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| February 9, 2006 | Thursday | Muharram 10, 1427 |
Saqib helps Bangladesh humble Pakistan in U-19 World Cup
COLOMBO, Feb 8: Bangladesh left-arm spinner Saqibul Hasan on Wednesday wrecked Pakistan’s top order to spearhead his side’s push for a Super League place in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Group ‘A’ match.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field and restricted Pakistan to 170 runs in 43.1 overs at the NCC Ground.
Saqib took 4-34 to derail a promising beginning by the defending champions as they slipped from 66-0 to be 170 all out after being put into bat.
That gave Bangladesh a golden chance of recording a victory that would all but confirm their place in the quarterfinals for the first time in their history.
Saqib bowled superbly dismissing the first four batsmen in the order but Pakistan will be disappointed to have folded in the way they did after Nasir Jamshed (37) and Ali Khan (20) added 66 in brisk time for the first wicket.
They took full toll of Bangladesh’s opening bowlers Dolar Mahmud and Kazi Kamrul Islam but the introduction of spin saw the whole picture change.
Four left-armers were used by Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim — Saqib, Nabil Samad Chowdhury, Mohammad Suhrawadi and Mehrab Hossain — and between them the quartet tied the Pakistan batsmen in knots.
Nabil took 1-30, Suhrawadi captured 2-26 and Mehrab finished with 2-19. The fact seven of ten Pakistan wickets fell to catches was an illustration of a degree of carelessness on the part of batting side.
Apart from openers, the only batsman to pass 20 was Ali Asad who made 38 before he was bowled by Mehrab Hossain.
With two points for a win, the victors in this match will move to four points while the losers will be left on two points along with New Zealand.
New Zealand play Pakistan in the last game on Friday for those two sides in the group stages.
Only two teams from each group can progress to the Super League quarterfinals.
The other side in this group are Uganda, who have lost both their matches so far, against Pakistan and New Zealand.
Meanwhile, opener Usman Khawaja hit 77 in a Man-of-the-Match performance as Australia inflicted a 13-run defeat on the West Indies on Wednesday.
Abu Nechim Ahmed produced a testing display of seam and swing bowling, picking up four for 25 in India’s comfortable eight-wicket victory over Scotland.
England had to work really hard to sneak into the Super League phase with nail-biting four-run win against Ireland.
Irish opening bowler Niall McDarby, however, took the Man-of-the-Match award for his magnificent return of six for 50.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Nasir Jamshed c Nabil b Saqibul 37
Ali Khan c Dolar b Saqibul 20
Jamshed Ahmed c Kamrul b Saqibul 10
M. Ibrahim c Shamsur b Saqibul 5
Ali Asad b Mehrab 38
Mohammad Laeeq c Dolar b Nabil 1
Sarfraz Ahmed c Kamrul b Mehrab 14
Riaz Kail c Dolar b Suhrawadi 12
Anwar Ali lbw b Suhrawadi 1
Imad Wasim run out 1
Akhtar Ayub not out 4
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-19, NB-6) 27
TOTAL (all out, 43.1 overs) 170
FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-78, 3-80, 4-107, 5-118, 6-148, 7-155, 8-158, 9-159.
BOWLING: Dolar Mahmud 6-0-32-0 (4nb, 7w); Kamrul Islam 4-0-27-0 (3w); Nabil Samad 9-2-30-1 (2nb, 1w); Saqibul Hasan 10-1-34-4 (2w); Suhrawadi Shuvo 7.1-1-26-2; Mehrab Hossain Jr 7-1-19-2 (2w).
BANGLADESH:
Tamim Iqbal c Sarfraz b Jamshed 18
Raqibul Hasan b Jamshed 27
Saqibul Hasan run out 25
Shamsur Rahman c Sarfraz b Akhtar 5
Mehrab Hossain Jr c Ali Khan b Anwar 17
Mushfiqur Rahim c Ali Asad b Akhtar 46
Mehdi Hasan not out 10
Suhrawadi Shuvo not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-18, NB-3) 23
TOTAL (for six wkts, 34.5 overs) 171
FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-68, 3-86, 4-88, 5-119, 6-170.
DID NOT BAT: Sirajulullah Khadim, Kamrul Islam, Dolar Mahmud.
BOWLING: Jamshed Ahmed 10-0-53-2 (1nb, 5w); Anwar Ali 7-0-30-1 (2nb, 1w); Akhtar Ayub 7.5-0-42-2 (4w); Ali Khan 4-1-17-0 (1w); Imad Wasim 4-0-23-0 (1w); Mohammad Laeeq 2-0-4-0.
RESULT: Bangladesh won by four wickets.
UMPIRES: K. Hariharan (India) and P.K. Baldwin (Germany).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Saqibul Hasan.
SUBSTITUTIONS: Pakistan – Mohammad Faheem (unused); Bangladesh – Mehdi Hasan for Nabil Samad.
Summarised scores of other matches:
At SSC Ground:
Australia beat West Indies by 13 runs.
AUSTRALIA 251 in 47.5 overs (Usman T. Khawaja 77, A.J. Finch 39, T.D. Stray 36, M.C. Henriques 26; K.A.J. Roach 3-30, J.P.R. Searles 2-45, K.A. Pollard 2-49, S.P. Narine 2-50);
WEST INDIES 238 in 48 overs (J. Mohammed 57, S.S.J. Brooks 44, G. Singh 33, W. Perkins 25; M.C. Henriques 3-32, S. Keen 3-46).
At R. Premadasa Stadium:
India beat Scotland by eight wickets.
SCOTLAND 112 in 40.3 overs (U.A. Mohammed 32 not out, S.K. MacLennan 25; A.N. Ahmed 4-25, Piyush Chawla 2-24);
INDIA 115-2 in 19 overs (C.A. Pujara 47 not out, Ravikant Shukla 45).
At CCC Ground:
England beat Ireland by four runs.
ENGLAND 214 in 49.4 overs (R.J. Hamilton-Brown 55, B.J. Wright 50, S.J. Mullaney 25; N.M. McDarby 6-50); IRELAND 210 in 50 overs (G.C. Wilson 69, E.J.G. Morgan 28, F.P. McAllister 25, D.A. Rankin 25; S.J. Mullaney 3-33, N.A. James 2-25, H.T. Waters 2-41).
Thursday’s fixtures:
Bangladesh v Uganda at SSC Ground; Australia v USA at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium; Scotland v Namibia at CCC Ground; Ireland v Nepal at NCC Ground.
Friday’s fixtures:
Pakistan v New Zealand at SSC Ground; West Indies v South Africa at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium; Sri Lanka v India at R. Premadasa Stadium; England v Zimbabwe at CCC Ground.—Agencies
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