Pakistan complete series win over Bangla under fading light
Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman broke through Bangladesh's resistance before Pakistan raced against fading light to complete a seven-wicket win on the final day of the second cricket Test on Wednesday.
Set a winning score of 103, Pakistan had no choice but to try to score quickly to claim a 2-0 series win, playing most of the final two sessions on the fifth day under floodlights.
Opener Mohammad Hafeez led Pakistan’s victory charge with 47 off 52 balls before his attempted slog off Shakib Al Hasan ended at long-on fielder Shahadat Hossain.
He added 63 runs with Azhar Ali for the second wicket after first innings centurion Taufiq Umar was dismissed for three.
Azhar was last man out with Pakistan two runs away from a win. Misbah-ul Haq completed the win with a six as Pakistan raced to 107 runs in 20.5 overs amid fears that the umpire might stop play for bad light.
BANGLADESH (I Innings): 338
PAKISTAN (I Innings): 470
BANGLADESH (II Innings, O/n: 114/5):
N Hossain b Rehman 79
Mushfiqur c Ajmal b Rehman 53
Sunny b Ajmal 4
S Hossain c Younis b Rehman 1
Nazmul Hossain (not out) 8
R Islam st Adnan b Ajmal 0
Extras (B-9, LB-8, W-1) 18
Total (all out, 82.1 overs) 234
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-24, 3-54, 4-76, 5-95, 6-212, 7-221, 8-226, 9-228.
Bowling: Umar Gul 13-4-34-2, Aizaz Cheema 15-2-61-2, Abdur Rehman 27-12-51-4, Saeed Ajmal 23.1-6-56-2, Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-8-0, Azhar Ali 1-0-8-0.
PAKISTAN (II Innings):
Hafeez c Shahadat b Shakib 47
Taufiq c Nazimuddin b Nazmul 3
Ali b Sunny 34
Younis Khan (not out) 16
Misbah (not out) 6
Extra (NB-1) 1
Total (for 3 wkts, 20.5 overs) 107
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-70, 3-101.
Bowling: Nazmul Hossien 5-1-19-1, Shakib al Hasan10-1-47-1, Shahadat 4-0-26-0, R Islam 1-0-8-0, Sunny 0.5-0-7-1.
