Bangladesh win toss and opt to bat first v Ireland
DHAKA: Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first against Ireland in a World Cup Group B match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday.
Teams:
Bangladesh – Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam.
Ireland – William Porterfield (captain), Andre Botha, Niall O’Brien, Kevin O’Brien, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, John Mooney, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Ed Joyce.
Abdur Razzak Completed Hat-Trick In 2nd ODI Against Zimbabwe
After winning the toss Bangladesh team decided to field first. They got early wicket of CJ Chibhabha and gained good start. Abdur Razzak bowled well for Bangladesh done he completed his hat-trick. He took five wickets in the inning. He remained the best bowler of the match. His partner and teams captain Sakib ul Hassan took 4 wickets he also contributed in restricting Zimbabwe team to low total less then 200 runs.
Abdur Razzak completed his hat-trick in two over. P Utseya was got out at 32 by him on the last bowl of his 9th over. He took wickets of RW Price and CB Mpofu on the first two bowls of his 10th over. Both were LBW by him.
Bangladesh responded well in batting after captain showed some concerns about batting order performance. Imrul Kayes got out early but Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Sadique played well. Raqibul Hasan made half century and scored 65 runs and was the top score.
Bangladesh achieved the target in 40th over and got 6 wickets win. The good batting from Bangladesh has reduced some concerns that Captain Shakib Al Hasan highlighted after first match. The series is now level 1-1. Three more ODI to come in the series.
Zimbabwe Won First Match Against Bangladesh
First ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh was played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. It was an important opening matches fro both teams. Bangladesh elected to field first after winning the toss. Zimbabwe opened the inning well and scores 53 runs in 10 over. RW Chakabva scored 45 runs and he remained the top score for Zimbabwe team.
CR Ervine scored 41 runs in the middle of the inning which helped Zimbabwe in reaching 209 runs. The tail of Zimbabwe collapsed again and they all got out in 49 over. Bangladesh got 210 runs target in 50 over. Bangladesh came to this series after getting series win from New Zealand side. Abdur Razzak took 4 wickets and he shacked the middle bating order of Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh chase was not up to the mark as the lost 5 wickets before 100 runs. Shakib Al Hasan scored 61 runs and remained the top score. No other batsmen could able to rescue Bangladesh. It was proud moment for Zimbabwe team when they got Bangladesh all out on 200 runs. CB Mpofu took 3 wickets for Zimbabwe and his hard work brought victory to his team. This was very close contest as if Bangladesh had wickets in hand then they could chase the target.
England vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI Full Scoreboard
NateWest Series 2010, England vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 12th July 2010. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field first. England made 347/7 in 50 overs big target against Bangladesh because Andrew Strauss (154) and Jonathan Trott (110) 2nd wicket 250 runs partnership. Bangladesh made 203/10 in 45 overs. England win the match by 144 runs and series win by 2-1. Man of the match : Andrew Strauss, Man of the series : Andrew Strauss.
England vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI Full Scoreboard
England Batting
Andrew Strauss (c) c S Hasan b R Hossain 154(139b,16/4,5/6)
Craig Kieswetter (wk) b M Mortaza 0(2b)
Jonathan Trott c S Hasan b M Mortaza 110(122b,12/4)
Luke Wright c J Islam b M Mortaza 0(1b)
Paul Collingwood c M Ashraful b R Hossain 8(7b,1/4)
Eoin Morgan c T Iqbal b S Islam 1(2b)
Ravi Bopara not out 45(16b,2/4,4/6)
Tim Bresnan c T Iqbal b S Islam 10(6b,2/4)
Michael Yardy not out 8(7b)
Extras: (b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 2) 11
Total: (7 wkts, 50 ovs) 347
Bangladesh Bowling
Mashrafe Mortaza 10 2 31 3
Shafiul Islam 9 0 97 2
Rubel Hossain 9 0 61 2
Abdur Razzak 9 0 63 0
Shakib Al Hasan 10 0 75 0
Mahmudullah 3 0 15 0
Bangladesh Batting
Tamim Iqbal c L Wright b A Shahzad 16(15b,3/4)
Imrul Kayes c C Kieswetter b A Shahzad 4(9b,1/4)
Junaid Siddique c L Wright b T Bresnan 25(20b,3/4,1/6)
Jahurul Islam (wk) c A Strauss b S Broad 27(41b,5/4)
Shakib Al Hasan run out (P Collingwood) 6(19b)
Mohammad Ashraful lbw b R Bopara 13(19b,1/4)
Mahmudullah lbw b M Yardy 42(81b,4/4)
Mashrafe Mortaza (c) c C Kieswetter b R Bopara 14(17b,3/4)
Abdur Razzak c T Bresnan b R Bopara 27(33b,3/4)
Shafiul Islam b R Bopara 16(12b,1/4,1/6)
Rubel Hossain not out 1(7b)
Extras: (lb 3, w 5, nb 4) 12
Total: (10 wkts, 45 ovs) 203
England Bowling
Ajmal Shahzad 4 1 24 2
Tim Bresnan 7 0 39 1
Stuart Broad 10 1 27 1
Luke Wright 7 0 27 0
Ravi Bopara 10 1 38 4
Jonathan Trott 3 0 18 0
Michael Yardy 4 0 27 1
India record easy 7-wkt win over Afghanistan
ST LUCIA: India defeated minnows Afghanistan by seven wickets with 5.1 overs remaining in a Group ‘C’ match in the World Twenty20 cricket here at Beausejour Stadium on Saturday.
Chasing an easy target of 116 runs, India achieved victory in 14.5 overs for the loss of three wickets.
Murali Vijay was the top-scorer with 48 from 46 balls. He hit three sixes and two fours and added 55 runs for the third wicket with Yuvraj Singh (23 not out). Later, captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni smashed two consecutive sixes to take his team to victory.
For Afghanistan, Hamid Hassan, Samiullah Shenwari and Dawlat Ahmedzai took one wicket each.
Earlier, Indian pacers bowled remarkably well to restrict Afghanistan at 115 runs for eight wickets after India captain Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first.
Afghan batsmen could not resist against Indian bowling as Ashish Nehra captured three wickets for 19 runs and Praveen Kumar claimed two for 14 while Zaheer Khan and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.
Opener Noor Ali batted very well and succeeded in completing his first fifty in T20 internationals. He made exact 50 from 48 balls with four boundaries.
Middle-order batsman Ashgar Stanikzai also played well and made 30 from 33 balls with three sixes.
They were the only batsmen in the double-figures and both added 68 for the fourth wicket stand but after three quick dismissals the Afghan batsmen could take their score only to 115 as their overs quota ended.
India omitted four players – Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Piyush Chawla and Dinesh Karthik – from the final eleven.
This was qualifiers” Afghanistan”s first match in the World Twenty20.
Pakistan win toss, batting against Bangladesh
GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the teams” World Twenty20 opener at the Beuasejour Stadium here on Saturday.
Pakistan are the defending World Twenty20 champions, having won the title by beating Sri Lanka in last year”s final at Lord”s.
For this match they chose to omit fast bowler Mohammad Asif.
Bangladesh have lost ten Twenty20 internationals in a row, their last win coming in September 2007 at the inaugural World Twenty20.
Pakistan have beaten their Asian rivals in all their three previous matches in this format.
Teams
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Shafiul Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi (captain), Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Sami, Saeed Ajmal
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Rod Tucker (AUS), TV umpire: Shavir Tarapore (IND)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL).
Pakistan come through Bangladesh resistance
GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia, May 1, 2010 (AFP) – Pakistan got the defence of their World Twenty20 title off to a sound start with a 21-run win over Bangladesh at the Beausejour Stadium here on Saturday.
Victory was built around a huge opening stand of 142 between Kamran Akmal and man-of-the-match Salman Butt, who both made 73.
It was the third highest opening stand in all Twenty20 internationals and just shy of the tournament record posted by the West Indies duo of Chris Gayle and Devon Smith against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2007.
The win more than atoned for Pakistan”s warm-up loss to Zimbabwe and set them up nicely for their Group A match on Sunday against Australia, who also lost to the Africans in the preliminaries.
This match looked all over when Bangladesh were 31 for two in the sixth over of their reply.
But Mohammad Ashraful (65) and captain Shakib Al Hasan (47) kept Bangladesh in the game with a third-wicket stand of 91 in 10 overs.
Ashraful, whose fifty came off 38 balls, struck Pakistan captain and leg-spinner Shahid Afridi for six high over long-off and Shakib struck Hafeez for two big sixes over long-on. With five overs left, Bangladesh needed 53 runs for an improbable win.
But, two balls later, Shakib holed out off Mohammad Sami to long-off.
Sami then turned 122 for three into 123 for four when he had Mahmudullah caught at point.
Ashraful though was undaunted driving Afridi for six and Bangladesh”s target was down to 38 off 18 balls.
However, his innings ended when he was caught behind by diving wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal off left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer, having faced 49 balls with three sixes and six fours.
But a target of 32 off 12 balls proved just beyond Bangladesh, who finished on 151 for seven. Sami took three wickets for 29 runs and Aamer two for 16.
Earlier Kamran Akmal was dropped on 13 by Ashraful, running back at mid-on, off Mashrafe Mortaza, whose four overs cost 39 runs.
Fellow paceman Abdur Razzak”s four overs were even more expensive, going for 41 runs and Bangladesh”s spinners were unable to repair the early damage.
Butt”s stylish fifty took just 29 balls, with two sixes and six fours, while Akmal, who looked to be scoring the quicker of the pair, reached the landmark in 43 balls, with six boundaries.
Shakib did though take two wickets for 27 runs with his slow left-armers.
Akmal was the initial aggressor, pulling Shafiul Islam for four and then somehow striking a low leg-stump full toss from the same bowler through the covers for another boundary.
But Butt was soon into his stride, going down on one knee to hoist Abdur Razzak over midwicket for six
Akmal exited by slapping a Shakib full toss to cover while Butt was clean bowled by Shafiul Islam as he tried to reverse sweep a straight ball.
Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes”s exited for nought in the first over as an attempted drive off the lively Aaamer saw him sky to Misbah-ul-Haq at short third man.
And spinner Mohammad Hafeez then struck third ball to have Tamim Iaqbal caught and bowled off a soft return catch.
Bangladesh finish the group phase against Australia in Barbados on May 5.
Sania Shoaib Wedding
Sania Shoaib Wedding, Indo-Pak rift has only deepened each time issues of nationality and identity have cropped up. Read matters like those of cross-border marriages, sports, or even decisions pronounced by the respective governments. With such a divide having existed eversince the creation of these two countries, we ask experts, if in a backdrop like this, how difficult is it for such couples to sustain their marriages.
“It’s a tough call. Marriages are all about compromises and adjustments, and it’s the lack of these that’s leading a lot many married relationships to the court. While that’s the state of couples who have supposedly had a normal marriage within the country, in cases of Indo-Pak couples there are far too many issues involved,” says Dr Gitanjali Sharma, marriage and relationship counselor.
She further elaborates, “The estranged relations between India and Pakistan cannot be ignored at any point of time. And this itself leads the couple to challenge each other’s loyalty. Secondly, in marriage the belief system has to be really strong.
“The couple should be mentally, emotionally, historically, psychologically and physiologically inclined to each other and trust each other. Else, given the different countries they come from, mistrust and suspicion gain ground and become a major reason for a relationship to end.
“Also, Pakistan is a conservative country. Not all Indian Muslim women can adjust to their lifestyle. Do you think Sania would be able to live her life like any other Pakistani girl? The very first thing that’s likely to cause a problem is the difference in their upbringing.
“With Shoaib having been raised in a conservative setup, even if we were to accept that the couple would live in cosmopolitan Dubai post marriage, would it change Shoaib’s belief system – his notions on how a ‘wife’ should dress, live and behave?
“Would that not weigh too heavy on a strong individual like Sania, who has till now cared two hoots for the fatwas issued against her way of dressing while in India? It is basic problems like these and many more with other common couples that have shown that marriages of Indo-Pak couples don’t have a long life,” adds Dr Gitanjali, citing a few broken marriages and affairs like those of Reena Roy and Mohsin Khan, Amrita Arora and Usman Afsal, Adnan Sami and Zeba Bakhtiyar, and Imran Khan and Zeenat Aman.
Agrees Flavia Agnes, woman activist and director of Majlis, a legal and cultural resource centre in Mumbai. “The border issue is too big with India and Pakistan. So for couples getting into cross-border ties, there are bound to be sticky issues – the biggest being the visa. In most of such cases, couples have to route their visas from the UK or the US, or even resort to settling in a country outside their own. Such and others issues become so humungous that inevitably the couple cannot overcome them and in most cases part ways.”
Agnes may not want to be dubbed a nayer, but the truth is she is forewarning such couples. “When two people are in love, advises don’t really work.
“While one may forewarn them about the impending issues, it is only later that the adverse effects rear their ugly head. Which marriage that has begun on such shaky grounds, would be able to last? For that matter, there are more chances of an inter-religion, inter-community or an inter-caste marriage within the same country surviving, than an Indo-Pak relationship. The rift between the two nations is too deeply entrenched to allow any such relationship.”
Echoing the same thoughts, Ranjana Dixit, a divorce lawyer based in Lucknow, says, “Trust is foremost and it’s missing in these marriages, which results in the relationship crumbling down faster than expected.
“Father of Ayesha Siddiqui, Shoaib’s alleged first wife, has made a comment saying Pakistani guys marry Indian women and then exploit them. In such a backdrop, it’s natural for couples to bear distrust and suspicion for their partners…and that’s the last thing that a marriage needs. Also, issues like immigration, attaining a visa and more are glaring in such marriages. In so many cases it has been reported that once married, the girl has not been able to return to India, even if it was to meet her own parents. With a marriage anyway demanding too many adjustments and compromises, Indo-Pak issues just make the relationships worse.”
However, senior psychiatrist Dr Sanjay Chugh waves a wand of eternal hope. He says, “Whoever has been to Pakistan would agree with me in believing that there are likely to be no such issues that could spoil the relationship or married life between an Indo-Pak couple. People across the border are as loving and caring as people here.”
Sania Shoaib Wedding was first posted on April 10, 2010 at 10:32 am.
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Blind Cricket Team Reaches Arrives In Lhr
Pakistan Blind Cricket team arrived in Lahore after beating England in One Day series and a T20 match. Skipper Abdur Razak expressed hope to win the World cup and continue the winning streak.
Abdur Razzak was speaking to representatives of the media on return at the Allama Iqbal International Airport where he said, that five world records were made during the series in Sharjah. He said that the series against England proved fruitful in terms of preparation for the World Cup. He also informed that the blind team would tour Australia during November. He appreciated the news of Shoaib and Sania wedding.
Blind Cricket Team Reaches Arrives In Lhr was first posted on April 10, 2010 at 10:44 am.
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India Vs Australia, 5th ODI today at Hyderabad
It has been an extremely tight contest between India and Australia so far with both sides winning two games each. That now reduces the 7-ODI Series as a fresh best of three matches starting with today’s day night match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The two teams have come down from Chandigarh in the North to Hyderabad in the South and then travel to the North East to Guwahati for the sixth ODI. They finish the series in the West in India’s Cricket Capital – Mumbai.
For the fifth ODI, India will be boosted with the return of Gautam Gambhir. The left hander will mostly take the place of Virat Kohli. India is unlikely to make any other changes apart from that. So far this new stadium in Hyderabad hasn’t been auspicious to India as they lost the two ODIs played here against South Africa and against Australia. However in both the ODIs, Yuvraj Singh has smashed centuries and is on the verge of a hat-trick at this venue.
Australia are likely to play Clint McKay in the vacant place left by Moises Henriqes’ injury. Another vacant slot created by Peter Siddle injury is likely to be taken by Ben Hilfenhaus. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has a South African kind of pitch with good pace and bounce. It doesn’t mean that the batsmen will find it difficult to play their shots though as seen in the Champions League T20. It could be a high scoring contest coming up in a couple of hours time.
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