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| July 5, 2003 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 4,1424 |
Bashar misses century as BD fight back
BRISBANE, July 4: Habibul Bashar missed a century by just one run as Bangladesh fought back strongly on Friday to set up an intriguing finish to their three-day tour match with the Australian Cricket Academy.
Bashar was bowled by medium pacer Mark Cleary for 99 after sharing a 146 run partnership with Javed Omar (59) for the second wicket.
Their departures triggered a minor collapse before Bangladesh declared their first innings at 232 for seven, just 26 runs behind the Academy’s first day total of 258-3.
Batting a second time, the Academy crashed to 99-4 by stumps on the second day, leading by 125 runs with six second innings wickets in hand and everything to play for on the final day.
Bashar and Omar got the struggling tourists off to a flying start when they batted through the entire first session.
Omar went after lunch for 59 and was quickly followed by Bashar, who had batted for 188 minutes and faced 146 balls before falling one short of his hundred.
Sanwar Hossain propped the tail up with 26 before the declaration set the scene for a tight finish.
SCOREBOARD
AUSTRALIA ACADEMY: First innings 258-3 declared
BANGLADESH: First innings (overnight 53-1) Hanan Sharkar lbw b Duval 8
Javed Omar c Duval b Nye 59
Habibul Bashar b Cleary 99
Mohammad Ashraful c Lockyear b Nye 1 Sanwar Hossian b Ferguson 26
Alok Kapali c Ronchi b Ferguson 14
K. Mahmud c Meuleman b Worthington 7
Khaled Mashud not out 2
Mashrafe Mortaza not out 4
Extras (lb-3 w-1 nb-8) 12
Total (for seven wickets, declared) 232
Fall of wickets: 1-27 2-173 3-177 4-177 5-215 6-220 7-228
Did not bat: Tareq Aziz, Anwar Hossain, Mohammad Rafique.
Bowling: Magofflin 17-5-44-0 (nb-2), Duval 14-1-75-1 (w-1), Nye 18-7-40-2, Worthington 15-5-26-1 (nb-2), Cleary 10-2-39-1 (nb-4), Ferguson 5-3-5-2.
AUSTRALIA ACADEMY: second innings
S.Meuleman c Tareq Aziz b M. Mortaza 29
S.Williams c Sharkar b M. Mortaza 3
A.Nye not out 27
P.Worthington b Tareq Aziz 4
L.Ronchi lbw b Mohammad Rafique 22
C.Ferguson not out 10
Extras (lb-4) 4
Total (for four wickets) 99
Fall of wickets: 1-14 2-41 3-45 4-72
To bat: S.Magoffin, M.Cleary, C.Duval, M.Innes, R.Lockyear
Bowling: Anwar Hossein 7-3-15-0, Mashrafe Mortaza 5-1-19-2, Tareq Aziz 7-1-33-1, Mohammed Rafique 6-3-7-1, Alok Kapali 4-1-14-0, Mohammed Ashraful 1-0-7-0.
Note: Bangladesh named 12 players, any 11 bat, any 11 bowl.—Reuters
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