Tuesday 13th December, 2011 13 Pakistan win 1st Test by innings, 184 runs CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) — 51 and Mushfiqur Rahim 49 but the hosts were Pakistan declared its first innings on 594-5 in Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman took four wick- never able to put together the big partnership response to Bangladesh’s first innings total of ets while Saeed Ajmal and Aizaz Cheema chimed required to stave off Pakistan. 135. in with two each as the visitors efficiently and Opener Nazimuddin and Shakib both fell to With the latest victory, Pakistan is sitting on predictably completed victory over Bangladesh Rehman in the morning session, and an unbeaten streak stretching back to the one- by an innings and 184 runs in the first Test. Mahmudullah also went before lunch, bowled by day series against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Needing 459 runs just to make Pakistan bat Ajmal for a duck, exposing the tail and effective- Emirates last month. It swept the one-day series again, Bangladesh could only reach 275-9, with ly ending Bangladesh’s slim hopes of turning the against Bangladesh 3-0 and came out on top in the Rubel Hossain absent through injury, giving game into a contest. one-off Twenty20 match. Pakistan victory on Monday with more than four After the first break, Rahim was trapped lbw The second and final Test begins in Mirpur on sessions to spare. by Rehman on 49. Saturday. Mohammed Nazimuddin top scored for Cheema took the final wicket of Shahadat Bangladesh has won just three of its 71 Test Bangladesh with 78 while Shakib Al Hasan made Hossain caught by Umar Gul on 21. matches since gaining Test status in 2000. SCOREBOARD Bangladesh 1st Innings 135 TOTAL: (for all out) 275 Pakistan 1st Innings 594-5 Overs: 82.3. Bangladesh 2nd Innings (Overnight 134-4) Tamim Iqbal b Hafeez 15 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-74, 3-75, 4-80, 5-158, 6-205, Mohammed Nazimuddin c Ajmal b Rehman 78 7-210, 8-252, 9-275. Shahriar Nafees lbw b Ajmal 28 Bowling: Umar Gul 13-2-45-0 (3nb), Aizaz Cheema Mohammad Ashraful c Hafeez b Rehman 0 7.3-1-40-2, Mohammd Hafeez 7-2-21-1, Saeed Ajmal Nasir Hossain c Hafeez b Cheema 3 25-7-74-2, Abdur Rehman 30-7-88-4. Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Rehman 51 Toss: won by Pakistan. Mushfiqur Rahim lbw b Rehman 49 Umpires: Billy Doctrove, West Indies, and S.K. Mahmudullah b Ajmal 0 Tarapore, India. Elias Sunny not out 20 TV Umpire: Enamul Haque, Bangladesh. Match Shahadat Hossain c Gul b Cheema 21 Referee: Javagal Srinath, India. Rubel Hossain absent injured Result: Pakistan wins by an innings and 184 runs. Extras: (2b, 5lb, 3nb) 10 Series: Pakistan leads two-test series 1-0 Mourinho’s Madrid blames bad luck for Barca loss JOSEPH WIL- SON, ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The excuses for Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid are running out. After its latest 3-1 home loss to Barcelona on Saturday, there was no talk of referee bias or the Catalan side’s supposed propensity for exaggerating fouls, just the last- ditch explanation left for any loser: pure bad luck. In blaming fate, Mourinho appeared to be resigned to Real Madrid’s coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal protests to the referee during accepting that for whatever reason his their La Liga soccer match against Valencia at Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Real Madrid is second Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/ Alberto Saiz) best to a side that con- tinues to play the world’s most Barcelona was struggling in its get one win against Barcelona in attractive football. away league games. the Copa del Rey final as he lost “Football is a game, and details Then came Karim Benzema’s the Champions League semifinals and luck form part of it,” a sub- opener just 21 seconds into the and league race last season. dued Mourinho said after the game after Barcelona goalkeeper This campaign, he has sent match. “Without taking anything Victor Valdes’ poor pass. out his team to attack in the away from our opponent, luck was Despite the worst start imagi- Spanish Supercup final and now the difference.” nable, Barcelona never grew flus- in the first of two league meet- “They have won more games tered and seven minutes later its ings, only to come up with the than we have, and it is easy to con- star Lionel Messi gave the same results. clude that whoever wins more is Santiago Bernabeu crowd reason Barcelona left the Spanish cap- the better team because time pass- to worry when his shot required a ital directly for the Club World es and ... we are only left with the diving parry from Casillas in a Cup in Japan, where Guardiola numbers.” clear warning of what was to can add to his club-record 12 titles The numbers are conclusive. come. with yet another trophy. Since the arrival of coach Pep Messi set up Alexis Sanchez to The former Barcelona mid- Guardiola, Barcelona has yet to score the equalizer on the half- fielder still expects Madrid to lose to Madrid in the league in hour mark. Xavi Hernandez put compete to the end of the season seven games and has an overall the visitors ahead with a deflected as it tries to dethrone the Catalan record of eight wins and three shot off Marcelo in 53rd, and Cesc side for the first time in four sea- draws to only one loss in all com- Fabregas raced in to meet Dani sons. petitions. Alves’ cross at the far post to seal “I don’t think this win will The headlines of the Madrid- the comeback win in the 66th. sink Madrid’s spirit,” Guardiola friendly sports dailies on Sunday Both of its offseason acquisi- said. “They will bounce back and made no appeals to chance. tions — Sanchez and Fabregas — continue to be our main rival. It AS read “The Best Team Won,” scored, but it was Barcelona’s old goes with the philosophy of this while Marca lamented “Barca guard that led it to the victory. club.” Again Conquers the Bernabeu.” Messi was not at his best, While Madrid defender Pepe but once again was the also said that “Barca was very best player on the pitch, lucky,” captain Iker Casillas rivaled only by Andres acknowledged that his team’s psy- Iniesta, who put on a mas- chological need to beat Barcelona ter class of control, pace may also have influenced its fail- and precision in the sec- ure to react after falling behind. ond half, while captain “You have to be able to also Carles Puyol had his play with bad luck,” said Casillas. strongest game of the sea- “The results of the past seasons son in anchoring the have not been favorable, but we defense. have to look forward. Barcelona “This win for us repre- can’t be an obsession.” sents a turning point and Perhaps the Spain goalkeeper a big morale boost,” said was best suited to see that Xavi, whose team took the although Madrid came close to league lead on goal differ- scoring twice before uncharacter- ence, though Madrid has a istic misses by Cristiano Ronaldo, game in hand. Barcelona could have inflicted its Mourinho is also sure- fierce rival even greater pain if it ly coming up short of tac- had shown more ambition in the tics to beat the team that final stretch of a game it dominat- has become the nemesis of ed with ease. his highly successful To makes matters worse for career. Madrid, it could not have asked After enduring a 5-0 for a more favorable run of form rout in the first of the ahead of the game. eight “clasico” matches he Madrid was on a 15-match win- has already coached since ning streak, tying a team record arriving last summer, set in the 1960-61 season, while Mourinho’s defensive tac- tics were only enough to.