Asia Cup 2012: Pakistan sneaks past Bangladesh to lift trophy – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 regained their second Asia Cup title by edging out Bangladesh in the final match of the tournament played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Thursday, March 22, 2012.
It was a closely contested match that the Men in Green won by two runs. Bangladesh restricted Pakistan to 236 in 50 overs; in reply the host’s managed 234 runs for the loss of eight wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961, right-arm pacer from Pakistan who was taken apart by Bangladeshi batsmen in is opening spell, turned from zero to hero and produced a magical final over that dashed the hopes of Bangladesh, who were seeking their
maiden Asia Cup trophy. The pacer finished the match with figures of 3 for 46 from 7 overs.
However, it was his compatriot http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 who was bestowed with Man of the Match accolade. BOOM BOOM proved that he is indeed a big match player, as the all-rounder scored 32 runs from 22 deliveries maintaining a strike rate
of 145.45. Later during the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammed-Nazimuddin-c77528.
Content with his contribution in the win, Afridi said, “I have not bowled or batted well in the last five games and I backed myself to bowl well. I tried my level best to perform with the bat. I was focussing on my bowling and
I worked hard.”
Afridi also appreciated Bangladesh for taking Pakistan down to the wire. He said, “The guys have done very well. Bangladesh played some awesome cricket in this competition. Shakib and Nasir Hossain played some good cricket.”
Bangladesh had a good start to their innings courtesy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bengal-c771 Tigers stranded at 81 for the loss of three wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 was the aggressor and contributed 61 runs in that partnership. However,
despite their valiant efforts Bangladesh finished just short of the total.
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