Bangladesh Premier League: Barisal Burners v Khulna Royal Bengals – Match Update
Barisal Burners 125 v Khulna Royal Bengals 131 - Royal Bengals won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
In the seventh match of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League, Khulna Royal Bengals won their match against Barisal Burners by seven wickets on Monday, February 13, 2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
After winning the toss, Khulna chose to field first in a bid to restrict their opposition on a meagre tally.
The bowlers made early inroads as they managed to grab their first wicket at a time when Barisal Burners had not registered a single run on the board, as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Shehzad-c42359 fell without scoring a run.
Disaster struck when Burners lost the wicket of hard hitting batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, who departed after scoring just two runs. At the time of his wicket, the side had amassed only 13 runs on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184, was the third wicket to fall after he amassed 12 runs as Khulna bowlers wrecked havoc on the batting side.
With their top three batsmen back in the pavilion, Burners were in a spot of bother and needed someone to play a commendable innings to avoid a batting collapse which was seemingly evident as wickets were crumbling at random.
A 25-run knock by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mominul-Haque-c77642, eventually helped Burners post a decent tally of 125 runs on the board in 20 overs.
From Khulna, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Jayasuriya-c2567 grabbed two wickets each as they played a vital role in cracking the Burners batting line-up.
Needing 126 runs to win the match, Khulna launched their innings confidently before losing their first wicket on 36 runs when opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HH-Gibbs-c1549, fell after hammering an innings of 11 runs.
Number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401, then played an astounding knock of 58 runs to help his side inch closer to victory as Khulna reached the required target in 17.2 overs for the loss of three wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598, was later named as the Player of the Match for his resounding batting performance.
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