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Friday, February 25, 2011

Ireland restrict Bangladesh to 205

Bangladesh batsman Naeem Islam plays a shot during a World Cup compare opposite Ireland during The Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Ireland bowled out Bangladesh for a medium 205 runs in their Group B strife as a sell-out home throng of 25,000 looked upon in dumbfounded silence.
©AFP – Munir Uz Zaman

DHAKA (AFP) – Ireland bowled out Bangladesh for a medium 205 runs in their Group B strife upon Friday as a sell-out home throng of 25,000 looked upon in dumbfounded silence.

Seamer Andre Botha picked up 3 wickets as well as George Dockrell as well as Trent Johnston claimed dual any after a home side inaugurated to take initial set upon upon a delayed representation during a Sher-e-Bangla stadium.

Wickets tumbled during unchanging intervals in a compare Bangladesh had targeted as a must-win after they mislaid their initial compare to India by 87 runs during a same venue final week.

The hosts done a peppery start, racing to 49 though detriment by a finish of a fifth over, 37 of those runs entrance from a knife edge of Tamim Iqbal.

But a value was shortly mislaid as 4 wickets fell for 33 runs in a subsequent 10 overs.

Imrul Kayes was stumped brilliantly by Niall O’Brien off a John Mooney wide, Junaid Siddique was run out by a approach chuck from Ed Joyce as well as Tamim holed out to indicate off Botha.

Tamim, who top-scored with 70 opposite India, began by receiving 10 runs in Boyd Rankin’s opening over as well as stroked 7 bounds in his 44 off 43 balls.

Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan had done a smooth sixteen when he patted a round behind to bowler Botha after being forsaken by his Irish reflection William Porterfield during indicate in a prior over.

Mushfiqur Rahim as well as Raqibul Hasan carried a hosts with a 61-run mount for a fifth wicket though Bangladesh afterwards suffered identical tiwn blows during a hands of left-arm spinner Dockrell.

The 18-year-old discharged Rahim (36) as well as former captain Mohammad Ashraful (one) in unbroken overs, both batsmen descending to catches by Andrew White during fine-leg with mistimed brush shots.

Ashraful, Bangladesh’s many successful one-day batsman with 3,360 runs in 164 matches, had been brought in to accelerate a batting after being wanting opposite India.

Raqibul ran himself out for 38 to revoke a hosts to 159-7 in a 39th over, though Naeem Islam increased a sum with a daring twenty-nine towards a end.

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