Date-stamped : 12 Apr95 - 10:39
ASIA CUP 95: Bangladesh v Pakistan
Sharjah, 8 April 1995

Pakistan decimated Bangladesh by six wickets in  the  fifth  Asia
Cup  cricket  tournament  Saturday,  with Wasim Akram and Inzamam
ul-Haq playing key roles in the triumph.

Bangladesh, defeated for the third time, is  now   out   of   the
four-nation tournament, which also includes Sri Lanka and India.

Pakistan beat India by 97 runs Friday and awaited the  outcome of
the India-Sri Lanka encounter on Sunday to determine who plays in
next Friday`s final.

Akram and Haq tore apart the Bangladeshi attack  and  ended   the
match  with  a  total of 152 runs for the loss of four wickets in
just 29.4 overs.

They were replying to Bangladesh`s score of 151 for 8.

After Aamer Sohail had blitzed through with  six  boundaries   to
score  30  runs  in  29  balls,  paceman Saiful Islam tempted the
opener to loft a short-pitched delivery  to  Naimur Rahman,   who
made no mistake.

Saeed Anwar (18) and Ghulam Ali (38)   followed,   both   helping
Pakistan to 106.

Haq steadied the innings with 29 runs in 34 balls,  but  not  be-
fore seeing Asif Mujtaba being bowled for a duck by Athar Ali.

Akram came on after the fall of Mujtaba`s  wicket   and   pulver-
ized  the  opposition,  slamming 30 runs in 23 balls, including 3
boundaries and 2 sixes. The last hit over the fence completed the
Bangladeshi rout.

Earlier, a fifth-wicket partnership of 72 runs   was   the   only
redeeming factor of the Bangladeshi team, which lost four wickets
in 10.3 overs for just 19 runs.

Khalid Masud stuck an unbeaten 27 to  help  Bangladesh   complete
their full quota of 50 overs.

Source :: AP Worldstream
<END> Contributed by Ram.Krishnan (rkrishna@garnet.acns.fsu.edu)