Bangladesh make it two out of two

Published March 10, 2007

BRIDGETOWN, March 9: Bangladesh sent Scotland spinning to a seven-wicket defeat in a World Cup warm-up here on Thursday to make it two wins out of two after their stunning dismissal of New Zealand.

Scotland made a paltry 152-9 off their 50 overs at the 3Ws Oval before Bangladesh stormed to victory with the best part of 16 overs left thanks to an unbeaten 57 from skipper Habibul Bashar.

Scotland had made a solid start to their innings reaching 73-2 with Navdeep Poonia (32) and Fraser Watts (28) showing some form.

But both were undone by slow left-armers Abdur Razzak (3-25) and Mohammad Rafique (2-16).

Scoreboard

SCOTLAND:

D.F. Watts lbw b Razzak 28

Majid Haq run out 5

N.S. Poonia c Saqibul b Baisya 32

R.R. Watson c Aftab b Razzak 5

G.M. Hamilton b Razzak 9

N.F.I. McCallum c Baisya b Mashrafe 19

D.R. Brown b Rafique 3

C.J.O. Smith c Mushfiqur b Saqibul 9

C.M. Wright lbw b Rafique 8

J.A.R. Blain not out 13

G.A. Rogers not out 7

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-6, NB-1) 14

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 152

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-58, 3-73, 4-82, 5-89, 6-96, 7-112, 8-122, 9-130.

DID NOT BAT: P.J.C. Hoffman, R.T. Lyons.

BOWLING: Mashrafe Mortaza 10-0-36-1 (1nb, 1w); Syed Rasel 5-0-20-0; Tapash Baisya 5-0-24-1; Abdur Razzak 10-0-25-3 (3w); Mohammad Rafique 10-3-18-2 (1w); Saqibul Hasan 10-2-25-1.

BANGLADESH:

Tamim Iqbal c Hamilton b Blain 7

Shahriar Nafees c Rogers b Hoffman 0

Aftab Ahmed retired hurt 19

Saqibul Hasan c McCallum b Brown 45

Habibul Bashar not out 57

Mohammad Ashraful not out 23

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-2) 5

TOTAL (for three wkts, 34.1 overs) 156

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-7, 3-108.

DID NOT BAT: Mushfiqur Rahim, Javed Omar, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel.

BOWLING: Hoffman 6-1-19-1; Blain 6-0-33-1; Rogers 5.1-0-30-0; Wright 5-1-14-0; Majid Haq 4-1-14-0; Lyons 4-0-25-0; Brown 4-1-19-1.

RESULT: Bangladesh won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: M.R. Benson (England) and S.J.A. Taufel (Australia).—Agencies

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