It was a somewhat incongruous sight on day one in Brisbane: a West Indies legend attending a Test between Australia and Pakistan. Had Sir Garry Sobers, currently on a speaking tour in Australia, stayed at the Gabba a few days more, he would have witnessed Asad Shafiq break a 43-year-old record set by Sobers himself.As Asad steered the tail and led Pakistans fightback in a marathon final session on day four, he also passed Sobers tally of eight centuries from No. 6.The technically proficient Shafiq, who had never batted at six before making his Test debut, has made the most of his position down the order, becoming something of a specialist at guiding the bowlers through difficult periods at the crease.He always batted brilliantly with the tail, his team-mate Azhar Ali said after play. He always loved to bat up the order, but he performed for us at number six. Especially scoring [nine] centuries at number six is not easy.Our lower order didnt really have very good averages, but he bats with them very well and he scored [nine] hundreds, its a very special achievement. He has scored a lot of runs also, hes averaging 40-plus, which is a very good achievement.It seemed as though the chance to break Sobers record had passed Shafiq by when he was promoted up the order for Pakistans fourth Test against England in August and scored a century from No. 4. But the emergence of Babar Azam, combined with his own form tapering off, meant Shafiq moved back to his original Test batting position.Hes a special player. Ive always rated him as a very fine player, because batting at No. 6 is never easy, Azhar said. But as a team plan, he started batting [up the order], but again the team manager thinks that this is our best combination. As team players we always are willing to play wherever our team needs. Hes a brilliant player who can bat at any number. Hopefully he gets his number soon.He bats at number six really well. He could be probably better than any of us [there]. Thats probably the reason he got back at number six. Sometimes you have to make decisions according to the situation, according to the team plan. Thats why I went to open the batting, because of the requirement of the team. Its a team game, so were all happy with what the team demands of us.Pakistans chase so far - described by the Australia bowling coach, David Saker, as heroic - could hardly have been foreseen by the most optimistic of their supporters, given how fragile they appeared in the first innings. Azhar said Mickey Arthur and Misbah-ul-Haq had instilled confidence in their players, telling them to take the fight to the Australians.Before we started today, the discussion was to back ourselves, and back our ability to score runs in these conditions, Azhar said. First innings, it didnt go to plan and you can easily doubt your techniques and ability to score runs in these conditions.But the message from the captain and the coach was to back yourself. I think everyone batted with a lot of determination and a lot of skills. As a unit, were really happy how this day has gone.Its never easy to chase that big a total, but we certainly made a very good effort, especially the way Younis Khan batted - he came back into form, which is very important; hes a senior player and is always there to perform for us.Asad was struggling for runs and he came back with a bang and in the dressing room we really enjoyed his innings and the way he batted. It was a really special knock. Also special contributions from Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz, the way they showed the determination. 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Chittagong Vikings 135 for 5 (Tamim 66*, Jahurul 22) beat Khulna Titans 131 for 8 (Mahmudullah 42, Khan 2-16) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsTamim Iqbal withstood Khulna Titans efficient bowling attack to guide Chittagong Vikings to their fifth win in a row. The Chittagong captain was unbeaten on 66 off 59 balls which included eight fours and one six.The five-wicket win, with eight balls to spare, put them on 12 points, level with Dhaka Dynamites and Khulna Titans.Chittagong had suffered a top-order collapse after Chris Gayle fell in the fifth over. Anamul Haque and Shoaib Malik were run out before Zakir Hasan was stumped in the 11th over, thus reducing Chittagong to 64 for 4, after being comfortably placed at 39 for no loss in the fifth over.Tamim and Jahurul Islam stopped the rot with a 37-run fifth-wicket stand before the latter gave short midwicket a simple catch after making 22. He left when Chittagong needed 31 off the last four overs. 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