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CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), Dec 15: Bangladesh scored an easy six-wicket victory over Scotland in the first One-day International (ODI) of a two-match series here on Friday.
Electing to bat first, Scotland were bowled out for 153 in 45.1 overs. Bangladesh reached their target in just 29.1 overs as Aftab Ahmed scored a quickfire 66 off 50 balls, with nine fours and three sixes.
Scotland, who lost their only previous ODI against Bangladesh by 22 runs in the 1999 World Cup, failed miserably. Wicketkeeper-batsman Colin Smith top-scored with a 59-ball 30.
Seamers Shahadat Hossain and Mashrafe Mortaza ripped through the top order, sharing five wickets, leaving the spinners with the easy task of restricting the lower-order batsmen.
Ahmed then shared a 92-run stand for the second wicket with Shahriar Nafees (36) as Bangladesh scored their seventh straight win in one-dayers, including a 5-0 drubbing of Zimbabwe in a recent home series.
Scoreboard
Scotland
David Watts c Ahmed b Mortaza 18
Navdeep Sing Poonia c Ahmed b Hossain 0
Ryan Watson b Mortaza 0
Gavin Hamilton c Bashar b Hossain 29
Dougie Brown c Bashar b Hasan 10
Ian McCallum lbw b Hossain 0
Colin Smith c Hossain b Hossain 30
Craig Wright run out 0
GA Rogers b Razzak 20
Ross Lyons lbw b Razzak 30
Paul Hoffmann not out 1
EXTRAS (NB-3, B-1, LB-3, W-9) 16
TOTAL (all out, 45.1 overs) 153
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-5, 3-50, 4-57, 5-58, 6-73, 7-74, 8-113, 9-130.
BOWLING: Mortaza 9-0-49-2; Shahadat Hossain 8-0-38-3; Abdur Razzak 7.1-1-16-2; Reza 6-2-12-0; Hasan 10-4-13-1; Mehrab Hossain 5-0-20-1.
Bangladesh
Shahriar Nafees c Brown b Rogers 36
Mehrab Hossain c Smith b Brown 8
Aftab Ahmed c Hoffman b Lyons 66
Saqib Al Hasan not out 20
Habibul Bashar b Lyons 14
Mohammad Ashraful not out 4
EXTRAS (NB-1, B-1, LB-1, W-3) 6
TOTAL (for four wickets, 29.1 overs) 154
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-108, 3-124, 4-145.
DID NOT BAT: Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza, Shahadat Hossain.
BOWLING: Brown 6-0-27-1; Hoffmann 6-1-20-0; Wright 4-0-25-1; Rogers 7-0-28-1; Lyons 6.1-0-52-2.
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan) and Enamul Haque Moni (Bangladesh).
MATCH REFEREE: M.J. Procter (South Africa).—AFP
