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Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 5
wickets after slipping a bit
chasing the 92 runs target given
to it by host BD which was all
out for 91 runs in 30.3
overs.The first of the three ODI
match series played out at Sher-
e-Bengal Stadium at Mirpur has
given added boost to Pakistan
which won the only T20 a few
days ago.Pakistan managed to
score the winning 93 runs in
25.4 overs after losing first four
wickets in quick succession by
44 runs- Imran Farhat (12 runs
in 23 balls) at 36; Muhammed
Hafeez (22 runs including 5
fours in 38 balls) at 42; Younis
Khan (2 runs in 8 ball) at 42 and
Sarfraz Ahmed (2 runs in 3 balls)
again at 44 runs. Umar Akmal,
the last Pakistani wicket to fall,
was bowled by Shakib Al Hasan
at 7 runs of 13 balls.Shahid
Afridi was not out at 24 runs
including 4 fours of 23 balls
while Misbah ul Haq's unbeaten
16 runs of 46 included one four
and i six.Shahid Afridi who took
5 wickets for 13 runs in 6.3
overs was declared the man of
the match. Earlier Bangladesh
was all out at paltry 91 in their
first one day international
match against Pakistan at Mirpur
stadium. All rounder Nasir
Hossain was the top scorer with
21 runs as Afridi grabbed
another five wickets haul for
Pakistan.Nothing went right for
Bangladesh after Mushfiqur
Rahim chose to bat. There was
little doubt that Hafeez would
take the first new ball, especially
with a left-hand batsman on
strike, and he had success
immediately. Tamim Iqbal,
having recovered from his knee
injury, moved too far across his
stumps and was trapped on the
back foot by a delivery that
darted into him from round the
wicket. Hafeez's wicket maiden
set the tone for the next
hour.Umar Gul had first use of
the other new ball, and though
there was little assistance from
the pitch for him, the
Bangladesh batsmen couldn't
get the ball off the square. They
had scored only 2 after 5.2
overs when Naeem Islam hit one
past Gul to the straight
boundary. He edged the next
ball to slip.Against spin,
Bangladesh were simply
stagnant. Hafeez tormented
Shahriar Nafees, who would
score only 2 off his first 23
deliveries. He found the left-
hand batsman's outside edge
three times - two fell short of
Younis Khan at first slip, and one
flew wide.Misbah made a double
bowling change, bringing on the
legspinner Afridi and the
offspinner Malik. It was Malik
who struck first, getting
Mushfiqur to edge an attempted
cut to the wicketkeeper Sarfaz
Ahmed. It was the extra bounce
that was the Bangladesh
captain's undoing. Afridi then
struck twice. In his second over,
the 13th of the innings, Afridi
used the extra bounce to have
Nafees caught at point while
trying to cut off the back foot.
Two balls later he bowled a
legbreak that spun sharply and
took the outside edge of
Mahmudullah's forward defence.
Bangladesh were 31 for 5 at a
point.Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir
Hossain began to repair the
substantial damage but they
had miles to go to get the job
done. They didn't. Their
partnership was worth 36 when
Hossain attempted to pull a
delivery from Cheema that
wasn't that short. He was
unbalanced as he made contact
and the top edge swirled
towards square leg, where
Sarfraz held it.After that
performance, Afridi says there's
still room for improvement in
his bowling. "The atmosphere is
great and we are enjoying our
cricket, last 3-4 years I'm
focusing on my bowling, am the
leading wicket-taker in last few
years for Pakistan. Am enjoying
myself."