Bangladesh kick off European tour with a resounding win - Cricket News Update
Bangladesh thumped Ireland by 71 runs in the opening game of the three match T20 series at Belfast, on Wednesday. This victory gives the tourists a one-nil lead in the series.
Irish Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740 helped themselves to an opening stand of 35 runs in just five overs.
Ashraful’s departure in the fifth over brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559 to the crease, who smashed the Irish bowlers all around the park.
Ominous signs continued to greet the Irish as Iqbal and Shakib managed to stage an astonishing 94-run stand for the second wicket in just 12 overs. Shakib Al http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 went on to make 57 runs off 33 balls, which included 9 boundaries. Tamim Iqbal departed for
a run-a-ball 31 off the bowling of Paul Stirling. The solid foundation laid by the openers was later supplemented by late order fireworks from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 and Zia Ur Rehman, of which the latter went on to score 40 runs off just 17 deliveries, with 5 monstrous
sixes on debut.
The Irish bowling figures continued to suffer as 36 runs were milked in the last four overs, giving Bangladesh a final total of 190. Ireland’s most successful bowler was part timer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200, who managed to pick up 2 wickets for 38 runs off 4 overs.
The Irish reply got off to a good start before Paul Stirling was run out for four in the fifth over. William Porterfield’s 26 runs with two sixes gave the Irish some sort of hope, but Bangladesh kept on making inroads into their fragile middle-order. Elias
Sunny managed to pick up two crucial wickets of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417 and Niall O’ Brien, leaving the hosts reeling at 56-4 in the ninth over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Francis-Mooney-c67825
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AR-Cusack-c1075. His blows deprived Wilson of much needed support in bringing some sort of respectability to the final total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 eventually unfolded to 119 for 8 wickets and lost the game by 71 runs. Elias Sunny was the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers with figures of 5 wickets for 13 runs, and eventually became the Man of the Match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abul-Hasan-c41857 were making their T20 debuts. Their contributions were instrumental in ensuring that Bangladesh ended up as victors. The next game between the two teams will take place at the same venue on 20th July.
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