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Tigers go down fighting

Star Sport Monitor
Bangladesh produced their best batting performance of the year under lights at the Gaddafi Stadium in Laliore yesterday. But it was not enough for them to avoid a third successive defeat against Pakistan in the five-match series.
Chasing an improbable 309 for victory, the Tigers gave the hosts a run for their money, scoring 285-7, their third highest score ever, with Shakib Al Hasan cracking 75. But the game's turning point was definitely the wicket of opener Tamim Iqbal, who sparkled with 63 off 69 balls before failing to beat Fawad Alam's brilliant throw from the third man fence. Left-hander Tamim, who smashed eight boundaries, shared 90 for the second wicket with Aftab Ahmed. But once the two Chittagongians fell and captain Mohammad Ashraful was run out while chasing a single which was never there, Bangladesh's hopes faded.
But die visitors showed tremendous fighting sprit that was amiss in the first two games with Shakib whisking off to his seventh half-century and sharing a 59-run stand with Mahmudullan Riyad, who chipped in with 24. Then Mashrafe Bin Mortuza and wicketkeeper Dhiman Ghosh took 19 off Rao Iftikhar’s eighth over but the tight 48th over from Sohail Tanveer gave Pakistan the series victory.
AFP adds, earlier openers Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal scored centuries to punish a hapless Bangladesh attack and helped Pakistan reach 308-8 in the uay-night international.
Butt made a career-best 132 for his fifth one-day hundred while Akmal notched an entertaining 100 for his fourth as the home batsmen once again let loose on a flat pitch after they won the toss.
Butt and Akmal were in punishing mood right from the start as they shared an opening stand of 151 by the 24th over, hitting the bowlers to all corners of the park.
Akmal, who survived a confident leg-before appeal against paceman Mashrafe Mortaza when on one, was the fastest of the two, reaching his fifty off just 42 balls with the help of eight boundaries.
The 23-year-old Butt was steady, reaching his hundred off 106 balls with eleven boundaries and ensured Pakistan did not spoil a good start after losing Bazid Khan (two), Mohammad Yousuf (two) and Shahid Afridi (13) in quick succession.
Butt, who struck 15 boundaries in his 137-ball knock, added 80 runs for the fifth wicket with captain Shoaib Malik (33) and 30 with
Misbahul Haq (10) for the next before he was caught behind off Mashrafe in the penultimate over.
Pakistan brought in Fawad Alam, Sohail Khan and Bazid in place of Jamshed, Umar Gul and Younis Khan Bangladesh brought in paceman Shahadat Hossain in place of Syed Rasel. SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the Pakistan innings in the third one-day international against Bangladesh at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday.
PAKISTAN
Butte Dhiman b Mashrafe 132
Akmal bMahmudullah 100
Bazid run out 2
Yousuf st Ghosh b Shakib
Afridi c Mortaza b Shakib 13
Malik lbw b Reza 33
Misbahul cRazzakb Shahadat 10
Tanveer b Mashrafe 1
Fawad not out 2
Iftikhar not out 5
Extras: (Ib-2,nb-l,w-5) 8
Total: (For 8 wkts in 50 overs) 308
Did not bat Sohail Khan
Fall of wickets: 1-151,2-164,3-173. 4-187,5-267,6-297,7-298,8-299
Bowler O M R W
Mortaza 10 0 47 2
Shahadat 10 0 58 1
Reza 7 0 67 1
Razzak 6 0 40 0
Shakib 10 1 50 2
Mahmudullah 7 0 44 1
BANGLADESH
Tamim run out 63
Nafeesc Butt b Tan veer 0
Aftab c Akmal b Malik 42
Ashraful run out 16
Shakib b Afridi 75
Riyad b Iftikhar 24
Forhadst Akmal b Afridi 13
Mashrafe not out 15
Dhiman not out 18
Extras: (b-5, lb-3, nb-3, w-8)
Total: (For 7 wkts in 50 overs) 285 Did not bat Shahadat, Razzak.
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-113, 3-125, 4-153,5-212,6-245,7-250
Bowler O M R W
Tanveer 9 1 55 1
Sohail 10 0 43 0
Iftikhar 8 0 61 1
Afridi 10 0 48 2
Malik 7 0 38 1
Fawad 6 0 32 0
Result Pakistan won by 23 runs. Man-of-the match: Salman Butt.