http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 v Pakistan – 2nd Test – Match Recap
Bangladesh 338 v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 292/3 - Pakistan trail by 46 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Pakistan trail by 46 runs with seven wickets in hand at stumps on the third day of the second Test against hosts Bangladesh, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Monday, December 19, 2011.
Finishing the second day after posting 87 runs for the loss of one wicket in response to Bangladesh’s first innings tally of 338 runs, Pakistan resumed their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890.
Both batsmen played impressively and managed to subdue the Bangladesh bowling attack which was looking to make early in roads to put pressure on the tourist side.
Ali, who had scored 26 runs on the second day, was the first to lose his wicket on Monday, as he was removed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559, after playing a well tamed knock of 57 runs. At the time of his departure, Pakistan had amassed 150 runs on the board.
The demise of Ali was a perfect moment for the hosts to climb back in the game as they needed to grab a couple of more wickets to halt Pakistan’s batting onslaught and take command in the five-day Test match.
Already down in the series after losing the first Test, Bangladesh desperately needed their bowlers to take a commanding role in the match in order to create a chance for them to win the contest.
However, the departure of the Ali brought seasoned batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 on the crease, who crafted a stupendous partnership with Umar.
The duo of Umar and Khan created another difficult situation for the home side as they seemed venom less against the batsmen, who were scoring runs and stopping the bowlers from breaking the partnership at the same time.
However, while trying to preserve wickets, Pakistan lost its scoring pace and as a result runs started drying out. Pakistan was in a position to score massively; however, the two batsmen seemed content in taking singles and rotating the strike.
While, Umar and Ali had amassed a partnership of 127 runs, Younis and Umar could bolster only 95 runs in the third-wicket partnership as the opener was dismissed in the 84th over after clobbering a sensational knock of 130 runs. At the time of this wicket, Pakistan were on 245 runs for the loss of three wickets.
With Taufeeq back in the pavilion, Pakistan captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319.
The two batsman, hammered an unbeaten partnership of 47 runs at stumps on the third day, with Khan unbeaten on 48 runs and Haq standing on 26 runs as the Men in Green posted 292 runs on the board.
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