DHAKA, June 9: Wahab Riaz and Shahid Afridi took three wickets each in a 70-run win over Bangladesh on Sunday to extend Pakistan’s winning streak to 12 One-day Internationals (also partly reported in Monday’s edition).
After being sent in to bat and posting 233 in 39.3 overs, Pakistan restricted Bangladesh to 163 for eight in 40 overs in the rain-shortened, series opening match.
Half centuries by Salman Butt and Mohammad Yousuf set Pakistan on course for victory. Opener Salman scored 70 and Yousuf added 59 before Pakistan lost their last five wickets for six runs in the hunt for quick runs and were all out with three balls to spare.
Left-arm seamer Wahab removed Shahriar Nafees (9), Raqibul Hasan (8) and debutant Dolar Mahmud (0). Afridi conceded only 19 runs for his three wickets, including opener Tamim Iqbal for 29.
Bangladesh skipper Mohammad Ashraful’s emerged from his form slump, labouring for 93 balls to finish unbeaten on 56. Abdur Razzak remained not out on 26 when Younis Khan ended the match with a maiden over.
Earlier, recalled spinner Razzak claimed 3-35, while all-rounder Kapali took 3-49.
A rain-soaked outfield at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium delayed the start of the day-night game by nearly two hours, reducing it to 40 overs per side.
“Salman Butt set it up for them [Pakistan],” Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh coach, said after the game. “But Afridi turned it on its head really. His spell was telling and we really couldn’t recover once he came on and did what he did.
“Our batsmen need to find a way to combat him and score at least three or four runs an over which we weren’t able to do today without losing wickets.”
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Salman Butt c Raqibul b Kapali 70
Kamran Akmal c Mushfiqur b Dolar 25
Younis Khan run out 0
Mohammad Yousuf c Razzak b Kapali 59
Shahid Afridi c Shahriar b Kapali 20
Shoaib Malik b Razzak 9
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Mashrafe 39
Fawad Alam c Tamim b Mashrafe 2
Sohail Tanvir c Shahriar b Razzak 2
Umar Gul not out 0
Wahab Riaz lbw b Razzak 0
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-6) 7
TOTAL (all out, 39.3 overs) 233
FALL OF WKTS: 1-75, 2-75, 3-140, 4-179, 5-180, 6-227, 7-229, 8-232, 9-233.
BOWLING: Mashrafe Mortaza 7-0-36-2; Shahadat Hossain 6-0-46-0 (2w); Dolar Mahmud 4-0-27-1; Abdur Razzak 7.3-0-35-3 (1w); Mahmudullah 7-0-39-0 (2w); Alok Kapali 8-0-49-3 (1w).
BANGLADESH:
Tamim Iqbal c Kamran b Afridi 29
Shahriar Nafees c Kamran b Wahab 9
Mohammad Ashraful not out 56
Raqibul Hasan c Younis b Wahab 8
Alok Kapali b Afridi 0
Mushfiqur Rahim c Sohail b Afridi 15
Mahmudullah b Umar 7
Mashrafe Mortaza c Kamran b Umar 0
Dolar Mahmud b Wahab 0
Abdur Razzak not out 26
EXTRAS (W-12, NB-1) 13
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 40 overs) 163
FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-49, 3-62, 4-67, 5-98, 6-118, 7-118, 8-121.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 7-1-28-2 (3w); Sohail Tanvir 8-0-41-0 (3w); Wahab Riaz 7-2-22-3 (3w); Shahid Afridi 8-1-19-3 (3w); Fawad Alam 6-0-34-0; Salman Butt 3-0-19-0 (1nb); Younis Khan 1-1-0-0.
RESULT: Pakistan won by 70 runs.
UMPIRES: Enamul Hoque Moni (Bangladesh) and E.A.R de Silva (Sri Lanka).
TV UMPIRE: A.F.M. Akhtaruddin (Bangladesh).
MATCH REFEREE: J.J. Crowe (New Zealand).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Salman Butt.
NEXT MATCH: India v Pakistan on Tuesday.—Agencies
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