PAKISTAN openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique hit unbeaten fifties as Pakistan move to within 93 runs of victory over Bangladesh in first Test; Shahen Shah Afridi earlier completed five-wicket haul as Tigers dismissed for 157 in second innings in Chittagong..

Shaheen’s fourth five-wicket haul in Tests saw Bangladesh dismissed for 157 in their second innings, leaving Pakistan a target of 202 for victory.
Visiting openers Abid Ali (56no) and Abdullah Shafique (53no) then helped Pakistan reach 109-0 at stumps, with the tourists now just 93 runs from a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Bangladesh led by 44 on first innings after scoring 330 and then bowling Pakistan out for 286 but the hosts were rolled in their second knock as left-arm paceman Shaheen came to the fore.

Shaheen’s three-wicket burst on day three had reduced Bangladesh to 25-4 and he then struck twice in an over on day four, dismissing top-scorer Liton Das (59) and tailender Abu Jayed (0), amid the hosts losing their last four wickets for four runs to tumble from 153-6.
Ali and Shafique then brought up their second century partnership in the match, having shared an opening stand of 146 in the first innings before Ali went on to score 133.

Liton, who hit a first-innings century for Bangladesh, put on an unbeaten 47 with Yasir Ali in the second innings before the latter was withdrawn from the game after being struck on the back of the head by an Afridi bouncer.
Afridi went on to pin Liton lbw and then had Jayed caught behind by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, before Sajid Khan (3-33) wrapped up the Bangladesh innings.

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed 5-32 before Pakistan closed in on victory over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chittagong.
Shaheen’s fourth five-wicket haul in Tests saw Bangladesh dismissed for 157 in their second innings, leaving Pakistan a target of 202 for victory.
Visiting openers Abid Ali (56no) and Abdullah Shafique (53no) then helped Pakistan reach 109-0 at stumps, with the tourists now just 93 runs from a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

(Sky Sports)

BANGLADESH 1st innings 330
Pakistan 1st innings
Abid Ali lbw Taijul Islam 133
Abdullah Shafique lbw Taijul Islam 52
Azhar Ali lbw Taijul Islam 0
Babar Azam b Mehidy Hasan 10
Fawad Alam c Liton Das b Taijul Islam 8
Mohammad Rizwan lbw Ebadot Hossain 5
Faheem Ashraf c Liton Das b Taijul Islam 38
Hassan Ali st Liton Das b Taijul Islam 12
Sajid Khan b Ebadot Hossain 5
Nauman Ali lbw Taijul Islam 8
Shaheen Afridi Not Out 13
Extras 1b 1lb 0nb 0pen 0w 2
Total (115.4 overs) 286 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-146 Shafique, 2-146 Ali, 3-169 Azam, 4-182 Alam, 5-207 Rizwan, 6-217 Ali, 7-229 Ali, 8-240 Khan, 9-257 Ali, 10-286 Ashraf
Bowling: Abu Jayed 12 – 0 – 41 – 0, Ebadot Hossain 26 – 7 – 47 – 2, Taijul Islam 44.4 – 9 – 116 – 7, Mehidy Hasan 30 – 7 – 68 – 1, Mominul Haque 3 0 12 0 4.00

BANGLADESH 2nd innings
Shadman Islam lbw Shaheen Afridi 1
Saif Hassan c&b Shaheen Afridi 18
Najmul Hossain Shanto c Abdullah Shafique b Shaheen Afridi 0
Mominul Haque c Azhar Ali b Hassan Ali 0
Mushfiqur Rahim b Hassan Ali 16
Yasir Ali Retired Hurt 36
Liton Das lbw Shaheen Afridi 59
Mehidy Hasan lbw Sajid Khan 11
Nurul Hasan c Faheem Ashraf b Sajid Khan 15
Taijul Islam st Mohammad Rizwan b Sajid Khan 0
Abu Jayed c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi 0
Ebadot Hossain Not Out 0
Extras 1b 0 lb 0 nb w1
Total (56.2 overs) 157 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-14 Anik, 2-14 Shanto, 3-15 Haque, 4-25 Hassan, 5-43 Rahim, 6-115 Miraz, 7-153 Hasan, 8-157 Das, 9-157 Chowdhury, 10-157 Islam
Bowling : Shaheen Afridi 15 – 8 – 32 – 5, Hassan Ali 11 – 0- 52- 2,
Faheem Ashraf 8 – 3 – 16 – 0, Nauman Ali 9 – 3 – 23 – 0,
Sajid Khan 13.2 – 1 – 33 – 3.

PAKISTAN 2nd innings
Abid Ali Not Out 56
Abdullah Shafique Not Out 53
Extras 0b 0lb 0nb 0pen 0w 0
Total (33.0 overs) 109-0
Bowling : Taijul Islam 16 – 3 – 37 – 0, Ebadot Hossain 5 – 1- 23 – 0 ,
Mehidy Hasan 10 – 2 – 36 – 0, Abu Jayed 2 – 0 – 13 – 0 .