Ruthless Pakistan drubbed Bangladesh by 76 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Sunday morning to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Umar Akmal scored 59 and Shahid Afridi hit 42 off 27 balls as Pakistan piled up 7 for 262 after it won the toss and elected to bat in the day-night match at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
The total proved beyond Bangladesh's reach after it was reduced to 4 for 19 in the 10th over, and managed only 7 for 186 despite a maiden international century from Nasir Hossain.
Nasir cracked 100 and Shakib Al Hasan made 34, the pair sharing a fifth-wicket stand of 106 runs, but Bangladesh was never in the hunt against the tight Pakistani bowling.
The 20-year-old Nasir, playing only his ninth one-dayer, plundered 11 boundaries and a six before he was dismissed in the final over.
Seamer Umar Gul finished with 4 for 36, while off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez conceded just 15 runs in his 10 overs with two wickets.
Pakistan's 27th win over the Tigers in 28 one-dayers has left only academic interest in the third and final match to be played in the port city of Chittagong on Tuesday.
The tourists had won the Twenty20 international by 50 runs and the first one-dayer by five wickets at the same venue.
The one-dayers will be followed by two Test matches.
Hafeez, who opened Pakistan's attack, removed Imrul Kayes and Shahriar Nafees in successive overs after Gul had dismissed the aggressive Tamim Iqbal in his second over.
Gul also had Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim caught at gully, before Nasir and Shakib delayed the inevitable with their century partnership.
Pakistan's innings revolved around a fourth-wicket stand of 83 between Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq (37), before Afridi smashed two sixes and three boundaries towards the end to boost the total.
Hafeez (32) and Younis Khan (37) put on 57 for the second wicket after opener Imran Farhat had fallen in the third over.
Akmal lifted the tempo by reaching his 11th one-day half-century off 49 balls, steering seamer Rubel Hossain to the third-man fence.
The 21-year-old fell in the next over, the 39th of the innings, when he holed out in the deep off Shakib to make Pakistan 4 for 176.
It soon became 5 for 193 as one-day debutant Elias Sunny picked up his first wicket when he had Misbah caught in the deep in the 42nd over.
AFP
Tags: cricket, sport, bangladesh, pakistan First posted December 04, 2011 07:50:35
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