Pakistan eye victory despite Shakib show

Umar Gul and Aizaz Cheema each took two wickets to boost Pakistan’s chances of winning the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday despite Shakib Al Hasan’s superb all-round display.

The hosts were struggling at 114-5 in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day after conceding a lead of 132, with paceman Gul bagging two wickets off successive balls and Cheema finishing the day with 2-41.

Nasir Hossain was unbeaten on 30 with Mushfiqur Rahim on seven not out.

Pakistan lead 1-0 in the series after winning the first Test in Chittagong by an innings and 184 runs.

Gul dismissed free-scoring Tamim Iqbal (21) and Shahriar Nafees for no score with his last two balls before the tea break after Pakistan were bowled out for 470 in their first innings in reply to Bangladesh’s 338.

Tamim, who hit Cheema for three fours in an over, looked surprised when adjudged caught by skipper Misbah-ul-Haq at first slip while attempting to hook Gul. Shakib, also impressed as a left-arm spinner as he took 6-82 to become the first Bangladeshi to score a century and bag five or more wickets in a Test.

BANGLADESH 
1ST INNINGS 338 
PAKISTAN 1ST INNINGS 

Mohammad Hafeez c Rahim b Nazmul	 14
Taufeeq Umar c Nafees b Nazmul		130
Azhar Ali c Rahim b Shakib		 57
Younis Khan c Rahim b Sunny		 49
Misbah-ul-Haq c Mahmudullah b Shakib	 70
Asad Shafiq lbw b Robiul		 42
Adnan Akmal st Rahim b Shakib		 53
Abdur Rehman c Mahmudullah b Shakib	 24
Umar Gul c Sunny b Shakib		 11
Saeed Ajmal b Shakib			  0
Aizaz Cheema not out			  1
Extras (lb3, nb16)			 19
TOTAL (for all out)		 	470

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Hafeez), 2-150 (Azhar), 3-245 (Umar), 4-293 (Younis), 5-359 (Misbah), 
		 6-389 (Shafiq), 7-430 (Rehman), 8-464 (Gul), 9-465 (Ajmal), 10-470 (Akmal).

Bowling: Shahadat 16-1-82-0 (nb10), 
	 Robiul 23-3-78-1 (nb6), 
	 Nazmul 24-5-61-2, 
	 Mahmudullah 15-2-45-0, 
	 Shakib 40.5-7-82-6, 
  	 Sunny 27-4-95-1, 
	 Nasir 9-0-24-0.
         
          BANGLADESH 

2ND INNINGS

Tamim Iqbal c Misbah b Gul		21
Mohammed Nazimuddin b Rehman		12
Shahriar Nafees lbw b Gul		 0
Mohammad Mahmudullah c Rehman b Cheema	32
Nasir Hossain not out			30
Shakib Al Hasan c Azhar b Cheema	 6
Mushfiqur Rahim not out	 		 7
Extras (b5, lb1)			 6
TOTAL (for five wickets 		114

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tamim), 2-24 (Nafees), 3-54 (Nazimuddin), 4-76 (Mahmudullah), 5-95 (Shakib).

Bowling: Gul 7-1-23-2, Cheema 10-1-41-2, Rehman 13-5-25-1, Ajmal 5-1-19-0.

AFP