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Mashrafe, Mustafizur help Tigers restrict West Indies to 247-9
DHAKA, May 13, 2019 (BSS)-Fast bowlers Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mustafizur
Rahman varied their pace in excellent way to restrain West Indies from
achieving a good total and eventually restricted them to 247-9 in their third
match of the tri-series on Monday at the Malahide in Dublin.
The Tigers would seal the spot in the final, making their last match
against Ireland on May 15 a dead-rubber one, if they win the match.
Mustafizur hit back with bang, shrugging off his wayward bowling in the
last match, also against West Indies, to claim 4-43 while Mashrafe Bin
Mortaza snared 3-60.
Opener Shai Hope continued his rich vein of form against Bangladesh,
hitting 87 off 108 with six fours and one six while captain Jason Holder
contributed 62 off 76 with three fours and one six.
Mashrafe was particularly dynamic in restricting the Caribbean side to a
moderate total when Shai Hope and Jason Holder looked to take the game away,
sharing 100 runs for the fifth wicket stand.
He removed both the batsmen across two overs in the space of just eight
runs to spark later order collapse before he got rid of dangerous Sunil
Ambris.
Fresh from his match-winning 148 against Ireland, Ambris looked ominous
when he cut Bangladeshi bowlers in surgical manner after Jason Holder won the
toss and opted to bat first.
Mashrafe took out Ambris after he scored 19 ball off 23 and then
Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Roston Chase (19) and Jonathon Carter (3) to
leave West Indies struggling at 99-4.
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan and off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz joined
the party to stifle West Indies further. Though both of them scalped just one
wicket, they were so economical and disciplined that West Indies at one phase
went without any boundary for 103 balls.
But when Hope and Holder hinted to break the shackle with the help of
flurry of boundaries, Mashrafe showed his magic to remove both of them.
Mustafizur then cleaned up the tail as West Indies lost last five wickets
for 48 runs to be held back to a total which Bangladesh are expected to
overhaul with ease.
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