U-19s win at Durban
The Bangladesh national team may not have made the best of starts to the South Africa series in Mirpur yesterday, but their juniors raced to a thumping eight-wicket win in the first one-day match over South Africa under-19s at Durban.
After restricting the hosts to a paltry 184 for 9, the Bangladeshi youths, courtesy of half-centuries from openers Joyraz Sheikh and Pinak Ghosh, who also shared a 135-run stand, reached their target in 44.4 overs.
After electing to field, pacer Abdul Halim took three crucial wickets including that of Wiaan Mulder, who top-scored for the hosts with 62. Halim finished with miserly figures of 3 for 22 in seven overs.
Captain Mehedi Hassan Miraz was also amongst the wickets with 2 for 27 in eight overs.
Joyraz scored 50 off 93 balls while Pinak hit 60 off 113. The talented Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Mehedi then ensured that there was no further hiccup as they took the visitors home with 32 balls remaining.
The junior Tigers had earlier beaten the reigning World Cup champions 6-1 at home in a youth ODI series this year. The two teams are scheduled to play six more matches in South Africa throughout this month.
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