3.25 pm 23rd Over: FREE HIT! and SIX. Hamad Azam slices the ball over extra cover fence. First boundary in 12 overs for Pakistan. 10 runs off the over.
3.18 pm 22nd Over: OUT! F.O.W. 70/4 Pressure finally telling on Pakistan as Mohammed Hafeez patience innings of 40 off 87 balls comes to an end. It was a tossed up delivery, Hafeez went at it hard but could not take it over mid on where Nazmul Hossain takes a good catch. Hafeez c Nazmul Hossain b Razzak 40(87) [4s-4]
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3.18 pm 22nd Over: OUT! F.O.W. 70/4 Pressure finally telling on Pakistan as Mohammed Hafeez patience innings of 40 off 87 balls comes to an end.
3.17 pm 21st Over: 4 runs of Shahadat Hossain’s over.
Over s (11-20) Pakistan 66/3 RR: 4.30 Hafeez 38 (81) Akmal 2 (3)
3.11 pm 20th Over: Aggression from Hafeez but he completely misses the line with the sweep. Razzak appeals but Umpire Ian Gould reckons it not out. Another maiden over from Razzak.
3.07 pm 19th Over: Superb fielding effort by the hosts so far. This time it’s Tamim who has a shy at the stumps from mid on. 3 runs off the over.
3.05 pm 18th Over: Hafeez not looking in good touch as Razzak hurries in another 1-run over. Pak 63/3. Pak 63/3
3.00 pm 17th Over: Pakistan feeling the pressure of some good fielding as Shahadat Hossain completes his third over. 5 runs off it.
2.55 pm 16th Over: Another miserly over from the left arm spinner Abdur Razzak. Just 2 runs off it.
2.49 pm 15th Over: OUT! F.O.W. 55/3 run out by Nasir Hussain. Misbah played the ball to point but hesitated to take the single, Hussain picked it put the threw it to the non-strikers end, BULL’S EYE, direct hit and Misbah perishes for 13. Misbah-ul-Haq run out (Nasir Hossain) 13(23) [4s-1]
2.43 pm 14th Over: Abdur Razzak bowls the second maiden over of the day.
2.41 pm 13th Over: Shahadat Hossain comes into the attack yielding 3 runs of his first over.
2.40 pm 12th Over: First bowling change, as left arm spinner Abdur Razzak starts off with 5 runs.
2.32 pm 11th Over: One run of Mashrafe Mortaza’s 6th over. The pacer has so far conceded only 22 runs of his 6 overs picking up one wicket.
Overs (1-10) Pakistan 43/2 RR: 4.30 Hafeez 21 (33) Misbah 10 (14)
2.27 pm 10th Over: FOUR! FOUR! One was pure timing and other poor delivery as Hafez helped hkmself to two boundaries. He moved to 21 with that. 10 runs of the over.
2.22 pm 9th Over: Another good over from Mashrafe Mortaza. Just two runs of it.
2.15 pm 8th Over: After five dot deliveries Nazmul Hossain strayed on the pads and Misbah got his first boundary past the fine leg fence. 4 runs of the over.
2.09 pm 7th Over: Close call for Hafeez as Jahurul Islam could not get around a tough chance at point. Hafeez had played it uppishly. Five runs of the over.
2.01 pm 6th Over: OUT! F.O.W. 19/2 Bangladesh get the big wicket of Younis Khan. Nazmul Hossain’s nipping back delivery does the trick as Younis Khan moved across closing the face of the bat as the ball struck his pads in front of the off stump. Younis Khan lbw b Nazmul Hossain 1(5)
1.55 pm 5th Over: OUT! F.O.W. 16/1 Nasir Jamshed out for 9 runs. Jamshed tried to hit the ball over cover but ended up scooping it straight to cover fielder Mahmudullah. Nasir Jamshed c Mahmudullah b Mortaza 9(8) [4s-2]
1.52 pm 4th Over: Big appeal from Nazmul Hossain as the ball nipped back in sharply to trouble Hafeez but Umpire Ian Gould was unmoved. First maiden over of the match.
1.58 pm 3rd Over: Good over from Mashrafe Mortaza as he conceded just two runs of the over.
1.42 pm 2nd Over: first FOUR for Mohammed Hafeez as he placed the short and wide delivery from Nazmul Hossain to the point boundary.
1.35 pm 1st Over: FOUR! FOUR! 9 runs of the first over as Nasir Jamshed got two balls drifting on to the pad as he dispatched it to the square leg boundary for two fours.
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan on Thursday.
Preview
Sitting on the cusp of creating history, Bangladesh will be determined to register their biggest victory since arriving at the top-flight of international cricket when they take on Pakistan in Aisa cup final on Thursday.
The giant-killers thrashed India, chasing down a mammoth 290, but that was seen merely as one of the rare stunners that the Tigers are so well known to throw up in multi-national events.
However, the determined side proved the critics wrong by beating an already demoralised Sri Lanka as well, a result that knocked India out of the final.
But Pakistan would look to play the party poopers. Misbah-ul-Haq`s men have not won the title since 2000 edition, which was interestingly held in Bangladesh.
Teams:
Bangladesh:Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Jahurul Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Nazmul Hossain
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Akmal, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Hammad Azam, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Sarfraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul