2023-12-17 07:22:12
There was a chance for a half-century. But returning to the team, Enamul Haque Vijay wasted the opportunity by his own mistake. Kiwi anointed pacer Clarkson’s short ball in the sky, the bowler took the return catch. Vijay scored 43 runs off 39 balls with 5 boundaries.
After that, Liton Das also got set and returned to the dressing room. Litton caught the wicket keeper by saying ‘Marb ki cheshab’ from Clarkson. He scored 22 runs off 19 balls.
Bangladesh have to score 245 runs in 30 overs. Till writing this report, the Tigers’ collection in 14 overs is 92 runs for 4 wickets. Tawhid Hriday is 6 and Mushfiqur Rahim is unbeaten on zero runs.
In the run chase, Bangladesh got hit in the beginning. Soumya Sarkar regained his place in the team, but managed to get out of form. He took a clean sheet in his last ODI. Returning to the team, the left-handed batsman is empty again. Today he could not open the account of runs by playing 4 balls. Come back with a catch at second slip off Adam Milne.
After that, Nazmul Hossain Shanto looked very confident. But the Bangladesh captain could not get out of the habit of giving away wickets with bad shots while playing well. He returned to playing a reverse sweep to Kiwi legspinner Ish Sodhi. 15 runs came from Shantar’s bat in 13 balls.
The first ODI of the rain-hit series between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Dunedin turned into a 30-over match. Tom Latham’s 92 and Will Young’s century made New Zealand 239 for 7.
New Zealand were 108 for 2 in 19.2 overs when play was finally stopped in rain. Tom Latham was unbeaten on 51 and Will Young on 41. After that, when 30 overs were fixed, this duo naturally attacked the Tiger bowlers. They started scoring runs at a fast pace.
Latham was on the brink of a century. Mehdi Hasan Miraj bowled the Kiwi captain who scored 92 runs off 77 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes. Mark Chapman (11 balls 20) was run out with 7 balls left in the innings.
But Will Young took the century on the next ball. He needs a total of 82 balls to reach the magic figure of three figures. Young was run out while taking a double in the last over by Soumya Sarkar. This batsman hit 14 boundaries and 4 sixes in an innings of 105 runs off 84 balls.
Bangladesh scored two more runouts in that over. Tom Blundell is 1 and the anointed Clarkson is also out for 1. New Zealand stopped at 239 for 7 wickets. However, the Duckworth-Lewis method set a target of 245 runs in front of Bangladesh in 30 overs.
Shariful Islam took 2 wickets for 28 runs. Mirage got 1 wicket but spent 55 in 5 overs. Mostafizur Rahman was wicketless with 47 runs in 6 overs. Cost 63 from no wicket in the same over by Soumya.
The game was delayed by an hour due to rain. New Zealand fell under the cannon of Tiger pacer Shariful Islam without going into bat. The left-hander sent two Kiwi batters to the dressing room with the fourth and last ball of the over.
Rachin Rabindra caught wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim. Henry Nicholls is caught at second slip by Enamul Vijay. Both are out for zero runs. New Zealand lost 2 wickets for 5 runs. But from there, the Kiwis have turned around in the pair of Latham and Young.
The toss was on time. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to field in the first ODI of the series in Dunedin. However, before New Zealand batted, the rain hit.
The game was supposed to start at four in the morning Bangladesh time. It was later informed that the match may start half an hour late after preparing the field. However, the game could not be started even after half an hour. Because it rained again. Due to rain it was decided that the match will be of 46 overs.
After 13.5 overs, play was stopped for a long time due to rain. After that, it was decided to play a 40 over match. But in 19.2 overs the match was again stopped due to rain. The over was then reduced to 30.
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