Bangladesh beat Hong Kong in 9th place deciding ICC U-19 WC
Monday, 25 January 2010
Bangladesh managed a four-wicket victory over Hong Kong in a consolation 9th place deciding play-off match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the Mclean Park in Napier Sunday, reports UNB.
Earlier, Bangladesh made an early exit from the main battle of Under-19 World Cup conceding a four-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the penultimate ball thriller and a frustrating one-run defeat against West Indies despite making good start beating Papua New Guinea by five wickets in Group D matches.
Bangladesh will meet Papua New Guinea again on Tuesday (Jan 26) in another place-deciding play-off match at the Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North.
In the day's match, batting first after winning the toss, Hong Kong were all out for 156 in 49 overs with number six batsman Nizakat Khan scoring 56 runs off 90 balls that featured two fours and a six.
Besides, opener VVV Gope (26), Waqas Barkat (25) and Irfan Ahmed (22) were the other main scorers for Hong Kong.
Shaker Ahmed grabbed four Hong Kong wickets for 26 runs in his 10-over spell with a maiden and was adjudged man of the match. Shabiir Rahman and Kamrul Islam Rabbi claimed two wickets each for 26 and 31 runs respectively.
Chasing an easy target, Bangladesh lost six wickets to score match-winning 157 runs in 153 minutes with 56 balls remaining (40.4 overs).
Two down batsman Mominul Haque made team highest 35 runs off 51 balls with three fours.
Besides, opener Anamul Haque (23), Shabbir Rahman (22), skipper Mahmudul Hasan (21), Tasamul Haque (not out 17) and Alauddin Babu (19) were the other notable contributors for Bangladesh.
Aditya Kanthan and Irfan Ahmed took two wickets each for 21 and 29 runs respectively.
Earlier, Bangladesh made an early exit from the main battle of Under-19 World Cup conceding a four-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the penultimate ball thriller and a frustrating one-run defeat against West Indies despite making good start beating Papua New Guinea by five wickets in Group D matches.
Bangladesh will meet Papua New Guinea again on Tuesday (Jan 26) in another place-deciding play-off match at the Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North.
In the day's match, batting first after winning the toss, Hong Kong were all out for 156 in 49 overs with number six batsman Nizakat Khan scoring 56 runs off 90 balls that featured two fours and a six.
Besides, opener VVV Gope (26), Waqas Barkat (25) and Irfan Ahmed (22) were the other main scorers for Hong Kong.
Shaker Ahmed grabbed four Hong Kong wickets for 26 runs in his 10-over spell with a maiden and was adjudged man of the match. Shabiir Rahman and Kamrul Islam Rabbi claimed two wickets each for 26 and 31 runs respectively.
Chasing an easy target, Bangladesh lost six wickets to score match-winning 157 runs in 153 minutes with 56 balls remaining (40.4 overs).
Two down batsman Mominul Haque made team highest 35 runs off 51 balls with three fours.
Besides, opener Anamul Haque (23), Shabbir Rahman (22), skipper Mahmudul Hasan (21), Tasamul Haque (not out 17) and Alauddin Babu (19) were the other notable contributors for Bangladesh.
Aditya Kanthan and Irfan Ahmed took two wickets each for 21 and 29 runs respectively.