| Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011–12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bangladesh | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 29 November 2011 – 21 December 2011 | ||
| Captains | Mushfiqur Rahim | Misbah-ul-Haq | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shakib Al Hasan (209) | Younus Khan (265) | |
| Most wickets | Shakib Al Hasan (7) | Abdur Rehman (11) | |
| Player of the series | Younus Khan (Pak) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Nasir Hossain (124) | Umar Akmal (123) | |
| Most wickets | Rubel Hossain (4) | Mohammad Hafeez (6) | |
| Player of the series | Umar Akmal (Pak) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Nasir Hossain (35) | Mohammad Hafeez (25) | |
| Most wickets | Alok Kapali (2) Shakib Al Hasan (2) | Shoaib Malik (2) Mohammad Hafeez (2) | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) | ||
ThePakistan national cricket team touredBangladesh from 29 November to 21 December 2011. The tour consisted of oneTwenty20 International (T20I), threeOne Day Internationals (ODIs) and twoTest matches, all of which were won by Pakistan.[1]
| Tests | ODIs | T20 | |||
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 Pakistan[2] |  Bangladesh[3] | Pakistan[4] | Bangladesh[5] | Pakistan[6] | Bangladesh[7] |
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Pakistan won by 50 runs Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Nadir Shah (Ban) andSharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match:Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) |
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Pakistan won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Johan Cloete (SA) andEnamul Haque (Ban) Player of the match:Shahid Afridi (Pak) |
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Pakistan won by 76 runs Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Johan Cloete (SA) andNadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match:Nasir Hossain (Ban) |
6 December 2011 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 58 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium,Chittagong Umpires:Johan Cloete (SA) andEnamul Haque (Ban) Player of the match:Umar Akmal (Pak) |
9–13 December 2011 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by an innings and 184 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium,Chittagong Umpires:Billy Doctrove (WI) andShavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match:Younus Khan (Pak) |
Bangladesh recalled 56-Test veteran and former captainMohammad Ashraful to their side for the first Test inChittagong; he had been dropped for the series against theWest Indies earlier in the year.Nazimuddin, the captain ofChittagong Division, was selected to make his Test debut.[8]
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. Their bowlers duly tore through Bangladesh's batting lineup, bowling them out for 135 before the tea break on the first day. Debutant opener Nazimuddin was Bangladesh's longest-lasting batsman, surviving for 78 balls before being dismissed byUmar Gul for 31. All-rounderNasir Hossain, batting at number eight, top scored with 41. Only one other batsman scored more than 10 runs. Pakistan's front-line bowlers shared the wickets:Abdur Rehman andSaeed Ajmal took three each; Gul andAizaz Cheema took two.[9]
Pakistan ended the first day on 132 runs for the loss of no wickets, thanks to an opening stand betweenMohammad Hafeez andTaufeeq Umar. It was the 21st consecutive Test in which Hafeez and Taufeeq had opened for Pakistan, a record for the team.[10] Taufeeq was dismissed the next morning,leg before wicket toMahmudullah; Hafeez went on to score his fourth Test century, eventually falling for 143 runs. Pakistan continued to pile on the runs with another large partnership, a fifth-wicket stand of 259 runs betweenYounus Khan andAsad Shafiq over the Test's second and third days. Shafiq scored his first Test century before being dismissed for 104; Younus scored his third Test double century. Pakistan captainMisbah-ul-Haq declared with Younus not out for 200 and Pakistan at 594/5.[11]
Bangladesh, needing 459 runs simply to force Pakistan to bat again, improved on their first innings total, but were dismissed for 275. Nazimuddin top-scored with 78, whileShakib Al Hasan also scored a half-century (51 off 69 balls). Rehman took four wickets, giving him seven for the match.[12] Pakistan thus won by an innings and 184 runs. Younus was namedplayer of the match.[13]
17–21 December 2011 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Billy Doctrove (WI) andShavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match:Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) |
Bangladesh selectors droppedMohammad Ashraful from the team after scoring only one run in the first Test. BowlersNazmul Hossain andRobiul Islam were brought into the side; fellow pacemanRubel Hossain was ruled out due to a shoulder injury. Pakistan entered the Test with an unchanged team.[14][15]
Pakistan won the toss and again put Bangladesh in to bat. After their low first innings score in the first Test, Bangladesh's top order again fell quickly, sitting at 4/34 afterAizaz Cheema took three wickets. However,Shahriar Nafees andShakib Al Hasan combined for a 180-run partnership, a record fifth-wicket stand for Bangladesh. Shahriar, under pressure to retain his position in the team, scored 97.[16] By the end of the first day's play, Shakib had scored his second Test century.[17] Shakib was run out the next morning for his highest Test score of 144, before Bangladesh's tail was dismissed quickly, leaving the team all out for 338. Cheema andUmar Gul took three wickets each.[18]
Pakistan finished the second day of the test at 1/87.[18] The following day, their batsmen accumulated runs carefully, with six out of their top seven batsmen scoring at least 40.Taufeeq Umar was the stand-out, with 130. They batted into the fourth day of the match, being bowled out for 470, raising the prospect of a drawn result. Shakib followed up his century in Bangladesh's first innings by taking six of Pakistan's wickets, becoming his country's first player to score a century and take five wickets in an innings in the same Test.[19]
Bangladesh needed 132 runs to force Pakistan to bat again. They ended the fourth day of the match at 5/114, leaving Pakistan just five wickets from victory on the Test's final day.[19] A partnership between Bangladesh captainMushfiqur Rahim andNasir Hossain lasting for the whole of the day's first session gave Bangladesh hope for drawing the match, butAbdur Rehman andSaeed Ajmal's spin bowled Bangladesh out in the second session, leaving Pakistan needing just over 100 runs in fading light to win the match. Pakistan reached the target at a rate of over five runs per over, sealing a 2–0 series win. Shakib was named the player of the match.[20]