Pakistan beat Bangladesh to reach final
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Pakistan beat Bangladesh by three wickets Tuesday to reach the Asia Cup final, reports AFP.
Bangladesh's highest-ever one-day international score of 326-3 was built around a brilliant 132-ball 100 by opener Anamul Haque before Pakistan chased down the target in 49.5 overs with a fighting 103 by Ahmed Shehzad and a firey 25-ball 59 by Shahid Afridi.
Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.
Earlier, Bangladesh crossed three hundred marks in ODI cricket history on five occasions -- 320 and 313 runs against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 2009, 309 against New Zealand in Fatullah in 2013, 301 against Kenya in Bogra in 2006 while 300 against UAE in Lahore in 2008.
Fawad Alam made 74.
Pakistan will meet Sri Lanka in Saturday's final.