Bangladesh U-19 win one-day series
December 08, 2007 00:00:00
Visiting Bangladesh Under-19 team upset Pakistan Under-19 team by two wickets in the 5th one-day match to clinch the five match series 3-2 Friday at the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) ground in Karachi, reports UNB.
Batting first, Pakistan U-19 team were dismissed for 187 runs in 47.3 overs. Spinner Suhrawardy Shuvo captured three wickets while pacer Dollar Mahmud took two for the young Bangladesh side.
In reply, the junior tigers reached their target with two wickets in hand.
Defending U-19 World Cup champions Pakistan were in superb form earlier in the year as they crushed both England U-19 and Australian U-19 sides in five-match one-day series, by identical 4-1 margin.
Earlier, the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series outplaying their Bangladesh counterparts by huge 144 runs in the first match and by 79 runs in the 2nd match.
Bangladesh U-19 team then levelled the series 2-2 winning the 3rd one-day match by 24 runs and the 4th by 13 runs.