DARWIN: Haseebullah kept Pakistan Shaheens on top during the 296-run pursuit against Bangladesh A on the third day of the second four-day match at the DXC Arena.
Fast bowler Mohammad Ali had a field day as he bagged a six-fer restricting Bangladesh A to 216 in the second innings.
Pakistan Shaheens require 160 more runs to win after they finished day three with 136-4 in 37 overs.
Skipper Sahibzada Farhan chipped in with a brisk 70-ball 68 hitting 10 fours and two sixes before getting out. He also shared a 96-run opening partnership with Haseebullah, who scored an unbeaten 44 runs.
Bangladesh A bowlers further removed Kamran Ghulam and Umar Amin for ducks to reduce Shaheens 100-3.
Mohammad Irfan Khan (15) was the last wicket to fall on the day before Tayyab Tahir (4) joined Haseeb on the crease. The duo will resume the batting for Shaheens on the last day with an uphill task of chasing 295 runs.
Rejaur Rehman Raja picked up two wickets while Hasan Murad and Mahmudul Hasan Joy dismissed one batter each.
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Earlier, Bangladesh A could only muster 132 more runs in 43.1 overs after continuing from their overnight total of 84-3 as they were bundled out for 216 in 70.1 overs with a 295-run lead. Mahmudul (65) and Aich Mollah (58) registered half-centuries.
Mahmudul was cleaned up by Ali in the 37th over breaking a 39-run fourth-wicket stand while Shadman Islam too fell prey to the Test fast bowler for an eight-ball duck three overs later.
With half the side back in the hut, Mollah and Shahadat Hossain (33) put on a vital 63-run sixth-wicket stand to help their team extend the lead.
Khurram Shahzad struck to remove Shahadat reducing Bangladesh A to 180-6 in 59.2 overs.
The remaining four wickets were poached by Ali in a marathon seven-over spell which began in the 59th over and culminated with his figures reading 6-63 in 24.1 overs.
The assault included a double strike in the 64th over claiming, Rejaur Rehman Raja (4) and Mahidul Islam (13) followed by the dismissal of well-set Mollah in the 69th over and Ripon Mondol in the 71st.
Among other bowlers, Khurram bagged three wickets while Faisal Akram had a solitary scalp to his name.
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