Post-Day Thread: Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Only Test at Mirpur, Day 3

In yesterday's post-day thread I said that this match was now pretty clearly heading in only one direction, and nothing has changed on that front. Bangladesh continued charging on with the bat, putting on 425/4 before declaring, with an unbeaten 121 for Mominul Haque, as well as Najmul Shanto registering twin tons with a 124 today to go with his 146 in the first innings. Zakir Hasan made up for a poor first innings with 71 in the second dig, but fell short of a century after being run out going for a third that wasn't really on.

With the declaration coming about halfway through the day's final session, Afghanistan had little to play for beyond pride with the 661-run target being insurmountable, especially after a first ball golden duck with Ibrahim Zadran being trapped in front LBW by a ball that was just on line with leg stump. Things didn't improve much with Abdul Malik getting caught for just 5 in the next over, and 3 overs laters Hashmatullah Shahidi retiring hurt after copping a Taskin Ahmed bouncer into the helmet.

Afghanistan end the day on 45/2, with it being unclear on if Hashmatullah can return to play tomorrow - so they may be effectively 3 wickets down. At this stage it's just a matter of when tomorrow the match will be wrapped up.