U-19s salvage brave draw
Bangladesh Under-19s lower-order fought hard to manage a draw in the second and final four-dayer against England Under-19s on the final day at the County Ground, Derby on Wednesday.
But still the home side won the series as they registered a ten-wicket victory against the visitors in the first four-day game.
After the visitors had slipped to 103 for six, number seven batsman Shabbir Rahman played the key role to defy the home side with a gutsy unbeaten knock of 51 that contained six boundaries.
And he got good support from Nur Hossain (22 off 51 balls) and Alauddin Babu (28 off 57 balls).
A fine spell from off-spinner Azeem Rafiq was not good enough for England Under-19s to make the series 2-0 as Bangladesh Under-19s scored 204 for eight in the second innings in reply to a target of 375.
Earlier Bangladesh made 302 runs in their first essay in reply to the home side's 392.
The two teams will now face each other in a five-match one-day series which starts at Grace on Saturday.
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