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UPDATE 1-Cricket-Debutant Amjad takes three wickets in an over

Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:01pm IST
 
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KARACHI, April 20 (Reuters) - Debutant leg-spinner Mansoor Amjad took three wickets in his only over to propel Pakistan to a 102-run win over Bangladesh in their Twenty20 international on Sunday.

Afters swamping the visitors 5-0 in the one-day series on Saturday, Pakistan were again in control, smashing their highest Twenty20 total of 203 for five and then bowling out Bangladesh for 101 in 16 overs.

It was the first Twenty20 international staged in Pakistan and the first international for Amjad who bowled just one over and took three wickets, dismissing Mahmudullah (2), Mashrafe Mortaza (2) and Shahadat Hossain (0).

Bangladesh crumbled after a swift start of 41 in five overs losing three middle-order batsmen to runouts.

Their top scorer was opener Mohammad Nazimuddin who fell in the 15th over after hitting three sixes in his 42 from 48 balls.

Bangladesh lost their last eight wickets for 37 runs in seven overs.

Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq was the outstanding batsman, remaining undefeated on 87 from 53 balls with three fours and five sixes.

Pakistan recovered from six for two after opener Salman Butt (1) was run out and his partner Kamran Akmal was bowled by Mortaza for a duck in the first over.  Continued...

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