World T20 cricket: Bangladesh v Pakistan as it happened

Kamran pokes a single past the bowler Shafiul Islam, leaving Jamshed the chance to apply the coup de grace - with four needed, he can only help a single off his legs. Kamran plays and misses, umpire Gould wiggles his hand as if to indicate that was close to being called a wide - and the next delivery is called as wide, for height. Two needed from nine balls, the field comes up and Kamran smashes a four back past the bowler as Pakistan win by eight wickets with eight balls to spare. It's their highest run chase in T20 internationals.

Can Pakistan do it this over? Razzak's back for his fourth over, Jamshed and Kamran help themselves to four singles, leaving themselves six to win. Kamran has a cheeky grin on his face, taking a single off the last ball - will he finish the game in style? Five needed from 12 balls.

Kamran Akmal is indeed the new batsman, Bangladesh have kept faith with Shakib's left-arm spin for the last of his four-over stint. Jamshed and Kamran push five successive singles, Kamran pushes the last ball defensively and although they need 45 from 30 balls to win the match, they only need nine from 30 to reach the Super Eights.

Shakib back on from the other end as Mushfiqur rotates his bowlers. Hafeez has been playing the supporting role here, but he's still bouncing along at a run a ball, the Pakistan pair are happy to push ones and twos this over and Hafeez has 44 from 45 balls, while Nazir has 66 from 33. And Prakash and Ramiz on TMS have noticed that Shakib is still unhappy with Abul Hasan for what he perceived as that fielding lapse a couple of overs ago.

Hafeez flicks Razzak for four past the diving mid-wicket fielder, to the delight of a Pakistan fan in some kind of a dark green superhero outfit (like a Pakistan version of "The Incredibles" if you remember them), then slams another four through the leg side as Razzak bowls too short again. Three more singles mean it's 11 from the over, and it won't be too long before I have to remove the "need 140 to qualify for the Super Eights" from the top of each over.

As Vic Marks on TMS suggests teams like Bangladesh could be called "outsiders" rather than "minnows", some very excited Pakistan fans are forming a human pyramid on one of the grassy bank. Careful there, chaps... Off-spinner Mahmudullah is Bangladesh's sixth bowler, Hafeez plunders a two and a single, Nazir blasts yet another four through the covers and a single brings up the century partnership - it's the first three-figure stand of the tournament. Hafeez nicks the strike with a leg bye.

Once more the umpires have to "shoo off" some 12th men bringing gloves and drinks out to the middle - Shakib replaces fellow SLA bowler Razzak in the attack but that's a horrid delivery as a rank half-tracker is launched for six over mid-wicket - that's fifty for Nazir from 25 balls, and it's the fastest half century at this tournament, quicker by one ball than Chris Gayle's against Australia. Nazir hoists a single towards the cover sweeper, and Shakib goes absolutely mental at the fielder who he thinks could have made an attempt to catch it - he'd have needed to be Superman to get that one, but it doesn't stop Shakib chuntering like Graeme Swann does whenever a fielder dares to be anything less than perfect off his bowling. A single takes Hafeez to 29, Nazir has 56 and this is a cake walk for Pakistan.

While Aggers is unhappy with the number of times drinks are being brought on, for what is supposed to be a quick 20-over innings (with the 12th man bringing a fielding helmet on and off being an excuse for drinks coming on, which inevitably waste time), right-arm seamer Abul Hasan is on as Bangladesh's fifth bowler. But once more Bangladesh bowl a bouncer which is smacked by Nazir for a first-bounce four. Nazir, on 49, tries to poke a single but a fumble behind the stumps by Cap'n Mushfiqur allows them to run a bye. Hafeez, playing the supporting role here, adds a two, and is then rather unimpressed when "Gunner" Gould doesn't signal a wideish delivery outside off stump as a wide.

Aggers and Vic on TMS inspect their copy of the team lists exchanged by the captains before the toss - apparently Mushfiqur Rahim's writing is all over the place ("Graphologists would have a lot of fun with that," notes Vic), while Mohammad Hafeez's is a little neater. Nazir and Hafeez exchange singles against Razzak, Nazir hoists his sixth four of the day over extra cover, before a two and a single take him to 45 from 20 balls.

The left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak is summoned to stem the flow of boundaries - we're still in powerplay, so he has his two permitted boundary riders at long-off and deep backward square leg. Razzak bowls a little short, but foxes Hafeez for a couple of deliveries, and when he tries to pierce the off-side field, there's a superb stop by Nasir Hossain at backward point which restricts them to a single. But Razzak lets himself down with a long-hop which Nazir blasts over point for a four which has a few Pakistan fans in the crowd waving their flags and high-fiving. A single takes him to 35 from 13 balls.

Hafeez fluently cover-drives Mortaza for four, with the sort of "expert timing" displayed by those cats who were fast as lightning, back in the day when everybody was kung-fu fighting. Play is held up by a chap walking in front of the sightscreen, Hafeez tips-and-runs a single, but a quieter over.

Captain Mohammad Hafeez gets Pakistan under way against the right-arm paceman Mashrafe Mortaza (who's one of a number of ex-skippers in the Bangladesh side), edging the first ball of the innings for four past the solitary slip. The third ball follows a similar route, that's a slightly more deliberate guide to third man for four. A single brings his partner Imran Nazir on strike, he's off the mark with a single.

Nasir does his job, steering Ajmal for a single to get Shakib on strike, the left-hander pushes a two to long-on before flicking a three down to fine leg as Imran Nazir gives chase and makes a sprawling stop on the boundary. Nasir rotates the strike again with a leg bye, Shakib moves to 83 with a single and what can Nasir do with the last ball of the over? He can spank it for four through extra-cover, that's what - ideal as it keeps Shakib on strike for the last over.

Umar Gul back into the attack, Shakib steps across and nudges a four off his legs, he tries another scoop shot as he walks across but gets an inside edge end it reaches the keeper on the bounce. A two takes him to 69, before he crashes a first-bounce four over square leg - his 73 is now the highest score by a Bangladesh batsman in a World Twenty20 tournament. Just for good measure, he cracks another four through the covers - 77 from 49 balls, a superb knock. How much of the strike can he get in the last two overs?

Saeed Ajmal back into the attack, Aggers on TMS thinks he'll bowl overs 17 and 19 to complete his spell. Nasir clubs a two down to Umar Akmal, who's patrolling down in the deep at long-on, before the right-hander runs a cheeky single, dropping the ball at his feet before scampering through to get Shakib on strike. Some fans in the crowd hold up a large toy dinosaur, who may even be Godzilla himself (or, for copyright reasons, another dinosaur who just looks a bit like Godzilla). Just ones and twos for Bangladesh this over, six from it.

Mahmudullah is the new batsman, but he's not on strike as they crossed on the catch - Shakib hoists a first-bounce four over extra cover.

A chance for fourth ump Richard Kettleborough to get on the field, as he brings on a smart black briefcase with some replacement balls, while Pakistan take the opportunity for an IPL-style "time-out" as Hafeez gives his fielders a brief pep-talk. Afridi is back on from the commentary box end, Shakib adds a single before Mushfiqur prods the ball into the covers and clearly has no intention of running, but that doesn't stop non-striker Shakib running at least halfway down the pitch, before having to turn sharply and regain his ground. Having "done" Tamim Iqbal earlier in this innings, Vic Marks on TMS mischievously asks what Shakib would be like batting with Nasser Hussain... Afridi bowls another wide, Mushfiqur pulls a shorter delivery for four, and three more singles mean it's nine off the over.

Shakib tries to steer Ajmal through third man, but is denied by a great stop by the diving Afridi at backward point. Ajmal needs to put the brakes on here, after a couple of singles Shakib aims another big blast through mid-wicket, the ball takes the top edge and sails into the air over the bowler's head but falls safely and they run one. Mushfiqur runs a leg bye, then Shakib swings and misses at the last ball, and Kamran Akmal whips the bails off for good measure, even though the batsman hadn't left his crease. I'm surprised Kamran isn't wearing a helmet to stand up to the stumps, considering that nasty eye injury which befell Mark Boucher and ended his career earlier this year.

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal into the attack as Pakistan's fifth bowler. Not only is he the all-time leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals with 64 victims, England fans may shudder at the mere mention of his name after he had most of their batsmen on toast in that Test series in the UAE at the start of this year. Shakib and Mushfiqur plunder a couple of singles and a two, then Shakib aims a bloodthirstly slog-sweep and gets a bottom edge between keeper Kamran Akmal's legs for four. A firmly-struck four through extra cover means the Tigers are still on course for an imposing score.

The bearded Afridi, soon to be back in action for Hampshire in the Champions League, is quickly through his overs. Mushfiqur slashes a well-run three down to third man, Shakib manages a single but Afridi otherwise keeps them tied down.

Hafeez has changed ends, and after dabbing a two, Mushfiqur unleashes a massive slog-sweep over mid-wicket and it goes for six - a great hit by the little keeper. A single takes him to 11 from eight balls, Shakib has 17 from 16.

As Aggers notices well-known Pakistan fan Chacha in the crowd - a colourful, bearded figure who seems to turn up wherever in the world they're playing and cheer them on - Shahid Afridi is into the attack with his rather fast leg breaks. Mushfiqur is off the mark with a single, the left-handed Shakib - who passed 1,000 runs in all Twenty20 cricket (as opposed to just T20 internationals) in that last over - rotates the strike with another. Afridi spins down a wide, we've had a few of those today, but only one more single means it's four from Afridi's over, which he'd probably have settled for.

Captain Mushfiqur Rahim in for the final ball of the powerplay, a chastened Shakib can't get it away.

Gul is taken out of the firing line as his first over cost 17 and Tamim is champing at the bit. Hafeez brings himself back on, he drops the ball as he attempts his first delivery but then drops one short and wide and Tamim gives it the treatment, slashing a four past backward point. He must be a difficult man to set a field to in a powerplay, as he flicks the next ball off his legs for four more. Four more singles off the remaining deliveries mean Tamim has 24 (from 12 balls), Shakib has four, and Bangladesh have posed a few problems here.

Former captain Ashraful is replaced by former captain Shakib Al Hasan who's in at three so we've got two lefties at the crease. Tanvir strays with another wide, Shakib goes aerial with a chip over extra cover ("possibly a nine-iron," notes Vic on TMS) and they run two. Good recovery by Tanvir, who was clearly stung by our last tweeter...

Right-arm paceman Umar Gul takes the third over. He's bowling a little earlier than he did in the 2009 World Twenty20 in England where he was very much a specialist "death bowler", often coming on as late as the 14th over to bowl the last four overs from one end. (Gul fans can watch his amazing five-wicket haul against New Zealand on the BBC Sport website). But he's not on the money early on against Tamim, who belts a four through mid-wicket, then misses with a cut shot as he steps back but the ball sails between keeper Kamran Akmal and the solitary slip and disappears for five wides. Looking like he's favouring the upper-cut to third man, Tamim misses again, but he then takes advantage when Gul offers a bit of width and slices him over backward point for four, before smacking a bouncer through mid-wicket for his third boundary of the over.

Tanvir, bowling his left-arm seam over the wicket, opens with a no-ball which Tamim smears to leg for a single. The "free hit" ball is outside off stump but the right-handed Ashraful steps across to scoop it over fine leg for four! It's a "ramp" shot more associated with the likes of Jos Buttler these days - but to be fair to Ashraful, he's been playing it for a few years now, before Buttler came on the scene - and Ashraful's equally adept to get down one knee and "frying-pan" it over his left shoulder in a manner not unlike the Dilscoop. But Tanvir recovers to send down four dot balls, having Ashraful fishing outside off stump on more than one occasion as he gets a bit of seam movement.

It's going to be Pakistan T20 captain Mohammad Hafeez to take the new ball with his orthodox right-arm off-spin. He's one of the top-rated bowlers in international limited-overs cricket despite being a batsman who bowls. Tamim Iqbal gets Bangladesh under way with a single. His partner Mohamad Ashraful is hit on the pad as he aims an expansive slog-sweep but when he does connect with the same shot. It skies high into the air but falls safely in front of the deep backward square leg boundary, and trickles over the rope for four. Hafeez moves a fielder there, so Ashraful aims a similar heave to leg, cunningly hitting the ball to where the fielder had just moved from! They run two.