Spinners bowled Pakistan to a 58-run victory

Hafeez and other spinners overpowered Bangladesh

Chittagong, December 6: Pakistani clean sweeped the series 3-0 as the hosts missed the finest chance in the series to end a losing streak against Pakistan that has lasted 12 years.

Pakistan, batting first, failed to bat out 50 overs but the stand of 94 between Misbah-ul-Haq (47) and Umar Akmal (57) made the difference as Pakistan gave a target of 178 runs.

Shahriar Nafees and Mahmudullah's 2nd-wicket partnership gave the hosts a good start, chasing a small target before Muhammad Hafeez and other spinners bowled devastating bowling as Bangladesh crumbled from 69-1 to 119 all out.

Score Board:

Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Mohammad Hafeez	c Farhad Reza b Shafiul Islam	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	Asad Shafiq	b Shakib Al Hasan	7	39	23	1	0	30.43
	Younis Khan	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak	26	45	38	3	0	68.42
	Misbah-ul-Haq*	c Alok Kapali b Abdur Razzak	47	91	89	4	1	52.80
	Umar Akmal†	st †Mushfiqur Rahim b Elias Sunny	57	110	84	3	2	67.85
	Shoaib Malik	c & b Abdur Razzak	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Shahid Afridi	c Nasir Hossain b Elias Sunny	9	16	9	1	0	100.00
	Abdur Rehman	lbw b Mahmudullah	4	26	10	0	0	40.00
	Sohail Tanvir	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Mahmudullah	8	7	12	1	0	66.66
	Umar Gul	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Mahmudullah	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	Saeed Ajmal	not out	3	7	6	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 12, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)	16
	Total	(all out; 46.1 overs)	177	(3.83 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.4 ov), 2-37 (Asad Shafiq, 8.5 ov), 3-39 (Younis Khan, 11.1 ov),4-133 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 35.4 ov), 5-133 (Shoaib Malik, 35.6 ov), 6-148 (Shahid Afridi, 40.1 ov), 7-162 (Umar Akmal, 42.1 ov),8-172 (Sohail Tanvir, 44.3 ov), 9-172 (Umar Gul, 44.4 ov), 10-177 (Abdur Rehman, 46.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Shafiul Islam	6	1	32	1	5.33	(1nb, 1w)
	Farhad Reza	2	1	2	0	1.00
	Abdur Razzak	10	2	21	3	2.10
	Shakib Al Hasan	10	2	21	1	2.10
	Elias Sunny	9	0	36	2	4.00	(1w)
	Alok Kapali	4	0	17	0	4.25
	Nasir Hossain	4	0	31	0	7.75
	Mahmudullah	1.1	0	4	3	3.42

	Bangladesh innings (target: 178 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	b Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Shahriar Nafees	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	25	70	52	4	0	48.07
	Mahmudullah	lbw b Mohammad Hafeez	35	79	73	4	0	47.94
	Mushfiqur Rahim*†	lbw b Abdur Rehman	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	Shakib Al Hasan	c & b Mohammad Hafeez	9	19	17	1	0	52.94
	Nasir Hossain	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Abdur Rehman	3	16	8	0	0	37.50
	Alok Kapali	c Asad Shafiq b Shoaib Malik	12	46	32	0	0	37.50
	Farhad Reza	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	21	37	29	2	0	72.41
	Elias Sunny	b Shoaib Malik	1	12	5	0	0	20.00
	Abdur Razzak	not out	1	10	4	0	0	25.00
	Shafiul Islam	b Shoaib Malik	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 5)	12
	Total	(all out; 38 overs)	119	(3.13 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Tamim Iqbal, 0.1 ov), 2-69 (Shahriar Nafees, 19.4 ov), 3-70 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 20.3 ov),4-72 (Mahmudullah, 21.6 ov), 5-81 (Shakib Al Hasan, 25.2 ov), 6-83 (Nasir Hossain, 26.1 ov), 7-117 (Farhad Reza, 34.6 ov),8-117 (Alok Kapali, 35.5 ov), 9-119 (Elias Sunny, 37.2 ov), 10-119 (Shafiul Islam, 37.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Mohammad Hafeez	10	2	27	3	2.70	(3w)
	Umar Gul	2	0	3	0	1.50
	Abdur Rehman	10	1	32	2	3.20
	Shahid Afridi	4	0	27	0	6.75	(1w)
	Saeed Ajmal	7	4	6	2	0.85	(1w)
	Sohail Tanvir	1	0	11	0	11.00
	Shoaib Malik	4	2	6	3	1.50