Ahmed Shehzad and Misbah-ul-Haq lead Pakistan to 285
Pakistan batted brilliantly in their ICC World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh and scored 285 runs. The match is being played at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh.
Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 won the toss and elected to bat first considering the good nature of the wicket. There was not much assistance for the bowlers in the track apart from some spin.
Openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad got http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 off to a good start. Hafeez was looking good but missed out on an opportunity to score big runs. He was dismissed after making 21 runs off 29 balls. The first-drop Kamran Akmal failed to get going and
was out after scoring just one run. The wicketkeeper batsman has been promoted up the order since the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, but he hasn’t scored many runs apart from one good innings of 87 in the final One-Day against the Kiwis.
The dismissal of Akmal brought veteran Younis Khan to the crease. Younis has been out of touch in limited overs cricket and he continued his poor form with the bat. The veteran batsman was out after scoring just five runs to leave Pakistan in trouble at
58 for the loss of three wickets.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 yet again showed his potential and put together a match saving partnership with Shehzad. The pair constructed a brilliant 152-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Shehzad got out after scoring a magnificent innings of 103 runs off
122 balls. He struck nine 4’s and one towering 6 in his innings.
Misbah also carried on the good start he got and scored a magnificent run-a-ball century. He was out in the 47th over after scoring 100 runs. The veteran batsman hit eight 4’s and four massive 6’s in his innings. A 19-run cameo off 10 balls from
Umar Akmal towards the end of the innings helped Pakistan reach a decent total.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rubel-Hossain-c2378, who also took three wickets for his team.
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