The teams that did not make it – Part 16 – ICC World Cup 2011
The home side though did not get off to the best of starts, as opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 was bowled, in just the fourth ball of the first over.
Imrul Kayes and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahriar-Nafees-c2486 who put in a similar 37 run knock that resulted in the match
being firmly in the Bangladeshi side.
In the end Imrul Kayes’ 73 run unbeaten knock was the highlight of a triumphant scoring chase by the Bangladeshi team as they beat the Dutch side with a six wicket win.
The performance had the entire nation talking of Bangladesh having a real chance of making it to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Though qualification was not completely in the hands of the Bangladeshi team, as it depended on results elsewhere,
they knew that a win in their final match of the group stage would help their cause.
An entire nation was watching and praying as their side faced, the Number one ranked One Day International team in the world, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
The South African batsmen did not make it easy for the Bangladeshi bowlers after the latter lost the toss and were put to field in the first innings. Three South African batsmen reached their half centuries as the Proteas put up an intimidating total of
284 runs in 50 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
The Bangladeshi bowlers had been punished by the South African batsmen as three bowlers went for more than six runs per over, with Shaiful Islam going for an astounding 8.80 runs per over with the ball.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 now had a mountain to climb if they wanted to keep their hopes of playing in the quarter-finals
of the ICC World Cup 2011 alive.
In what can only be referred to as a ‘dismal’ performance by the Bangladeshi batsmen in the second innings, the home side failed to get more than 78 runs on the board. The batting performance was humiliating for the fans. That marked the end of Bangladesh’s
participation in the World Cup in embarrassing fashion.
Bangladeshi Captain Shakib Al Hasan’s 30 runs was the only player in the entire side that managed to reach double figures as the rest of the team imploded. The humiliation ended in the 28th over when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053 was bowled by Jimmy Peterson and
the final nail in Bangladesh’s World Cup coffin was in place.
The host nation had a mixed tournament as they went from a historic win against England and showed they were the stronger of the two sides when they took on the Irish and the Dutch but in the end they narrowly missed out on a quarter-final place.
Tied with England on six points, the Bangladeshi team’s lower run rate meant that it was the English, not them who would go on to the last eight stage of the tournament.
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