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KHULNA: cricketer (left) celebrates with teammate after hitting a boundary during the fourth day of the first Test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at The yesterday. — AFP Tamim, Imrul thwart Pakistan plot

KHULNA: Openers Tamim Iqbal and The pair batted through just over two days to save the match, after Imrul Kayes hit unbeaten centuries to two sessions to surpass the previous Pakistan ran up 628 in their first innings, lead a brilliant fightback by Bangladesh Bangladesh record of 267 by Ashraful proved unfounded as the openers set- SCOREBOARD on the fourth day of the first Test against and current skipper tled in to tame the bowling. Tamim Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day in the first Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Khulna yesterday. The left- for the fifth against Sri Lanka in reached his after tea with two Pakistan yesterday in Khulna, Bangladesh. handed pair put on their nation’s high- Galle in 2013. Tamim said the advice consecutive boundaries off Junaid est for any wicket as from his team’s Sri Lankan coach Khan. Imrul swept Zulfiqar Babar for a Bangladesh 1st innings 332 (M. Haque 80, Riaz, 8-617 A. Shafiq, 9-617 Y. Shah, 10-628 Bangladesh, trailing by 296 runs on the Chandika Hathurusinghe to forget the single soon after to bring up his own I. Kayes 51) Z. Babar. Pakistan 1st innings (Overnight: 537-5) Bowling: R. Hossain 22-3-82-0(nb-3), M. first innings, closed the day strongly at scoreboard and enjoy the time out in landmark in front of some 5,000 delight- M. Hafeez c b Hom 224 Shahid 19-4-59-1(nb-1), T. Islam 46.4-4-163- 273 for no loss in their second knock. the middle stood both him and Imrul in ed home fans. Tamim has so far hit 13 S. Aslam c Rahim b T. Islam 20 6, S. Hom 34-1-120-2(w-2), S. Al Hasan 37-4- Tamim was unbeaten on 138 to good stead. “The coach told us not to boundaries and four sixes. Imrul has 15 Az. Ali b Hom 83 146-1, Mahmudullah 4-0-30-0, S. Sarkar 1-0- become the first Bangladesh batsman look at the scoreboard and that helped,” fours and three sixes. Y. Khan b T. Islam 33 2-0, M. Haque 5-0-13-0. to score seven Test centuries. He beat he said. “We just wanted to enjoy the Earlier, the tourists took their Misbah-ul-Haq c R. Hossain b T. Islam 59 Bangladesh 2nd innings former ’s game and when we got a ball to hit, we overnight score of 537 for five to 628 A. Shafiq c&b Al Hasan 83 T. Iqbal 138 tally of six hundreds. It was Tamim’s played our shots.” Tamim dedicated his before they were all out shortly before S. Ahmed c sub b Shahid 82 I. Kayes not out 132 third century in as many Tests, having third successive Test century to his aunt, lunch. The overnight pair of Asad Shafiq W. Riaz b T. Islam 0 Extras (nb-2 w-1) 3 made identical scores of 109 in the last Fatema Hossain, who died of a heart (83) and Sarfraz Ahmed (82) carried their Y. Shah lbw b T. Islam 13 Total (for no loss, 61 overs) 273 two matches against Zimbabwe in attack in on Thursday. sixth-wicket partnership to 126 to build Z. Babar st Mahmudullah b T. Islam 11 Fall of : November. Imrul scored 132 not out, his Tamim and Imrul had put on an a sizeable lead for Pakistan. Left-arm J. Khan not out 0 To bat: M. Haque, Mahmudullah, S. Al Extras (b-8 lb-5 nb-4 w-3) 20 Hasan, M. Rahim, S. Sarkar, S. Hom, T. Islam, third hundred, as the bowlers toiled on opening stand of 224 during spinner picked up three of Total (all out, 168.4 overs) 628 R. Hossain, M. Shahid. the placid wicket at the Sheikh Abu Bangladesh’s previous Test-against the five wickets in the morning session Fall of wickets: 1-50 S. Aslam, 2-277 Az. Ali, Bowling: J. Khan 8-0-44-0(nb-2), Z. Babar Naser stadium that has already pro- Zimbabwe in Chittagong-and carried to finish with creditable figures of six for 3-339 Y. Khan, 4-402 M. Hafeez, 5-468 16-0-60-0, M. Hafeez 9-0-46-0, W. Riaz 13-2- duced 1,233 runs and just 20 wickets on in the same manner yesterday. Fears 163. Shafiq said Pakistan were confident Misbah-ul-Haq, 6-594 S. Ahmed, 7-595 W. 57-0(w-1), Y. Shah 15-0-66-0. over the four days. that Bangladesh may struggle to bat out the Test could still be won. — AFP