Cricket
Pakistan crush Bangladesh
2011-12-12 09:18
Chitttagong - Abdur Rehman grabbed four wickets as
Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 184 runs on the
penultimate day of the opening Test in Chittagong on Monday.
The
left-arm spinner finished with 4-88 as Bangladesh, trailing by 459 runs,
were bowled out for 275 in their second innings after lunch to suffer
their 62nd defeat in 72 Tests.
Rehman, off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and
paceman Aizaz Cheema shared five wickets that fell on a fourth-day
track offering help to spinners after Bangladesh had resumed at 134-4.
Fast bowler Rubel Hossain did not bat due a shoulder injury, suffered while fielding on Sunday.
Debutant
Mohammed Nazimuddin (78), Shakib Al Hasan (51) and skipper Mushfiqur
Rahim (49) were the main run-getters for Bangladesh.
Cheema ended
the innings when he had Shahadat Hossain (21) caught by Umar Gul in the
covers in his first over with the second new ball.
Rehman
dismissed well-set Nazimuddin and former captain Shakib in the morning
session before accounting for Rahim to finish the match with seven
wickets after having taken three in the first innings.
Ajmal was the other wicket-taker in the morning when he bowled Mohammad Mahmudullah for no score.
Nazimuddin
was involved in two stands, adding 78 runs for the fifth wicket with
Shakib and 47 for the next with Rahim before being caught by Ajmal at
mid-off.
Opener Nazimuddin, 41 overnight, hit two sixes and nine fours in his 186-ball knock.
Nazimuddin,
who was the second-highest scorer in the first innings with 31, defied
the Pakistani attack for more than an hour and completed his
half-century when he turned Rehman to deep mid-wicket for three runs.
He
then played a couple of big shots, lofting Rehman over extra cover and
then Ajmal over mid-wicket for sixes. He gave two chances off Ajmal
after completing his half-century but wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal missed
both.
Bangladesh had added only 24 runs to their overnight total
when Shakib was trapped leg-before by Rehman after hitting eight fours
in his ninth Test half-century.
Pakistan had on Sunday posted a
mammoth 594-5 declared in their first innings in reply to Bangladesh's
135, with Younis Khan (200 not out), Mohammad Hafeez (143) and Asad
Shafiq (104) being the main scorers.
The second and final Test starts in Dhaka on Saturday.