Feeble Bangladesh are overwhelmed

Bangladesh 160 & 152 Pakistan 490-9 dec Pakistan win by an innings and 178 runs

The Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria took seven wickets as Bangladesh slumped to yet another heavy defeat here yesterday. The newest Test-playing nation have struggled to adapt to the highest level and this defeat was their sixth innings loss in their 10th Test match.

In the only previous Test meeting between the two countries, in Multan last August, Pakistan won by an innings and 264 runs.

It was a match in which five Pakistani batsmen scored centuries while Kaneria snared 12 wickets.The 21-year-old took 7 for 77 off 19.4 overs yesterday as Pakistan stormed to victory inside three days.

In front of dwindling crowds, frustrated at Bangladesh's inability to compete, Kaneria took charge, with the Bangladeshi batsmen unable to cope with his turn and variation.

Openers Mehrab Hossain and Mohammad Ashraful began resolutely before Kaneria made an immediate impact, taking two wickets in consecutive deliveries.

The rot set in with Abdur Razzaq, fresh from a superb 134, claiming Ashraful for 22 and then Aminul Islam either side of Kaneria's third wicket.

Fahim Muntasir hit 33 from 54 balls, but when he was caught off Kaneria, Bangladesh's misery, and Pakistan's victory, was complete.