Butt's record ton leads Pakistan to clean sweep

KARACHI (Reuters) - A record-breaking century by opener Salman Butt propelled Pakistan to a crushing 150-run win over Bangladesh in the fifth and final one-dayer on Saturday.

Pakistan completed a 5-0 series sweep after amassing 329 for nine, their highest total against Bangladesh, and bowling the visitors out for 179 in 40.5 overs.

Butt's 136, his second hundred in five matches, gave him the record for most runs (451) scored by a Pakistani in a bilateral series and by any one-day international batsman in a five-match series.

He comfortably surpassed the previous best of 405 by compatriot Mohammad Yousuf in a five-match series against Zimbabwe in 2003.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf witnessed the final overs as Pakistan took their record winning streak in one-dayers to 11, with 10 coming against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh's batsmen were undone by the new ball on Saturday.

Mohammad Asif took three quick wickets, including two in successive balls in his third over, to reduce Bangladesh to 23 for four.

Captain Mohammad Ashraful made his highest score of the series (30) before his soft dismissal in the 14th over opened the floodgates again.

Asif had opener Junaid Siddique caught at gully by Butt for six and next ball trapped Aftab Ahmed lbw for a duck.