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Summary Pakistan cruised to 132-0 to trail Bangladesh by only three runs on the 1st innings of first test.
Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar smashed unbeaten half-centuries in little more than a session to further embarrass Bangladesh, which was all out for 135 just before tea.Hafeez was unbeaten on 74 off 116 balls and Umars 53 included seven boundaries.Pakistan has yet to taste defeat in its first test tour of Sri Lanka in nine years. It swept the one-day series 3-0 plus the one-off Twenty20.Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim used six bowlers in vain for a breakthrough at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Friday.Earlier, Abdur Rehman took 3-9 from less than seven overs, two of them maidens, and Saeed Ajmal 3-40 against Bangladesh.Umar Gul returned figures of 2-33 and Aizaz Cheema took 2-35 as Pakistans aggressive bowling prevented seven Bangladeshi from reaching double figures.Nasir Hossain topscored for Bangladesh with 41 and Mohammed Nazimuddin added 31.Pakistan won the toss and immediately made Bangladesh uncomfortable on the pitch, especially Cheema, who started with 2-12, dismissing opener Tamim Iqbal for 9 and Shahriar Nafees for a duck.Bangladesh was reduced to 28-4 in the 16th over and 52-5 by lunch. The recalled Mohammad Ashraful failed to shine and was out for 1.Mahmudullahs and Hossains 24-run partnership bridging lunch was the biggest for Bangladesh.Hafeez, who has one century in his on-off eight-year Pakistan test career, achieved his fourth half-century in his last five tests, while fellow opener Umar was more circumspect, taking 114 balls for his 53.
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