da pixbet： Bangladesh convincingly beat Ireland by 67 runs in the Under-19 WorldCup Plate Championship semi-final at Kurunegala on Tuesday
Errol Seneviratne25-Jan-2000Bangladesh convincingly beat Ireland by 67 runs in the Under-19 WorldCup Plate Championship semi-final at Kurunegala on Tuesday.Winning the toss, Bangladesh found the accurate Irish bowlingdifficult to cope with. They were soon in trouble. Having collapsed to117-7 in 29 overs they were then rescued by a spirited innings fromM. Kalim. His 58 in 86 balls allowing them to post respectable 196 in48.5 overs. The other batsman to contribute was Naidu Haq (32) andM. Kabir (23).Speaking to CRICINO after the innings the Bangladesh manager wasconfident that 196 would be enough before going on to say, “a winhere is important to us. The future of Bangladesh cricket is withthese lads. We are striving to be admitted as a full member of theICC. Our performances here will hopefully help our cause.“Our cricket infrastructure in Bangladesh is good and we have thesupport of thousands of fans. With the former South Africa Testcricketer, Eddie Barlow, as Director of Coaching, our country has madegreat strides towards becoming the next Test playing nation.”Ireland, who was bowled out for 129 in 43.4 overs, never looked likegetting near the Bangladesh total. B.R. Das (4 for 19) and S. Alam (2for 28) bowled particularly well for Bangladesh.Ireland started their innings disastrously, losing 2 wickets for just6 runs. A stubborn partnership of 49 between Armstrong (21) andO?Brien (36) was the backbone of the innings. A. White also battedwell for his 22.