It was a difficult call really - the shot that got Tamim out I mean. Zaheer was reversing the ball and that one could have come in or left him. It was dropped at a perfect line and length for him to draw his front foot out and play at it. I'd say Zaheer got everything right with that delivery.
It's Zunaed who shouldn't have had a poke at the one that he nicked - that was pitched too full and wide of off stump for it to nip back enough to hit the stumps even if he had left it alone.
Sending the nightwatchman in was the right decision. Ashraful saw off the last couple of overs like a nightwatchman should, did a good job of handing the strike to the better batsman and made sure he didn't get out, which would render sending him in useless.
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