Pakistan v Bangladesh – 2nd Test – Pakistan beat Bangladesh to take series by 2-0
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second Test of the two match series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday, December 21, 2011.
The tourists had to chase down 103 runs for victory and achieved that comfortably in the end, losing just three wickets.
Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 also played a decent cameo of 34.
Earlier in the day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 were dismissed for 234 runs in their second innings. They had conceded a 132-run first innings lead, which only allowed them an overall lead of 102 runs.
At one stage of the innings, the hosts were threatened to be dismissed within the first innings score of the opposition. However, a solid fight back from middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 gave some hope to the team.
The pair contributed 117 runs to the total for the sixth wicket partnership before Hossain got out after scoring 79 runs. His captain was unable to bat longer after that and was sent back to the pavilion for 53.
The fall of the two set batsmen saw the tail-enders struggle against the Pakistani spinners and the entire team was dismissed for 234.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 scalped a couple.
Chasing down the target, Pakistan lost the first innings centurion http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 cheaply. He managed just three runs in his short stay at the crease.
However, the innings was given momentum by Hafeez and Azhar, who put together 63 runs for the second wicket. This partnership took the game away from the opposition, but both batsmen got out after scoring 47 and 34 respectively.
Veteran batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 remained unbeaten on 16 and 6, guiding the team to victory in the end. The former was named player of the series for his spectacular batting performance.
On the other hand, Bangladesh took a lot of positives from this game. They put up a solid fight and did not give the game away easily to the opposition. Despite losing the match, Shakib-Al-Hasan was awarded man of the match for his splendid all-round performance.
The veteran cricketer scored a terrific century in the first innings and ended up with seven wickets in the match.
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