England beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in 2nd warm-up
Friday, 30 April 2010
Bangladesh, now in West Indies to play the ICC World Twenty20, conceded seven-wicket defeat to England in the 2nd and last warm-up match at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown Wednesday, reports UNB.
Earlier, the Bengal Tigers made a good start beating Barbados by 36 runs in the first warm-up match at the same venue Tuesday.
Bangladesh, placed in three-team Group A of the World meet, will play the first match against holders Pakistan on May 1 (Saturday) at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet in St Lucia with a high hope to reach the 2nd round beating the defending champions.
The Tigers will meet mighty Australia in the 2nd and last group match on May 5 at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
In the 2nd warm-up match, Bangladesh opened the innings first after winning the toss and scored 126 for 7 in stipulated 20 overs with middle order batsman Mahmudullah Riad making not out 38 off 31 balls that featured four boundaries.
Opener Imrul Kayes, who scored 57 runs against Barbados, returned to the pavilion today scoring 14 runs off 13 balls with one four and a six while former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, who scored run-a-ball 35 in the first warm match, contributed 21 runs off 23 balls with three fours.
Besides, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (not out 10), Naeem Islam (9), Aftab Ahmed (8), skipper Shakib Al Hasan (7), Jahirul Islam (4), Mushfiqur Rahim (2) were the other scorers for Bangladesh while another 13 runs of the innings came from extras.
MH Yardy claimed three wickets for 20 runs, JM Anderson grabbed two wickets for 23 runs and PD Collingwood took one for 13.
In reply, England team easily reached their target of 127 runs for the loss of three wickets in 17.1 overs with one down RS Bopara hammering 49-ball 62 runs that featured eight boundaries.
PD Collingwood remained not out on 32 scored off 27 balls with two fours and a six while opener C Kieswetter added 16-ball 22 runs with one four and two sixes.
Earlier, the Bengal Tigers made a good start beating Barbados by 36 runs in the first warm-up match at the same venue Tuesday.
Bangladesh, placed in three-team Group A of the World meet, will play the first match against holders Pakistan on May 1 (Saturday) at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet in St Lucia with a high hope to reach the 2nd round beating the defending champions.
The Tigers will meet mighty Australia in the 2nd and last group match on May 5 at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
In the 2nd warm-up match, Bangladesh opened the innings first after winning the toss and scored 126 for 7 in stipulated 20 overs with middle order batsman Mahmudullah Riad making not out 38 off 31 balls that featured four boundaries.
Opener Imrul Kayes, who scored 57 runs against Barbados, returned to the pavilion today scoring 14 runs off 13 balls with one four and a six while former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, who scored run-a-ball 35 in the first warm match, contributed 21 runs off 23 balls with three fours.
Besides, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (not out 10), Naeem Islam (9), Aftab Ahmed (8), skipper Shakib Al Hasan (7), Jahirul Islam (4), Mushfiqur Rahim (2) were the other scorers for Bangladesh while another 13 runs of the innings came from extras.
MH Yardy claimed three wickets for 20 runs, JM Anderson grabbed two wickets for 23 runs and PD Collingwood took one for 13.
In reply, England team easily reached their target of 127 runs for the loss of three wickets in 17.1 overs with one down RS Bopara hammering 49-ball 62 runs that featured eight boundaries.
PD Collingwood remained not out on 32 scored off 27 balls with two fours and a six while opener C Kieswetter added 16-ball 22 runs with one four and two sixes.