Bangladesh v Pakistan – 2nd Test – 4th Day’s Recap
Bangladesh 338 & 114/5 (35.0 ov) v Pakistan 470 - Bangladesh trail by 18 runs with 5 wickets remaining
Hosts, Bangladesh posted 114 runs at stumps in their second innings, in reply to Pakistan’s first innings tally of 470 runs at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.
Earlier, Pakistan resumed their innings on 292 for the loss of three wickets in a bid to clobber a stupendous total on the board, to give the hosts a run for their money.
Pakistan’s veteran batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 came out to bat from their side; however, before the two could launch a batting onslaught, Khan lost his wicket after adding just a run to his overnight tally of 48.
The demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 on the crease, as the batsman crafted a commendable batting partnership with skipper Haq.
The two hammered 66 runs together in the 5th wicket partnership to leave Bangladesh flabbergasted.
The batsmen smashed the Bangladesh bowlers all around the park without remorse, as Pakistan wanted to post a daunting total on the board against the host team.
The partnership was finally brought to an end by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492, who dismissed Misbah on 70 runs. At the time of this wicket, Pakistan were on 359 runs for the loss of five wickets.
The wicket of Misbah was not the end of trouble for Bangladesh, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042 crafted a superb partnership with Shafiq to continue Pakistan’s batting offensive against the depleted Bangladesh bowling attack.
With 389 runs on the board, Bangladesh struck again by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281, who lost his wicket after scoring 42 runs.
Akmal was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691, as the batsmen amassed a tally of 41 runs in the seventh-wicket partnership.
After posting 430 runs on the board, Pakistan lost the wicket of Rehman, who fell on 24 runs, while Umar Gul was the next to fall who could muster only 11 runs.
In the end, Pakistan ended its first innings by posting a staggering total of 470 runs on the board against the hosts.
Coming out to bat, the home side had a difficult http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hill-c63180 to climb, as they needed to stage a stupendous batting resurgence against an extremely formidable Pakistan bowling line-up in order to avoid another defeat in the Test series against the Men in Green.
However, with only 24 runs on the board, Bangladesh lost their first wicket when Pakistan pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 on 21 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 bowlers made life extremely difficult for the Bangladesh batsmen as the home side had lost four wickets by the time they reached 76 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 now need to give a miraculous batting performance on the fifth day to avoid an imminent defeat in the series.
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