Bangladesh Premier League: Chittagong Kings v Barisal Burners – Match Update
Barisal Burners 125 v Chittagong Kings - Chittagong Kings won by 8 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, Chittagong Kings beat Barisal Burners by eight wickets in the 13th match of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Kings, after winning the toss, chose to field first as they wanted to restrict their opposition on a meagre tally to give their batsmen a comfortable total to chase.
On the other hands, Burners, after giving a poor show in their previous outing were seeking redemption in Thursday’s fixture.
Burners, ace openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 gave an impressive show as they hammered the bowlers all around the park, providing an opening stand of 39 runs, before the hard hitting, Gayle, had to retire after smashing 30 runs off just 16 deliveries.
The loss of Gayle – who was looking in spectacular form – was an obvious loss for the team as it gave Chittagong an opportunity to squeeze the flow of runs.
With 43 runs on the board, Burners lost the wicket of Shehzad, who departed after making only seven runs, this short innings by the opener was a disappointment as after the demise of Gayle, Burners were relying on the young batsman to get them through.
In the middle, it was only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 who gave the opposition some sort of resistance while the rest of the batsmen failed to counter the bowling attack they were up against.
With 107 runs on the board, Hodge lost his wicket after smashing a 38-run knock, and later the side posted 125 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs, giving Kings a decent total to chase.
Chittagong Kings took off to a flying start as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jahurul-Islam-c1624 crafted a stupendous opening stand of 97 runs, before Islam lost his wicket after playing an innings of 41 runs.
Meanwhile, Jamshed, played a staggering knock of 81 runs and stayed unbeaten to help his side successfully chase the total in 12.4 overs, for the loss of only two wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamshed-c66276, was later named as the Player of the Match for his match winning performance.
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