Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, 2nd Test, Day 1: Highlights, Scorecard and Report

Pakistan piled on the runs on the opening day of the second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

Younis Khan and Azhar Ali scored centuries as the tourists reached 323-3 at stumps at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Hafeez	c Mushfiqur Rahim	b Shahid	8	19	16	1	0
Aslam	c Shahadat Hossain	b Islam	19	101	58	2	0
Azhar Ali	not out		127	343	258	13	0
Younus Khan	c Hom	b Shahid	148	240	195	11	3
Misbah-ul-Haq	not out		9	18	18	0	1
Extras		5nb 1w 0b 6lb	12
	Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	Shahadat Hossain		0.2	0	4	0
	Sarkar		11.4	1	32	0
	Shahid		21	6	43	2
	Islam		30	2	102	1
	Hom		8	0	47	0
	Shakib		14	0	68	0
	M Haque		2	0	8	0
	Mahmudullah		2	0	12	0
	Kayes		1	0	1	0

The hosts won the toss and elected to field, but their attack toiled. Their quest not aided by the loss of new-ball bowler Shahadat Hossain after only two deliveries with a knee injury.

Despite the opening-over injury to Shahadat, the Tigers made inroads in the morning session and removed both openers before lunch.

Mohammad Hafeez made a double century in the drawn opening Test but edged Mohammad Shahid behind for just eight.

The score had moved to 58 when Sami Aslam played an aggressive shot to left-arm spinner Taijul Islam only to be caught by Shahadat, who was still on the field at that point before aggravating his injury during lunch.

Azhar was on 18 when he nicked Shahid to slips, only for a no ball to be given, and he took full advantage of the reprieve.

Azhar and Younis scored in excess of four runs per over in the middle session to push the score to 196-2 at tea and both brought up their centuries after the adjournment.

Younis reached his 29th Test century off 142 balls with Azhar more circumspect as he reached three figures for the eighth time in Tests from 211 deliveries.

They brought up the 300 shortly after the second new ball was taken with their 250-run stand for the third wicket a record in matches between the teams.

Younis departed for 148 late in the day, slicing Shahid to Shuvagata Hom in the gully, but Azhar remains unbeaten on 127.

Pakistan are looking for their first win of the tour after losing all three one-day internationals and the Twenty20 match between the sides before last week’s drawn Test.