da bet7： Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan hit strokeful centuries as Pakistanfeasted on Bangladesh’s mediocre attack in the second and finalcricket Test here Thursday
18-Jan-2002Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan hit strokeful centuries as Pakistanfeasted on Bangladesh’s mediocre attack in the second and finalcricket Test here Thursday.Youhana was unbeaten on 174 and Younis made 119 as Pakistan, replyingto Bangladesh’s meagre 148, ran up 429-7 in their first innings atstumps on the second day.Saqlain Mushtaq was keeping Youhana company on seven when stumps weredrawn at the M.A. Aziz Stadium here.Pakistan, leading by 281 runs with three wickets in hand, are set towrap up the match in quick time and sweep the short series 2-0.While Younis’s fourth Test century helped Pakistan consolidate at thestart, Youhana ensured the tourists ended the day in total control.Younis, 47 overnight, went on to strike 20 boundaries during his fourhour stay at the crease. He was joined in two useful partnerships of87 for the second wicket with opener Taufiq Umer and 67 for the thirdwith Inzamam-ul-Haq.Younis was caught at mid-wicket by Mehrab Hossain off Fahim Muntasirwhen he failed to keep a drive down. But there was no respite forBangladesh as Youhana batted more than two sessions untroubled by paceor spin.The versatile middle-order batsman has so far hit 31 boundaries and asix in his 203-ball innings.Seamer Mohammad Sharif and off-spinner Fahim Muntasir were the onlybowlers to make an impression, sharing six wickets.Muntasir, playing only his second Test, claimed his first Test victimwhen he had Inzamam caught at slip by Aminul Islam for 30.Aminul had also caught Taufiq for 47 off Sharif, who later bowledAbdur Razzaq with a fine yorker.Pakistan won both their previous Tests against Bangladesh by massivemargins.