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Yousuf flays Bangladesh
Associated Press
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 09 - 04 - 2008

Mohammad Yousuf notched his 15th limited-overs century Tuesday as Pakistan reached 322 for five in the first of five limited-overs internationals against Bangladesh.
Yousuf hit 10 fours in his 103-ball unbeaten 108 and featured in a record-breaking century partnership with captain Shoaib Malik, who scored better than run-a-ball 85.
Hard-hitting batsmen Misbahul Haq (38) and Shahid Afridi (27 not out) also contributed as Pakistan made 102 runs in the last 10 overs of its innings.
Malik put on 145 runs for the fourth wicket with Yousuf which bettered Pakistan's previous record for that partnership against Bangladesh of 112 runs between former captain Inzamamul Haq and Younis Khan in 2003.
Bangladesh lost its way after restricting Pakistan to 70-3 in the 18th over when Yousuf and Malik accelerated the run-scoring against part-time bowlers.
Spinner Mahmudullah Riad conceded 52 of his five overs while captain Mohammad Ashraful was hammered for 26 off his two overs.
Malik completed his half century off 45 balls but holed out at long off from the bowling of spinner Shakib Al Hasan in an attempt to hit a big six.
Yousuf completed his century when he flicked left-arm spinner Abdur Razzaq and ran a single in the 48th over.
Bangladesh new-ball bowlers Farhad Reza (2-41) and Mashrafe Mortaza (2-52) struck early in the innings after Malik won the toss and elected to bat first.
Wicketkeeper Dhiman Ghosh, who dropped a regulation catch from Salman Butt in Mortaza's second over of the innings, made amends when he held onto four catches.
Medium fast Reza bowled an unchanged spell of 10 overs and was duly rewarded with the wickets of openers Butt (33) and Nasir Jamshed (20) while Younis Khan chased a wide delivery from Mortaza and got a faint edge to Ghosh.
Mortaza achieved a landmark when he became only the second Bangladesh bowler after left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique to complete 100 wickets in One-Day Internationals when he had Misbah caught behind in his return spell.
ScoreboardPakistan
Butt c Ghosh b Reza 33
Jamshed c Ghosh b Reza 20
Younis c Ghosh b Mortaza 01
Yousuf not out 108
Malik c Nafees b Hasan 85
Misbah c Ghosh b Mortaza 38
Afridi not out 27
Extras: (lb3, w7) 10
Total: (for 5, 50 overs) 322
Did not bat: Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar.
Falls: 1-37 (Jamshed), 2-38 (Younis), 3-70 (Butt), 4-215 (Malik), 5-283 (Misbah).
Bowling: Mortaza 10-2-52-2 (1w), Reza 10-1-41-2, Razzak 10-0-68-0 (5w), Ahmed 3-0-21-0, Hasan 10-0-52-1, Mahmudullah 5-0-59-0 (1w), Ashraful 2-0-26-0.
Bangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Dhiman Ghosh, Abdur Razzak, Mahmudullah Riad, Farhad Reza, Roqibul Hassan. __


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