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Asia Cup Cricket 2008

Bangladesh v UAE at Lahore

BAN v UAE, Asia Cup 2008: Bangladesh beat UAE by 96 runs

June 24, 2008

Skipper Mohammed Ashraful scored his second one-day hundred to lead Bangladesh to a comprehensive 96-run win against against United Arab Emirates in a Group A match of the Asia Cup cricket tournament on Tuesday.
Riding on Ashraful's superb 109-run knock and Raqibul Hasan's blazing 83, Bangladesh made 300 for eight, after deciding to bat at the Gaddafi stadium. In reply, the UAE team put up a good fight but were folded for 204 in 45.4 overs.
Khurram Habib (78) smashed a brilliant half-century but his valiant effort was not enough to eke out a win as other batsmen failed to perform. Habib took just 81-balls for his knock, studded with eight shots to the fence. Opener Arsahd Ali also batted well for his 41. Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razzak was the most successful bowler with figures of 10-2-20-3 while Mahmudullah and Alok Kapali took two wickets apiece.
Earlier, Ashraful led from the front, hitting a superb century to guide Bangladesh to 300 for eight. Ashraful smashed 109 runs and was well supported by Raquibul, who scored a breezy 63-ball 83, with the help of nine boundaries in the day and night affair.
Electing to bat, Bangladesh did not have an ideal start as opener Nazimuddin (2) fell prey to paceman Zahid Shah in the third over itself and their scoreboard read 12 for loss of one wicket but Ashraful came to the crease and began fireworks making the UAE bowlers run all around the park. Ashraful and another opener Tamim Iqbal, who contributed a worthy 40, together added 105 runs to steer the team to a safe zone but the partnership was broken when Iqbal was run out by wicketkeeper Amjad Ali in the 24th over.
Hasan, the next batsman in, matched the tempo set by his captain and got to the business from the word go. He stitched 141-run together with Ashraful before being caught behind by Amjad Ali off Zahid Shah delivery. Following Hasan's departure in 44th over, Ashraful appeared to be in the hurry to score which cost him as he also returned to pavilion in the space of couple of more balls. The captain's fall shook the confidence of subsequent batting line up as seniors like Alok Kapali (1), Mashrafe Mortaza (3) and Mushfiqur Rahim (16) also followed him. Last batsman Dollar Mahmud, however, scored a courageous 20 under pressure which came with the help of a six and a boundary off just 9 balls.

BAN v UAE, Asia Cup 2008: Bangladesh 300 for 8 (50.0 overs) beat UAE 204 all out (45.3 overs) by 96 runs

Bangladesh v UAE at Lahore

Score Card

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat

Bangladesh Innings

300 for 8 (50.0 overs)

United Arab Emirates Innings

204 all out (45.3 overs)

Bangladesh Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim	run out		40	66	2	0
Nazimuddin	c Ali	b Shah	2	8	0	0
Ashraful	run out		109	126	8	0
Raqibul	c Ali	b Shah	83	63	10	0
Kapali	c and b	Khan	1	4	0	0
Mortaza	c Khan	b Shah	3	4	0	0
Mahmudullah	not out		8	9	0	0
Rahim	st Ali	b Khan	16	11	2	0
Mahmud	run out		20	9	1	1
Extras		16w 2lb	18
Total		for 8	300	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Shah	10.0	0	49	3
Alhashmi	5.0	1	21	0
Javed	2.0	0	24	0
Tauqir	3.0	0	6	0
Silva	7.0	0	33	0
Ali	3.0	0	13	0
Khan	10.0	0	78	2
Ali	10.0	0	74	0

Fall of wicket
12	Nazimuddin
107	Tamim
248	Raqibul
250	Ashraful
252	Kapali
257	Mortaza
278	Rahim
300	Mahmud

United Arab Emirates Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Javed	c Tamim	b Mortaza	10	10	1	1
Ali	c Raqibul	b Mahmudullah	41	79	5	0
Batuwitarachchi	lbw	b Shahadat	0	2	0	0
Ali	c Kapali	b Razzak	19	18	4	0
Ali	c Shahadat	b Mahmudullah	10	21	1	0
Khan	c Raqibul	b Razzak	78	81	9	0
Shetty		b Razzak	7	17	0	0
Tauqir	c Rahim	b Mahmud	17	21	2	0
Silva	c and b	Kapali	7	13	0	0
Shah	not out		5	9	1	0
Alhashmi		b Kapali	0	3	0	0
Extras		8w 2lb	10
Total		all out	204	(45.3 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Mortaza	7.0	1	46	1
Shahadat	4.5	0	24	1
Razzak	10.0	2	20	3
Mahmud	6.0	0	47	1
Mahmudullah	10.0	0	38	2
Kapali	7.4	0	27	2

Fall of wicket
15	Javed
16	Batuwitarachchi
48	Ali
70	Ali
117	Ali
134	Shetty
181	Tauqir
198	Silva
198	Khan
204	Alhashmi

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Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel
Bangladesh: Tamim, Ashraful, Nazimuddin, Raqibul, Kapali, Rahim, Mahmudullah, Mortaza, Razzak, Shahadat, Mahmud
United Arab Emirates: Ali, Ali, Javed, Shetty, Batuwitarachchi, Khan, Ali, Tauqir, Silva, Shah, Alhashmi