Bangladesh XI vs Cricket Web XI, game three at Khulna
Slow Batting Hurts Cricket Web
The Cricket Web U/19 team struggled to make runs on a spinners pitch and it cost them.
Captain Thamba Mamesh won the toss and elected to have a bat, which at the time seemed like the right thing to do. He was ruing his decision soon after as he struggled to make just one poultry run off 9 balls. His opening partner, Shan Jasotharan, also struggled, eventually losing his wicket for 23 off 42 balls from a rising delivery from first change bowler Kamrul Islam.
The Cricket Webbers struggled for the rest of the innings, with Luff, Pitt, Burke and Scott all getting decent starts. Burke was the only batsmen to pass fifty with a well paced innings.
In the end the CW team could only post 205 from their 50 overs, with a glimpse of a victory off the back of their spin combination of Gundry and Dwyer.
The Bangladeshi's got off to a great start, though, posting a 100 run opening stand (similar to the Sri Lankans against Cricket Web earlier in the competition). From here the win was inevitable.
Good bowling from Cameron and Dwyer ******** the victory, but the Bangladeshi's slowly amasssed the total in a lacklustre performace. Tamim Iqbal was the standout batsmen for Bangladesh, falling 8 short of century.
Man of the Match : Tamim Iqbal [ 92 (133) ]