Bangladesh loses against Ireland

Published: 12 February 2015, 04:51 PM
Bangladesh loses against Ireland

Bangladesh Cricket team in World Cup lost its last ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against Ireland by 4 wickets.

In Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney of Australia Ireland reached the target of 189-run set by Bangladesh in 46.5 overs with four wickets in hand.

Taijul Islam sent Gary Wilson back to the pavilion for just nine. Nasir Hossain got his first wicket in the match by dismissing Niall O’Brien for just five.

Ireland lost their third wicket as captain William Porterfield was dismissed for 24.

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan picked up the wicket of Paul Stirling when Ireland was 27. Anamul lost his wicket after playing out the difficult overs.

Earlier, Ireland won the toss and decided to field first.

Squads:

Ireland: William Porterfield (c), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andy McBrine, John Mooney, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien (wk), Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Gary Wilson, Craig Young

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Taijul Islam, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed