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PAK win 2 - 0 PAK gains 7 points; BAN loses 7 points
Draw 1 - 1 BAN gains 8 points; PAK loses 8 points
BAN win 2 - 0 BAN gains 23 points; PAK loses 23 points
Dhaka
09 - 11 January 2002
Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first. Bangladesh started the morning as if they were playing a one-day game and after five overs they had 30 runs. By lunch they had scored 103 runs, however, they were missing Mehrab Hossain (11), Al Sahariar (18) and Ashraful (27) so Pakistan probably felt the decision to field was worth while. The scoring rate slowed during the afternoon and Bangladesh took the total to 140 before losing Aminul (25) shortly before drinks. From there, they self-destructed. Waqar dismissed Bashar (53) and Mashud (0) in successive balls at 6 for 146 and then in his next over he dismissed Sanwar Hossain (3) and Muntasir (0) at 8 for 147. Waqar went on to dismiss Sharif and Haque for ducks leaving Bangladesh all out for 160 at tea, having lost their last six batsmen for 20 runs. Waqar was the best of the bowlers with 6 for 55 off 16.2 overs. Pakistan made a good start to their first innings and took the total to 100 before Bangladesh revived their chances by dismissing Kabir (55) and Younis Khan (0). Shortly before stumps Umar (53) fell and when play ended, Pakistan held the advantage at 3 for 126 needing only a further 34 runs to erase the deficit.
Bangladesh began the second day by donating a life to Youhana before adding to his overnight score of 14. Night watchman Saqlain Mushtaq (9) was not as lucky when he was trapped in front later in the session at 4 for 162. By lunch, Pakistan was 4 for 215 with a lead of 55 runs. Bangladesh ran out Youhana (72) in the first over after lunch, however, Pakistan added 131 runs in the session without further loss to be 5 for 346 at tea. Bangladesh claimed the wickets of Rashid Latif (94) in the hour before stumps and was able to slow the run rate marginally. At stumps, Abdur Razzaq had passed his century and Pakistan was in complete control at 6 for 436 with an overall lead of 276 runs.
Pakistan continued adding to what inevitably would become a match winning lead on the third morning. Bangladesh kept their dimming hopes alive by dismissing Abdur Razzaq (134), Waqar Younis (8) and an ill Inzamam (43) before Pakistan declared at 9 for 490. Enamul Haque had the best figures with 4 for 136 off 39.4 overs. Bangladesh needed to make 330 runs merely to force Pakistan to bat again. They took the total to 38 before losing both Mehrab Hossain (19) and Habibul Bashar (0) in consecutive deliveries. After that, the wicket fell at regular intervals with Mohammad Ashraful (22), Aminul Islam (11) the only other top order player to reach double figures. In fact, the bottom order scored the majority of the runs with Al Sahariar (21) coming in at number 7, Enamul Haque (19), Fahim Muntasir (33) and Mohammad Sharif (11) reaching double figures. Eventually Bangladesh was all out for 152 runs in 43.4 overs. Danish Kaneria was the best of the bowlers with 7 for 77 off 19.4 overs as Pakistan won by an innings and 178 runs.
Second Test
Chittagong
16 - 18 January 2002
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan dismissed Al Sahariar (13) and Javed Omar (17) in a slow scoring first session and at lunch Bangladesh was 2 for 57. Pakistan the bowled out the remaining Bangladesh team during the afternoon session for a total of 148 runs. Mehrab Hossain (16), Aminul Islam (25) and Khaled Mashud (28) all got starts but were unable to build an innings of significance. The other batsmen contributed little. Saqlain Mushtaq was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 35 off 16.4 overs. Pakistan began their reply after tea and lost Kabir (4) early on. By stumps, Pakistan was 1 for 99 with a deficit of 49 runs and in complete control of the Test.
Bangladesh broke through in the second over of the second morning to dismiss Umar (47) before a run had been scored. Pakistan then continued where they left off the previous evening and ploughed past the Bangladeshi first innings total of 148. Bangladesh took the wicket of Inzamam (30) leading up to the lunch break and when lunch was taken, Pakistan was 3 for 184. After lunch, Younis Khan passed his fourth Test century before holing out for 119 runs at 4 for 236 and soon afterwards Razzaq (18) was out at 5 for 274. By tea, Pakistan had extended their lead by 145 runs and was 5 for 293. The Pakistanis, perhaps feeling they already had enough runs to win, swung freely during the evening session. While losing Latif (15) and Waqar Younis (10), they added 135 more runs to be 7 for 429 with Youhana not out on 174 and in a seemingly invincible position.
Pakistan continued on long enough for Youhana (204*) to both pass his second double century and his previous best innings of 203 against New Zealand. During this time, Bangladesh dismissed Saqlain Mushtaq (7) and Shoaib Akhtar (2). The declaration came at 9 for 465 giving Bangladesh the task of making 318 runs just to avoid an innings defeat. Mohammad Sharif was the best of the bowlers for Bangladesh with 4 for 98 off 35.5 overs.
Bangladesh had to face a 40-minute session before lunch and began badly by losing Javed Omar (0) in the first over. Pakistan then went on to dismiss Mehrab Hossain (14) and Al Sahariar (8) before Bangladesh limped to lunch at 3 for 39. The afternoon session saw Bashar (51) bring up his ninth Test fifty. However, the loss of Aminul Islam (2), Bashar himself, Sanwar Hossain (30), Enamul Haque (9) and Fahim Muntasir (2) left Bangladesh 8 for 147 at tea. Pakistan wrapped it all up in two overs after tea to dismiss Bangladesh for 148 runs, again. Waqar Younis (4 for 36 off 8.5 overs) and Shoaib Akhtar (4 for 48 off 11 overs) shared the bowling honours as Pakistan won by an innings and 169 runs.
