Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group A at Gros Islet, May 01 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary

fuller this time, finally gets bat on ball towards cover and he gets a single. Pakistan have won!

refer to the commentary for the previous ball - this was an action replay

shades of Saqlain, the tail-ender Shuvo has no clue what it is doing and misses the zipping offies, with his across-the-linbe hoicks

sells him the dummy this time! Mortaza is down the track, but well short of the pitch of the ball, which slips past him and into Akmal's gloves who gleefully whips off the bails

shortens the length and gets turn and bounce from outside off. Mortaza swings and misses

full this time, and driven down to long on

slides down the leg, Akmal appeals for a catch down the leg, it may have made contact too, but Asoka de Silva calls wide

another near-perfect yorker, the batsman cannot connect well with the attempted scoop shot

good yorker to Mortaza, who can only feebly dig it out to mid on for a single

drives hard wide of mid off to turn the strike over

and another one bites the dust! Cool, calm death bowling and Bangladesh's batsmen are doing the rest as the noose tightens. This was short of a length on middle and the batsman goes for the swipe over the leg side, gets a top edge which balloons up to midwicket

driven without much power to cover, for a single. Bangladesh needs to find the ropes

Full on leg and middle, somehow squeezed down to fine leg, where Hafeez puts in a wonderful dive to save a run

hoicked down to long on for a single. Great recovery this over from Aamer after conceding four of the first ball, and one suspects Bangladesh have lost their last chance

well, he can get himself out, that's what! Ashraful lives by the sword, and also dies by the sword. Maybe the situation now needed him to manufacture a boundary, he hopped across towards off stump to look for a fine lap or pull shot, but it went too fine this time. Kamran, who's put down a couple, dives to his left and takes a beauty

stupendous yorker this time from Aamer, and this time Islam manages to get it down to mid on for a single. Two balls, what can Ashraful do?

another awry shot, he walks down the track and ends up too far from the full ball outside off and falls over as he tries to make contact.

can't make contact this time though. Looks to go over the off side again, he should try and turn the strike

great shot under pressure! Islam comes down the track, opens the off side and slashes over point for a crucial boundary

gets forward and drives to mid on for a single that will deny Ashraful strike for the first ball of the next over