http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahur-Ahmed-c98518 Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, December 10, 2011.
Another appalling second day for the hosts saw them being outplayed their opponents, with the main destroyer being http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, who scored a special knock of 143. After him perishing, the visitors kept on piling the misery on a pitch, where their opponents
faltered on 135 on the first day.
The post-lunch interval saw the Pakistani batters started to score freely as they looked to attain a substantial first innings lead. Hafeez and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 were the two dismissed, with the former harshly adjudged lbw off Elias Sunny.
After that skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 made easy work of the bowlers, who looked jaded and out of sorts. Misbah uncharacteristically looked aggressive in his stroke play despite being dropped early on by Bangladeshi bowlers.
Tea arrived and the final session saw the hosts claiming the wicket of their opponent’s skipper, who was caught lbw. In trying to attempt a comical paddle sweep, Misbah (20) failed to connect to a full toss and was struck plumb in front.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559
and hit him straight over the bowlers head for a superb six. It also brought up his 6000 runs in Test cricket.
His partner then turned on the style as he cleared the rope too, smashing Elias Sunny to the long on region. The six also amassed the lead to over 200, as the Tigers failed to assert pressure of any sort.
With still half-an hour of play to go, Pakistan have posted a mammoth 377 for 4 with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 batting on 24 while his veteran partner, cruising on 75.
With three full days still to be played, the task looks pretty daunting for the hosts.
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