Team work turned the game in Pakistan's favour

Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladesh player to take six wickets and score a hundred in a Test, but he had little support from his team as they ended day four of the second Test against Pakistan staring in the face of defeat yet again. After bowling Pakistan out for 470 shortly before tea, the home side ended Tuesday's play on 114 for five, still 18 runs shy of making their opposition bat again.

In bowling Pakistan out, former skipper Shakib took six for 108, but it proved a one-man show as the seamers struggled to take wickets and keep the runs down.

Beginning day four on 292 for three, Pakistan were expected to target quick runs in the morning session with the aim of declaring and giving themselves adequate time to setup a result.

However, the wicket of Younis Khan curtailed those plans slightly as Asad Shafiq chose to play a more cautious innings along with his captain Misbah-ul-Haq who is traditionally not a risky batsman at the best of times.

Former captain Khan added just a single to his overnight score as he took a thin edge off an Elias Sunny delivery and ended up one run shy of what would have been his 26th half-century.

Skipper Misbah meanwhile compiled a composed innings at the Shere Bangla National Stadium as he went to his 14th Test fifty. The 37-year-old was eventually sent back to the pavilion for 70 when he was caught by Mahmudullah off the spin of Shakib.

As has happened in recent months with the Bangladesh team, the fielding was not on the level it should be and two chances went down in the morning session. Robiul Islam grassed a relatively easy chance at mid-on, while Mahmudullah was also guilty of putting one doen in the slips.

Despite the two wickets going down, Shafiq quietly went about getting the runs and ended the morning session on 42 not out, but got out immediately after the break as he was lbw to Robiul Islam.

Adnan Akmal then had to push on and bat with the tail, but he did a great job to bring up his maiden Test half-ton. The wicketkeeper was eventually the last man out as he got himself stumped by Mushfiqur Rahim of Shakib's bowling.

With a deficit of 132, Bangladesh got off to a cracking start with Tamim Iqbal smashing five boundaries on his way 21, but his luck soon ran out as he was dismissed in controversial fashion.

The left-hander went on the hook to a short Umar Gul delivery which pinned him on the head and looped over to Misbah who took the catch at first slip. Iqbal thought nothing of it, but expressed utter shock when he saw umpire Billy Doctrove's finger go up.

Bangladesh's second wicket fell the very next ball as Gul trapped Shariar Nafees plumb in front to leave Bangladesh on 24 for two and himself on a hat-trick at the start of the final session of the day.

Mahmudullah survived the hat-trick ball and looked solid at the crease for his 32. The Bangladesh vice-captain shared in a 30-run partnership with Nazimuddin, but the opener's resistance ended when he was bowled by Abdur Rehman for 12.

As he did in the first innings, Aizaz Cheema rocked the Bangladesh top order when he accounted for the wickets of Mahmudullah and Shakib - caught by Rehman and Azhar Ali respectively.

At 95 for five it looked like Bangladesh's batting would fold, but Nasir Hossain knuckled down to grind out an unbeaten 30, while skipper Mushfiqur was not out on seven when stumps was called with the home side on 114 for five.

Bangladesh 338 & 114/5 (35.0 ov)

Pakistan 470

Bangladesh trail by 18 runs with 5 wickets remaining

Stumps - Day 4

• Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series - 2nd Test
• Test no. 2024 | 2011/12 season
• Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
• 17,18,19,20,21 December 2011 (5-day match)

	Bangladesh 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	c Aizaz Cheema b Umar Gul	14	33	24	2	0	58.33
	Nazimuddin	lbw b Aizaz Cheema	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
	Shahriar Nafees	c †Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	97	274	177	12	0	54.80
	Mahmudullah	b Aizaz Cheema	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
	Nasir Hossain	c †Adnan Akmal b Aizaz Cheema	7	29	17	1	0	41.17
	Shakib Al Hasan	run out (Taufeeq Umar)	144	352	242	15	0	59.50
	Mushfiqur Rahim*†	c †Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	40	139	102	6	1	39.21
	Elias Sunny	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	12	56	41	2	0	29.26
	Shahadat Hossain	not out	21	61	31	2	1	67.74
	Nazmul Hossain	run out (Abdur Rehman/Umar Gul)	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	Robiul Islam	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 3)	3
	Total	(all out; 107.2 overs; 486 mins)	338	(3.14 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Nazimuddin, 1.6 ov), 2-16 (Tamim Iqbal, 6.6 ov), 3-21 (Mahmudullah, 7.4 ov), 4-43 (Nasir Hossain, 13.2 ov),5-223 (Shahriar Nafees, 64.2 ov), 6-305 (Shakib Al Hasan, 94.4 ov), 7-305 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 94.5 ov),8-331 (Elias Sunny, 105.5 ov), 9-332 (Nazmul Hossain, 106.2 ov), 10-338 (Robiul Islam, 107.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Umar Gul	28	1	102	3	3.64
	Aizaz Cheema	26	4	73	3	2.80
	Mohammad Hafeez	9	3	27	0	3.00
	Saeed Ajmal	24.2	3	64	2	2.63
	Abdur Rehman	19	0	66	0	3.47
	Younis Khan	1	0	3	0	3.00

	Pakistan 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Mohammad Hafeez	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Nazmul Hossain	14	17	3	0	82.35
	Taufeeq Umar	c Shahriar Nafees b Nazmul Hossain	130	256	16	0	50.78
	Azhar Ali	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan	57	147	7	0	38.77
	Younis Khan	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Elias Sunny	49	122	4	0	40.16
	Misbah-ul-Haq*	c Mahmudullah b Shakib Al Hasan	70	123	11	0	56.91
	Asad Shafiq	lbw b Robiul Islam	42	101	5	0	41.58
	Adnan Akmal†	st †Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan	53	108	7	0	49.07
	Abdur Rehman	c Mahmudullah b Shakib Al Hasan	24	30	5	0	80.00
	Umar Gul	c Elias Sunny b Shakib Al Hasan	11	31	1	0	35.48
	Saeed Ajmal	b Shakib Al Hasan	0	2	0	0	0.00
	Aizaz Cheema	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 16)	19
	Total	(all out; 154.5 overs)	470	(3.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-23 (Mohammad Hafeez, 4.1 ov), 2-150 (Azhar Ali, 51.4 ov), 3-245 (Taufeeq Umar, 83.3 ov),4-293 (Younis Khan, 97.2 ov), 5-359 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 120.1 ov), 6-389 (Asad Shafiq, 129.3 ov),7-430 (Abdur Rehman, 140.1 ov), 8-464 (Umar Gul, 152.2 ov), 9-465 (Saeed Ajmal, 152.5 ov), 10-470 (Adnan Akmal, 154.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Shahadat Hossain	16	1	82	0	5.12	(6nb)
	Robiul Islam	23	3	78	1	3.39	(6nb)
	Nazmul Hossain	24	5	61	2	2.54
	Mahmudullah	15	2	45	0	3.00
	Shakib Al Hasan	40.5	7	82	6	2.00
	Elias Sunny	27	4	95	1	3.51
	Nasir Hossain	9	0	24	0	2.66

	Bangladesh 2nd innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	21	19	5	0	110.52
	Nazimuddin	b Abdur Rehman	12	42	2	0	28.57
	Shahriar Nafees	lbw b Umar Gul	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Mahmudullah	c Abdur Rehman b Aizaz Cheema	32	50	5	1	64.00
	Nasir Hossain	not out	30	63	5	0	47.61
	Shakib Al Hasan	c Azhar Ali b Aizaz Cheema	6	16	1	0	37.50
	Mushfiqur Rahim*†	not out	7	19	1	0	36.84
	Extras	(b 5, lb 1)	6
	Total	(5 wickets; 35 overs)	114	(3.25 runs per over)

To bat Nazmul Hossain, Elias Sunny, Shahadat Hossain, Robiul Islam

Fall of wickets1-24 (Tamim Iqbal, 4.5 ov), 2-24 (Shahriar Nafees, 4.6 ov), 3-54 (Nazimuddin, 15.3 ov),4-76 (Mahmudullah, 22.1 ov), 5-95 (Shakib Al Hasan, 28.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Umar Gul	7	1	23	2	3.28
	Aizaz Cheema	10	1	41	2	4.10
	Abdur Rehman	13	5	25	1	1.92
	Saeed Ajmal	5	1	19	0	3.80

Match details

Toss Pakistan, who chose to field

Player of the match tba

Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and SK Tarapore (India) TV umpire Enamul Haque Match referee DC Boon (Australia) Reserve umpire Nadir Shah

Close of play day 1 - Bangladesh 1st innings 234/5 (Shakib Al Hasan 108*, Mushfiqur Rahim 5*, 68 ov) day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 87/1 (Taufeeq Umar 44*, Azhar Ali 26*, 27 ov) day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 292/3 (Younis Khan 48*, Misbah-ul-Haq 26*, 96 ov) day 4 - Bangladesh 2nd innings 114/5 (Nasir Hossain 30*, Mushfiqur Rahim 7*, 35 ov)