Mohammad Ashraful top-scored with 56 — but even he must be getting tired now of being captain and one-man batting-order in a game expected to be played by eleven. If he keeps it up, he might even get an IPL contract next year, but as of now, Bangladesh have an even bigger task at hand if they want to sustain interest in the ODI format.

Scoreboard

Pakistan: S Butt c Hasan b Kapali 70, K Akmal c Rahim b Mahmud 25, Y Khan run out 0, M Yousuf c Razzak b Kapali 59, S Afridi c Nafees b Kapali 20, S Malik b Razzak 9, Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Mortaza 39, F Alam c Iqbal b Mortaza 2, S Tanvir c Nafees b Razzak 2, U Gul not out 0, W Riaz lbw b Razzak 0

Extras (w-6, lb-1) 7, Total (all out, 39.3 overs) 233

FoW: 1-75, 2-75, 3-140, 4-170, 5-179, 6-227, 7-229, 8-232, 9-233

Bowling: Mortaza 7-0-36-2, Hossain 6-0-46-0, Mahmud 4-0-27-1, Razzak 7.3-0-35-3, Mahmudullah 7-0-39-0, Kapali 8-0-49-3

Bangladesh: T Iqbal c Akmal b Afridi 29, S Nafees c Akmal b Riaz 9, M Ashraful not out 56, S Hasan c Khan b Riaz 8, A Kapali b Afridi 0, M Rahim c Tanvir b Afridi 15, Mahmudullah b Gul 7, M Mortaza c Akmal b Gul 0, D Mahmud b Riaz 0, A Razzak not out 26

Extras (w-12, nb-1) 13; Total (8 wkts, 40 overs) 163

FoW: 1-35, 2-49, 3-62, 4-67, 5-98, 6-118, 7-118, 8-121

Bowling: U Gul 7-1-28-2, S Tanvir 8-0-41-0, W Riaz 7-2-22-3, S Afridi 8-1-19-3, F Alam 6-0-34-0, S Butt 3-0-19-0, Y Khan 1-1-0-0