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Sunday, 18 July 2004 |
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Hameed 102 as Pakistan beat defiant B'desh by Ranjan Anandappa Pakistan romped home against Bangladesh by 76 runs in their Indian Oil Asia Cup preliminary round limited overs cricket match at the SSC grounds yesterday. In pursuit of a stiff Pakistani total of 257, Bangladesh lost their way after a reasonable start to be 181 for 7 in 45.2 overs. The Pakistan innings was woven around a solid third wicket partnership between opener Yasir Hameed who struck an invaluable (102) facing 122 deliveries with ten fours, and Skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq who hit an aggressive 58 with two sixes and four boundaries facing 66 balls. The pair took the score from 91 for 2 to 200 when both batsmen perished while trying to accelerate the scoring in the 42nd over. Inzamam came down the track to hoist left arm spinner Abdur Razzaq and was stumped while Hameed followed suit for 102 caught in the deep. Yousuf Yohanna (29 n.o), keeping company with Younis Khan (18), increased the tempo to see the side to 257 for 6 in 50 overs. Bangladesh, in their turn started off well with openers Mohammed Ashraful and Javed Omar putting on 48 runs. But Mohammed Sami struck for Pakistan, first dismissing Ashraful for 12 , but Javed Omar batted admirably to be the top scorer for the side with 62. Omar looked the only Bangladesh batsman who could pose any threat to the Pakistanis with his back to the wall batting. Midway in his innings Omar developed cramps and Ashraful acted as the runner which triggered the dismissal of Omar. Ashraful trying to steal a single could not make good his ground and was run out and Omar had to return to the pavilion. PAKISTAN Yasir Hameed c Rahman b Mahmud 102 Imran Farhat lbw b Abdur Razzaq 28 Shoaib Malik run out 3 Inzamamul Haq st Mashud b Razzaq 59 Yousuf Youhana not out 29 Younis Khan b Baisya 19 Abdul Razzaq c and b Rafique 5 Moin Khan not out 3 Extras (lb3, w6) 9 Total (for six wickets) 257 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-86, 2-91, 3-200, 4-200, 5-241, 6-248 Bowling: Baisya 10-0-59-1, Rahman 10-1-50-0, Razzaq 10-1-37-2, Mahmud 10-0-56-1, Rafique 10-0-52-1 Overs: 50. BANGLADESH Javed Omar run out 62 Mohammad Ashraful c Moin b Sami 12 Habibul Bashar lbw b Sami 2 Rajin Saleh c and b Shoaib Malik 16 Alok Kapali c Hameed b Farhat 28 Mushfiqur Rahman lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 2 Khaled Mashud b Shoaib Akhtar 8 Mohammad Rafique c Hameed b Kaneria 18 Khaled Mahmud c Razzaq b Shoaib Akhtar 0 Tapash Baisya b Shoaib Malik 11 Abdur Razzaq not out 1 Extras (lb10, nb5, w6) 21 Total 181 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-48, 2-52, 3-97, 4-114, 5-118, 6-136, 7-148, 8-150, 9-178 BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-28-3, Sami 8-0-30-2, Razzaq 6-0-27-0, Kaneria 8.2-1-27-1, Shoaib Malik 10-0-41-2, Imran Farhat 3-0-18-1 Overs: 45.2 Result: Pakistan won by 76 runs Man of the match: Yasir Hameed (PAK) Toss: Pakistan Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) and Gamini Silva (SRI) TV umpire: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI). |
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