http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 – 1st ODI – First Innings Summary
Bangladesh were all out for 91 runs against Pakistan in the first One Day International (ODI) of the three match series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in Bangladesh on Thursday, December 1, 2011.
The star of the show for the tourists was none other than http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, who bagged a five-wicket haul in the match.
The veteran all-rounder has been in impressive form since making a comeback to international cricket.
Bangladesh’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 opted to bat after winning the toss today, but would have been extremely disappointed by the poor batting display.
There was assistance for the spinners in the Mirpur pitch, just like it had in the one-off Twenty20 of the series.
However, batting first was comparatively easy and the home team would have liked to score at-least 200.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898.
First-drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 off seamer Umar Gul’s delivery.
Rahim came in at number four, but was unable to rescue his side from trouble and was caught behind off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 after scoring 11.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahriar-Nafees-c2486 took a long time to settle down, but was unable to make an impact. He got out after contributing just seven runs to the total.
Nafees was the first victim of Afridi, who later wiped off the lower-order of the Bangladeshi team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 looked good for his 21 runs off 40 balls, but failed to carry on. He was the top scorer of the home team’s innings.
Former Bangladesh skipper Shakib-Al-Hasan was also unable to rescue his side from trouble today and was dismissed for 15.
Other than Afridi’s five-for, Hafeez, Gul, Malik, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 managed to pick up one wicket each in the match.
The Men in Green need only 92 runs for victory in 50 overs, as the crowd will have to leave the stadium pretty early than expected.
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