Bangladesh v Bangladesh Cricket Board XI – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 (Warm-up match) – Match Update
In what might be an ill omen of things to come, Bangladesh found themselves conceding a 5-wicket defeat at the hands of the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, in a warm-up match prior to their upcoming ODI series against the touring West Indies side, played at
the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on November 27.
The BCB XI won the toss and elected to field first, but barring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160 (9) failed to rack up the runs,
as did http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 (32) all managed to pass the 30-run mark, they were unable to apply themselves at the crease for long.
The BCB XI’s bowlers were led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Ahmed-c46454 (6-0-39-1), and Al-Amin Hossain (10-0-44-1) serving as supporting bowlers. The attack managed to reduce their opponents to 194 for 5 by the 37th
over – however, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Razzak-c41688 (9*) were unable to do much, but Ayub led his
side up to a decent 272 for 8 by the end of 50 overs.
Bangladesh’s bowlers, however, failed to launch an effective defence of their total. All-rounder Mahmudullah (7-0-27-2) remained the highest wicket-taker, while the specialist bowlers appeared to lack potency. Senior left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak did not
seem to pose any difficulties for the BCB XI batsmen, and only managed to claim one wicket, as did http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abul-Hasan-c41857 and Sohag Gazi.
The BCB XI’s opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mominul-Haque-c77642 (45), and skipper Asif Ahmed (34). By the 38th over, the team was at 188 for 5, but Ziaur
Rahman took charge with a composed 51*, and his unbeaten 86-run partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Farhad-Reza-c56788 (38*) led them easily to 274, with 5 wickets and 5 balls remaining.
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