DHAKA, May 8 (AFP): Bangladesh faced a long haul to save the second and final Test against Pakistan in Dhaka after they were set an improbable victory target of 550 on the third day today.
The hosts were 63 for one at stumps with Tamim Iqbal (32) and Mominul Haque (15) together at the crease after Imrul Kayes was bowled by Yasir Shah for 16 on a wearing pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. Bangladesh will still need to bat out six sessions over the last two days to avoid losing the short series after the first Test ended in a draw in Khulna last week. Bangladesh�s highest fourth innings score to win a Test is 217 against the West Indies in 2009.
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Pakistan 1st innings: 557-8 declared
Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 107-5): Tamim lbw b Junaid 4, Kayes b Yasir 32, Mominul c Sarfraz b Junaid 13, Mahmudullah c Azhar b Wahab 28, Shakib not out 89, Mushfiqur b Yasir 12, Soumya c Azhar b Wahab 3, Shuvagata c Shafiq b Wahab 0, Taijul b Hafeez 15, Shahid c Azhar b Yasir 1, Shahadat absent hurt; Extras: 6; Total (all out, 47.3 overs): 203; Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-38, 3-69, 4-85, 5-107, 6-113, 7-119, 8-140, 9-203; Bowling: Junaid 6-2-26-2, Imran 7-0-31-0, Wahab 15-2-73-3, Yasir 15.3-4-58-3, Hafeez 4-1-13-1.
Pakistan 2nd innings: Hafeez c Rahim c Shahid 0, Sami c Mahmudullah b Shahid 8, Azhar c Shuvagata b Sarkar 25, Younis c and b Taijul 39, Misbah c sub (Hasan) b Mahmudullah 82, Asad b Shuvagata 15, Sarfraz not out 18; Extras: 8; Total (for six wickets decl, 41.1 overs): 195; Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-25, 3-49, 4-107, 5-140, 6-195; Bowling: Shahid 10-4-23-2, Taijul 10-0-56-1, Sarkar 9-0-45-1, Shakib 8-0-43-0, Shuvagata 2-0-18-1, Mahmudullah 2.1-0-8-1
Bangladesh 2nd innings: Tamim not out 32, Kayes b Yasir 16, Mominul not out 15, Extras: 0; Total (for one wicket, 14 overs): 63; Fall of wicket: 1-48; Bowling: Junaid 5-0-19-0, Imran 4-1-22-0, Yasir 3-0-7-1, Wahab 2-0-15-0.
