Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday on April 20 by
The Pakistan top order set up a 201 total for the second straight time and seven of the eight bowlers took wickets to dismiss Bangladesh for 144 in 19 overs.Pakistan won the first match by 37 runs on Wednesday and will look for a clean sweep in the final game at the same Lahore venue on Sunday.
Tanzid Hasan scored all 32 runs in the first two overs of the chase but was out for 33 to a stunning reflex catch at short fine leg by Abrar Ahmed.By the end of the powerplay, Bangladesh was 54-3 and reeling from some splendid catches.Abrar trapped Towhid Hridoy and Jaker Ali leg before wicket off successive sharp googlies.
At the halfway mark, Bangladesh was 78-7 and the inevitable was delayed only by No. 9 batter Tanzim Hasan Sakib, whose 50 off 31 was his maiden T20 half-century. He was the last man out as fast bowler Shoriful Islam couldn’t bat after pulling up with a groin injury in his first over.Sahibzada Farhan starred with the bat in only his 10th T20 since his debut six years ago. He smashed 74 off 41 balls.
Farhan lost the selectors’ favor after four consecutive single-digit scores against Australia last year in the T20 series. But he forced his way back by topping the batting chart in the recent Pakistan Super League.
He got an opportunity after first-choice opener Fakhar Zaman was rested for Friday’s game. Luck favored Farhan when he was dropped off the third ball of the match before he scored.LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s anti-immigration Chega party notched
on Wednesday after it was assigned the second-most seats in parliament — meaning it will become the head of the parliamentary opposition to the new government.That shatters the pattern of Portugal’s center-right and center-left mainstream parties alternating between heading a government or leading the opposition.
Chega’s strides since thecoincide with gains elsewhere by far-right forces. In Europe, those include France’s National Rally, the Brothers of Italy and Alternative for Germany, which are now in the political mainstream.