Yasir Hameed completed his second hundred on his Test debut to make cricket history and help Pakistan complete a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh on the fifth day of the first Test at the National Stadium on Sunday. It was the 21st defeat for Bangladesh in 22 Tests but only the third time that they had taken one into the fifth day. SCOREBOARD Bangladesh (1st Innings): 288 Pakistan (1st Innings): 346 Bangladesh (2nd Innings): 274 Pakistan (2nd Innings): Mohammad Hafeez b Mohammad Rafique 50; Taufiq Umar c Rajin Saleh b Tapash Baisya 4; Yasir Hameed b Mohammad Rafique 105; Inzamam-ul-Haq not out 35; Yousuf Youhana not out 15; Extras (lb7, w1): 8; Total (for 3 wkts): 217 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-144, 3-170 Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 18-4-62-0, Tapash Baisya 11-1-34-1, Khaled Mahmud 6-3-8-0, Mohammad Rafique 26-6-61-2, Alok Kapali 2-0-10-0, Rajin Saleh 2-0-12-0, Sanwar Hossain 5-1-23-0. Bangladesh managed totals of 288 and 274 in their innings to which Pakistan responded with 346 and 217 for three with Yasir Hameed scoring 170 and 105 runs The two hundreds from the 25-year-old newcomer from Peshawar made him only the second man in test history to score centuries in both innings of his debut Test. Before him only West Indian Lawrence Rowe had scored 214 and 100 against New Zealand at Kingston, Jamaica in 1971-’72. Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif praised Hameed whom he described as a batting find for the country. “I don’t think even he realises the feat he has accomplished in this match. But he batted beautifully and it helped us win the test.”, he said. Debutant Hafeez scored his first half century in Test cricket, compiling exactly 50 runs from 151 balls and in 218 minutes before he was bowled through the gate by Rafique with the total on 144.
