Shakib ton fails to spark Bangladesh

Apr 16, 2008

Bangladesh decided to bat in favourable conditions but Umar Gul and Mohammad Asif, who was returning to national team duty after nearly six months, left them struggling at 16 for 4•AFP

Sohail Khan got rid of Mahmudullah, and Pakistan chipped away as Bangladesh stuttered to 109 for 8•AFP

... as he put on a record 97-run ninth-wicket stand with Mashrafe Mortaza enroute to scoring his second ODI century•AFP

Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal rattled up almost a century stand in no time •AFP

Shakib Al Hasan, however, stood firm at the other end, and he put together a brief recovery with Mahmudullah•AFP

Shakib wasn't giving up easily, and reached his fifty off just 64 balls•AFP

Shakib was the last man to fall as Bangladesh reached 210 in 49.1 overs•AFP

Butt was run-out after blitzing 74, but Bazid Khan and Mohammad Yousuf took Pakistan to a comfortable seven-wicket win•AFP

He took easy runs off the spinners ...•AFP

Bangladesh needed early breakthroughs, but Mortaza and Co failed to dismiss the Pakistan openers•AFP