Bangladesh A ease to victory
A clinical approach in all three departments helped Bangladesh A seal a five-wicket victory against Ireland A in their solitary unofficial four-day match at the Sylhet International Cricket stadium yesterday.
The home side resumed the fourth and final day at 27 for two after a brief delay to due rain and needed another 105 to win but struggled early on as Ireland off-spinner Andy McBrine dealt a double-blow akin to the one on the previous day when he cheaply dismissed both overnight batsmen Shadman Islam and Al Amin.
Shadman was bowled for 25 while Al Amin was trapped leg before after adding 24 as Bangladesh struggled on 60 for four. However, Yasir Ali and wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan ensured that there were no more hiccups, adding 71 runs for the fifth wicket to help clinch a comfortable win.
Sadly for Nurul, he was dismissed just one away from the win after scoring 31 runs off 41 balls with three fours and a six while right-hander Yasir remained unbeaten on 47 runs off 68 balls, which featured seven fours and a six.
As for the Irish bowlers, McBrine picked four of the five wickets that fell while Nathan Smith scalped the other.
Earlier, Ireland had posted 255 in their first innings riding on a ton from Simi Singh. However, after that Bangladesh kept things tight for the visitors. Nazmul Hossain's side then took a first innings lead, scoring 337 as left-hander Shadman struck his third first-class century.
Ireland eventually faced the music when left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam bagged five wickets along with Mahedi Hasan's three to bundle out the visitors on 213 in the second innings and set the hosts a small target of 132 runs.
The teams will now move to Cox's Bazar to play a five-match one-day series which starts on October 17 at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket stadium.
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