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Dhaka: Bangladesh
survived a scare before their bowlers rescued them to post a
27-run victory over Ireland in a World Cup Group B match here
Friday.
Defending a small score of 205 runs, Bangladesh bowled out Ireland
for 178 runs in 45 overs with pacer Shafiul Islam taking four
wickets. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Ashraful took two
wickets each.
The bowlers were backed by some strong fielding with opener Tamim
Iqbal, who scored a brisk 44, taking a brilliant diving catch at
deep to get rid of Ireland's top scorer Niall O'Brien (38). The
catch swung the match in Bangladesh's favour.
Ireland lost wickets at regular intervals and were never in the
hunt except for the 39-run third wicket partnership between
O8Brien and Ed Joyce (16). Kevin O' Brien (37) and Andre Botha
(22) tried to pull things back but it was not enough.
Bangladesh, who lost the first match against India, registered
their first victory in the tournament and celebrated the moment in
front of the packed stadium.
But it was not before they went through some tense moments.
Ireland gave themselves a good chance to beat Bangladesh and
repeat their feat of the 2007 World Cup when they got the better
of the sub-continental team.
Bangladesh were at one point struggling at 86 for four. Tamim (44)
played a cameo while Mushfiqur Rahim (36) and Raqibul Hasan (38)
were involved in a steady 61-run fifth-wicket partnership to pull
the team through choppy waters.
Left-arm spinner George Dockwell was impressive in his spell,
taking two wickets and giving away 23 in his quota of overs.
The home team, which lost their first match to India, were off to
a great start with openers Tamim and Imrul Kayes (12) smashing 53
in 6.3 overs. But Irish medium pacers Trent Johnston (2/40) and
Andre Botha (3/32) proved more than a handful on a slow wicket.
They had Bangladesh on the mat in the next 10 overs.
Rahim and Hasan did the repair job as they managed a respectable
total.
Barring an odd partnership, Bangladesh kept on losing wickets and
could only muster 32 runs in the last 10 overs.
Scoreboard
Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal c Porterfield b Botha 44
Imrul Kayes st NJ O'Brien b Mooney 12
Junaid Siddique run out (Joyce) 3
Mushfiqur Rahim c White b Dockrell 36
Shakib Al Hasan c & b Botha 16
Raqibul Hasan run out (White) 38
Mohammad Ashraful c White b Dockrell 1
Naeem Islam c Dockrell b Johnston 29
Shafiul Islam lbw b Botha 2
Abdur Razzak b Johnston 11
Rubel Hossain not out 2
Extras (b 2, w 8, nb 1) 11
Total (all out in 49.2 overs) 205
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Imrul Kayes, 6.3 overs), 2-61 (Junaid
Siddique, 8.5), 3-68 (Tamim Iqbal, 11.1), 4-86 (Shakib Al Hasan,
15.2), 5-147 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 33.3), 6-151 (Mohammad Ashraful,
35.2), 7-159 (Raqibul Hasan, 38.1), 8-170 (Shafiul Islam, 42.3),
9-193 (Abdur Razzak, 47.6), 10-205 (Naeem Islam, 49.2)
Bowling
Boyd Rankin 9 0 62 0
Trent Johnston 8.2 0 40 2
John Mooney 7 0 25 1
Andre Botha 9 1 32 3
George Dockrell 10 2 23 2
Paul Stirling 4 0 13 0
Kevin O'Brien 2 0 8 0
Ireland:
William Porterfield c Raqibul Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan 20
Paul Stirling st Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak 9
Ed Joyce c & b Mohammad Ashraful 16
Niall O'Brien c Tamim Iqbal b Shakib Al Hasan 38
Andrew White b Mohammad Ashraful 10
Kevin O'Brien c sub (Suhrawadi Shuvo) b Shafiul Islam 37
Andre Botha b Shafiul Islam 22
John Mooney b Naeem Islam 0
Trent Johnston lbw b Shafiul Islam 6
George Dockrell not out 4
Boyd Rankin c Junaid Siddique b Shafiul Islam 3
Extras (lb 9, w 4) 13
Total (all out in 45 overs) 178
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Stirling, 5.3 overs), 2-36 (Porterfield,
9.1), 3-75 (Joyce, 18.1), 4-93 (White, 24.4), 5-110 (NJ O'Brien,
27.4),
6-151 (KJ O'Brien, 36.4), 7-164 (Mooney, 39.4), 8-168 (Botha,
40.1), 9-171 (Johnston, 42.1), 10-178 (Rankin, 44.6)
Bowling
Shafiul Islam 8 1 21 4
Abdur Razzak 8 0 30 1
Naeem Islam 9 1 36 1
Shakib Al Hasan 8 0 28 2
Mohammad Ashraful 9 0 42 2
Rubel Hossain 3 0 12 0
Toss: Bangladesh and chose to
bat
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RodTucker (Australia)
TV umpire: Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
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