CAMBRIDGE (England), May 13: Teenage pace bowler Shahadat Hossain made a bid for a place in Bangladesh’s Test team against England by taking four for 33 on the last day of the drawn opening tour match against British Universities at Fenner’s on Thursday.
Hossain, 18, took three wickets on the final morning as the students were bowled out for 238.
Although Bangladesh had a first innings lead of 143, they opted for batting practice rather than trying to force a win.
Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar made 75 and Shariar Nafees 50 before the game ended when the tourists declared on 246 for four.
Scoreboard
BANGLADESH (1st Innings):
Javed Omar c Knappett b Suman 167
Nafees Iqbal lbw b Read 24
Shahriar Nafees c Suman b Friedlander 0
Habibul Bashar c Kanppett b Friedlander 8
M. Ashraful c Palladino b Read 102
Rajin Saleh c Akram b Read 2
Khaled Mashud c Akram b Suman 18
M. Rafique c Friedlander b Panesar 18
Mashrafe Mortaza c Brown b Panesar 21
Tapash Baisya not out 6
Shahadat Hossain b Panesar 1
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, NB-9) 14
TOTAL (all out, 109.1 overs) 381
FALL OF WKTS: 1-74, 2-76, 3-99, 4-266, 5-274, 6-332, 7-341, 8-361, 9-379.
BOWLING: Palladino 22-5-61-0 (3nb); Suman 285-97-2; Read 23-7-66-3; Friedlander 13-2-56-2 (6nb); Panesar 14.1-5-48-3; Parker 1-0-6-0; Brown 7-1-30-0; Smith 1-0-12-0.
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES (1st Innings):
W.R. Smith c Ashraful b Baisya 13
A.J. Maiden c Shahriar b Mashrafe 20
Adnan Akram c Habibul b Shahadat 21
D.O. Brown lbw b Rafique 12
M.J. Friedlander lbw b Baisya 1
L.C. Parker c Khaled b Mashrafe 65
J.P.T. Knappett c Javed b Shahadat 73
A.P. Palladino not out 13
A.K. Suman b Shahadat 0
M.S. Panesar c Khaled b Shahadat 0
G.G. Read lbw b Rafique 4
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, W-1, NB-6) 14
TOTAL (all out, 67.5 overs) 238
FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-52, 3-60, 4-62, 5-82, 6-216, 7-222, 8-227, 9-227.