da fezbet： Danish Kaneria completed a dream comeback when he bagged a match haulof 12 for 94 as Pakistan sent minnows Bangladesh spinning to defeat byan innings and 264 runs well inside three days of the Asian TestChampionship opener remaining at the Multan
da gbg bet： Samiul Hasan01-Sep-2001Danish Kaneria completed a dream comeback when he bagged a match haulof 12 for 94 as Pakistan sent minnows Bangladesh spinning to defeat byan innings and 264 runs well inside three days of the Asian TestChampionship opener remaining at the Multan Cricket Stadium Friday.The 20-year-old Karachiite, who claimed six for 42 in the firstinnings, followed up with six for 52 in the second as Bangladesh werebundled out for 148 some 45 minutes before an extended first sessionof the third day.The newest Test nation had resumed this morning at 55 for three andrequired 412 to make the reigning champions bat again.The victory margin was also the sixth biggest in the 122-year-oldhistory of Test cricket and second largest since the West Indies beatNew Zealand by an innings and 322 runs at Wellington in 1995. Pakistanhad also equaled Australia’s world record of five centuries in aninnings in this Test when Saeed Anwar, debutant Taufiq Umer, Inzamamul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana and Abdur Razzaq reach three figures.Waqar Younis’ promise of securing maximum points was also fulfilledwhen Pakistan collected 24 points – 16 on the basis of an innings winand four each for bowling and batting. His opposite number NaimurRahman, who had hoped to get a couple of bonus points, however,returned empty handed.Without belittling Danish’s marvelous bowling performance,Bangladesh’s inept display raises questions of whether they were giventhe Test status prematurely. It was Bangladesh’s fourth successivedefeat since getting into the ICC fold last June. With all due respectto Bangladesh, they were no better than a club side of Karachi andLahore.Danish was simply unplayable on the third day against an indisciplinedand out of sorts Bangladesh batsmen.Lady Luck continued to smile on Waqar Younis as he wrapped up the tailafter removing the openers on Thursday to finish with four for 19. Hehad match figures of six for 44 – an excellent achievement consideringthe fact that the strip had nothing much for the pacers.Captaincy seems to have suited the once toe-crusher as he looks thesame bowler who was once hungry for wickets and had fire in hisbowling but got little opportunity to deliver.If Waqar managed to take six wickets, Wasim Akram remained wicketlessfrom his 19 overs in the match. Wasim bowled well, defeated the batseveral times and saw a couple of catches dropped of his bowling.As regards Bangladesh, one-down batsman Habibul Bashar delayed theinevitable after the tourists had slumped to 96 for eight. He added 45runs for the ninth wicket with Hasibul Hossain to prolong the innings.Habibul remained undefeated on 56 that included five boundaries. ButHasibul was more aggressive belting for fours and a six in his 23-ball31.Bangladesh now proceed to Colombo where they will play Sri Lankabetween Sept 6 and 10. Pakistan players will reassemble on Sept 6 toattend a 10-day camp.
