It seems like Pak is ready to loose the first 4 day match.
Zia, Rubel torment visitors
11 April, 2007
Ziaur Rahman and Mosharraf Hossain Rubel bowled Bangladesh Cricket Academy near victory against Pakistan Academy in their first four-day match when the pair shared six wickets evenly on the third day at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.
Chasing 221 to win, the visitors were staring at a defeat when they reached 130-9 in 42 overs at close of play, still 91 runs away from the target.
New ball bowler Ziaur (3-28) started the rot before left-arm spinner Rubel (3-47), who was hero of first innings by picking up four wickets, tore through the middle order.
Earlier, despite overnight batsmen Rokibul Hasan and Nazimuddin’s 155-run third wicket partnership, the local boys were all out for just 222 in their second essay.
Bangladesh Academy resumed the day on 70-2 with Rokibul, who was overnight 35, playing an entertaining 83 off 120 balls featuring 14 boundaries. Nazimuddin, who resumed on 29, also faced same number of deliveries to score 59 with help of seven fours and a six.
The home side were comfortable placed at 165-2 but off-spinner Atif Maqbool’s five-wicket haul brought the Pakistanis back as they grabbed eight wickets for 57 runs including the last half in the space of only 32 runs. Maqbool finished with 5-50 from 16.3 overs.
The tourists ran into big trouble in the chase when Zia and his new ball partner Sajidul Islam shattered the top order. Zia conceded 28 runs in 11 overs for his three victims while his partner took two for 23 runs from seven overs.
Mosharraf’s three wickets came in 13 overs that took his match analysis to 7-126.
Captain Fawad Alam topscored 47 before being trapped by left-arm spinner and his Bangladesh counterpart Mehrab Hossain.
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