Bangladesh v Pakistan 1st ODI – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, December
1, 2011.
The Bengali currently find themselves reeling at 8 for 2 at the end of 7 overs.
Winning the toss Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladeshi skipper opted to bat first, allowing his spinner to do the damage later in the innings. For the Men In Green as expected http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 following his retirement from the shorter version,
while there was also a place for wicket-keeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahriar-Nafees-c2486 however, his stay at the crease lasted just four balls as Hafeez caught the left-armer lbw in the first over.
After pinning the previous defeat on the absence of Tamim, the skipper will have to come up with a different reason after today's dismal show. Tamim gave little for the umpire to adjudge him out, after he was struck in front of his pads, while playing the
ball of the back foot.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 started from the other end and continued his good form with a fiery first over, giving nothing to the batsman. The pitch report suggested that there will be assistance for the seamers due to the presence of grass on the pitch.
With the batting side collecting just 2 from the first five overs, the proceedings became even worse for the hosts as they lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 with Gul getting his name on the wickets column. After finding their first boundary of the innings, Gul response was
perfect as he enticed the batsman to poke at an off-side delivery, which moved just a touch away from the bat, giving the Men In Green skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 a good low catch at first slip.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 entered the frame and guided the few balls off the pacer to round of the sixth over. Plenty of work to be done as the hosts set to rebuild after the early setbacks.
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