Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, 1st Test, Day 3: Highlights, Scorecard, Report

A career best from Mohammad Hafeez put Pakistan firmly in control on day three of the first Test against Bangladesh in Khulna.

The opener made 224 as the tourists reached 537-5 at stumps, a first innings lead of 205.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Hafeez	c Mahmudullah	b Hom	224	454	332	23	3
Aslam	c Mushfiqur Rahim	b Islam	20	50	36	2	1
Azhar Ali		b Hom	83	238	177	4	1
Younus Khan		b Islam	33	74	68	4	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Rubel Hossain	b Islam	59	161	122	4	2
Shafiq	not out		51	138	103	5	0
Sarfraz Ahmed	not out		51	57	54	3	2
Extras		4nb 3w 5b 4lb	16
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Rubel Hossain			22	3	82	0
Shahid			17	4	51	0
Islam			36	3	116	3
Hom			32	1	112	2
Shakib			31	3	122	0
Mahmudullah			4	0	30	0
Sarkar			1	0	2	0
M Haque			5	0	13	0

Pakistan resumed on 227-1, with Hafeez on 137, and they scored 106 runs in the morning session for the loss of Azhar Ali.

Azhar had added 18 to his overnight 65 when he saw off-spinner Shuvagata Hom peg back his middle stump with a delivery that turned through the gate.

Younis Khan (33) fell in the fourth over of the afternoon when left-arm spinner Taijul Islam beat the outside edge and hit off stump.

Hafeez surpassed his previous highest Test score of 197 and brought up his double century off 286 balls as he swept Taijul for two.

His 332-ball vigil came to an end when Mahmudullah took a sharp catch at leg slip when Hafeez gloved an attempted sweep off Hom.

Pakistan were 421-4 at tea and Misbah-ul-Haq made a patient half-century before becoming Taijul’s third victim. The captain was on 59 when he top-edged a sweep to Rubel Hossain at backward square leg.

Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed increased the tempo late in the day and took the total past 500, becoming the fourth and fifth visiting batsmen to go past 50.

Both will resume on day four on 51 as they look to push their lead towards 300.