http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahur-Ahmed-c98518 Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, December 12, 2011.
Resuming from their overnight score of 134 for 4, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604.
The left-hander beat his partner to the half-century mark – the first for a Bangladeshi in the match. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammed-Nazimuddin-c77528 shortly followed with his maiden Test fifty, working the ball to the midwicket region. However, just as it looked that they would keep their momentum, Rehman struck to dismiss Shakib for 51.
The left-armer took full use of the rough and caught the player lbw after Shakib failed to connect to a delivery which hit him plumb in front. This effectively also brought the Pakistani spinner his 50th Test career scalp.
The skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 entered the frame and started off with a back foot cut for a boundary. His partner also stretched his muscle to an over pitched ball off Rehman, which resulted in a maximum outcome.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 also endured a similar fate in the next over with the Bangladeshi captain hitting a mid-wicket four before Nazimuddin climbing into the spinner to hit another six. With attacking intent, the hosts finally managed to reach to the 200-run mark however, their fun was cut short by Rehman after Nazimuddin failed to execute an inside out shot and departed for 78.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 joined his skipper but his stay at the crease lasted just 8 balls after he fell off Ajmal’s terrific doosra which deserted his forward lunge to clip the off-stump. With the innings in tatters, the hosts managed to deal with the bowling attack to end the first session without any more damage.
However, they still trail their opponents by a whopping 231 runs with only three wickets remaining.
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