http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 v Bangladesh – T20 – Match Recap
Pakistan 135 v Bangladesh 85 - Pakistan won by 50 runs
On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Pakistan sealed an emphatic victory over Bangladesh by 50 runs in the one—off Twenty20 contest between the two countries at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh.
Pakistan who have had a superb year and have come from a sensational series win against the mighty http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 were raring to have a go at Bangladesh as the Men in Green are making headways in all formats of the game and were aiming to continue their winning
streak against the Bangali minnows.
After winning the toss, Pakistan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 chose to bat first as he wanted his side to post a mammoth tally on the board to leave the hosts flabbergasted.
Pakistan openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218, however, failed to take off to a flying start as only on the total of 30 runs, Farhat lost his wicket in the fourth over after playing a meagre innings of 16 runs.
The left-hand batsman who was basically picked for the T20 squad for his hard-hitting talents failed to impress Pakistan fans against venom less Bangladesh bowling attack.
The demise of Farhat brought middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 on the crease as he tried to craft a stiff resistance alongside Hafeez.
However, on the last delivery of the ninth over, Hafeez departed after bolstering 25 runs off 31 deliveries. At the time of this wicket, Pakistan had managed to post only 61 runs on the board.
It was then time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 to come out and bat his way against the Bangladesh bowlers who were growing in confidence after grabbing a few important wickets.
The two youngsters http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 and Akmal then took it upon themselves to steer Pakistan out of a difficult situation as the hosts were denying them from scoring belligerently which were causing a bit of bother in the Pakistani camp.
Disaster struck when the batsmen fell in back to back overs as Akmal fell in the 13th over after smashing 20 runs, followed by Shafiq’s wicket in the 14th over after scoring 19 runs.
With 92 runs for the loss of four wickets, things were certainly not heading in the right direction for Pakistan as they needed some solid batting from the batsmen to post a daunting total on the board.
However, while skipper Haq posted 21 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 failed to impress the spectators as they fell after two and eight runs.
In the end, Pakistan managed to post only 135 runs on the board, falling 20 to 30 runs short.
Coming out to bat, Bangladesh had an achievable target at hand, and needed to keep wickets in hand to reach the target.
However, Pakistan bowlers were up to speed and what the lacked in batting they made-up while bowling as they incinerated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 (35) to score in double figures.
In the end, Bangladesh could only score 85 runs in 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets.
Hafeez was named as the Player of the Match for taking two wickets and being the highest scorer from his team.
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