Pakistan eye win after pacer Afridi picks up 5 wickets

Openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique each hit unbeaten fifties to put Pakistan in a commanding position in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong yesterday.Set a target of 202, the visitors reached 109-0 at stumps on the fourth day and need only 93 runs on the final day.Ali was 56 not out at the end of play, adding to his first-innings score of 133, while debutant Shafique finished unbeaten on 53.“In Test cricket, a fourth day is very crucial,” said Shafique. “Our plan today was to restrict them for the lowest total possible so that we can easily chase it down. This is what we were trying and we were successful.”Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi earlier claimed 5-32 to help Pakistan bowl out Bangladesh for 157 runs in their second innings despite wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das making a fighting fifty.Resuming on 39-4, Bangladesh looked down and out once they lost Mushfiqur Rahim in the first over of the day, before Liton, who struck a hundred in the first innings, hauled the hosts back to respectability with 59 off 89 balls.Afridi trapped Liton leg-before and then had Abu Jayed out for a duck to complete his fourth five-wicket Test haul.Off-spinner Sajid Khan, who finished with 3-33, wrapped things up by dispatching Taijul Islam.The hosts had got off to a positive start with Mushfiqur hitting a boundary off the first ball of the morning, bowled by Hasan Ali.But two balls later he left a delivery that darted back in and departed for 16 after Hasan uprooted his off-stump.Liton joined overnight batsman Yasir Ali to prevent further collapse.ScoreboardBangladesh Ist innings 330 Pakistan Ist innings 286Bangladesh 2nd innings (overnight 39-4)Shadman Islam lbw b Afirid 1Saif Hasan c and b Afridi 18Hossain c Shafique b Afridi 0M Haque c Azhar b Hasan 0Mushfiqur Rahim b Hasan 16Yasir Ali retired hurt  36Liton Das lbw Afridi     59M Hasan lbw b Sajid 11N Hasan c Faheem b Sajid 15T Islam st Rizwan b Khan 0A Jayed c Rizwan b Afridi 0Ebadot Hossain not out 0Extras (b1) 1Total (all out; 56.2 overs) 157Fall of Wickets: 1-14 (Shadman), 2-14 (Najmul), 3-15 (Mominul), 4-25 (Shadman), 5-43 (Mushfiqur), 6-115 (Mehidy), 7-153 (Nurul), 8-157 (Liton), 9-157 (Jayed), 10-157 (Taijul)Bowling: Shaheen 15-8-32-5, Hasan 11-0-52-2, Faheem 8-3-16-0, Nauman 9-3-23-0, Sajid 13.2-1-33-3Pakistan 2nd inningsAbid Ali not out 56Abdullah Shafique not out 53Extras: 0Total: (no wickets, 33 overs) 109Bowling: Taijul 16-3-37-0, Ebadot 5-1-23-0, Mehidy 10-2-36-0, Jayed 2-0-13-0