 95.92
Abdur Razzak b S Ajmal 1 3 0 0 33.33
Mashrafe Mortaza b S Ajmal 1 3 0 0 33.33
Shafiul Islam lbw b U Gul 1 2 0 0 50.00
Shahadat Hossain Not Out 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0,lb 2,w 5, nb 0) 7
Total (All Out; 48.1 overs) 241 (5.00 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Bangladesh):

1-45 (Nazimuddin, 10.5 ov), 2-90 (Jahurul Islam, 20.5 ov), 3-100 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 22.3 ov), 4-135 (Tamim Iqbal, 28.3 ov), 5-135 (Mahmudullah, 28.4 ov), 6-224 (Nasir Hossain, 43.3 ov), 7-228 (Abdur Razzak, 44.1 ov), 8-230 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 44.6 ov), 9-235 (Shafiul Islam, 45.5 ov), 10-241 (Shakib Al Hasan, 48.1 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
Mohammad Hafeez 10 1 40 2 4.00 (w 1)
Umar Gul 9.1 0 58 3 6.30 (w 2)
Saeed Ajmal 10 0 45 2 4.50 (w 1)
Aizaz Cheema 9 0 47 1 5.20  
Shahid Afridi 10 0 49 2 4.90  

Powerplay: 1-10, 16-20 (bowling), 36-40 (batting)



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Pakistan Vs Bangladesh Live Scores Highlights Asia Cup 2012

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 11:52 PM PST


Toss: Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to field

Teams
Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Jahurul Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim(w/c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Shahadat Hossain

Pitch Report: There is a little bit of grass on the wicket but that can be a little deceptive. As the day progresses the track should get slower and the ball will start keeping a little low. This pitch should produce a lot of runs, there hasn’t been any dew in the past two days so the outfield should be quick.

Asia Cup 2012: Bangladesh elects to field against Pakistan – 1st ODI, 11 Mar 2012

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 11:35 PM PST


Toss: Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to field

Mushfiqur Rahim: We would like to bowl first since the wicket looks fresh. We are playing three quick bowlers so we hope they will get some assistance and pick up early wickets. This is a big opportunity for us to show our skills

Misbah: Yes we would have batted first either way. There are a few changes to our side, Azhar Ali has been replaced by Nasir Jamshed. We have performed here well, the team knows these conditions well and we won the quarter final of the World Cup here. So we have a good record on this track in that sense

Pitch Report: There is a little bit of grass on the wicket but that can be a little deceptive. As the day progresses the track should get slower and the ball will start keeping a little low. This pitch should produce a lot of runs, there hasn’t been any dew in the past two days so the outfield should be quick.

New Zealand Vs South Africa 1st Test Post Match Presentation 2012

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:36 PM PST


Graeme Smith: Yeah, we expected the rain, that’s why we gave a pretty sporting declaration to give ourselves an opportunity to try and win the game. Brendan and Ross batted well yesterday, but we hoped to have them five down before the second new ball. It’s always great to have three hundreds in a Test, we would have loved to finish today but it wasn’t to be. It’s part of international cricket now that you have to adjust quickly [to new formats and overseas conditions], with the time changes guys came in and tried to find their feet, we improved as the match went on and hopefully everyone will hit their straps in Hamilton. The pitch was slower as the match went on, it started to die really. [Steyn's toe] seems fine, he’s just looking for some sympathy!

Graeme Smith is the MoM for scoring 53 and 115 in the match.

Ross Taylor: Would have been an interesting day’s cricket, we were still a chance of getting 260 more but I’m sure that South Africa would have also wanted to get out there. Our first innings was disappointing, a missed opportunity, but it was nice to bat well yesterday to set up for today. it was a lot flatter than we were expecting, it was tough on the bowlers, there might be some more grass in Hamilton. I haven’t spoken to KJ [Karl Johnson, the Seddon Park groundsman] yet!
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