By CricketCountry Staff
Ireland beat Bangladesh by five runs in a thrilling ICC World T20 wamp-up clash at Colombo on Monday.
Published: Sep 17, 2012, 01:54 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 17, 2012, 01:54 PM (IST)
Kevin O’Brien picked up three wickets for 24 runs in the warm-up match against Bangladesh on Monday © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Colombo: Sep 17, 2012
Ireland beat Bangladesh by five runs in a thrilling ICC World T20 wamp-up clash at Colombo on Monday.
Requiring a target of 165 to win, Shakib-al-Hasan struck a brilliant 23-ball 52 to lead Bangladesh’s run chase. However, Irish bowlers restricted the run flow by picking up wickets at regular intervals tpowards the latter half of the innings.
Kevin O’Brien was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh with three wickets for 24 runs in four overs.
Earlier, Paul Stirling’s stunning knock of 71 propelled Ireland to 164 for six against Bangladesh in their ICC World T20 warm-up game at the Moors Sports Ground in Colombo.
Bangladesh’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss as Ireland openers William Porterfield and Stirling punished their bowlers.
Stirling cracked five sixes and as many boundaries to score a quickfire 71, which came from just 41 balls.
Porterfield scored 17 off 11 balls, which included two boundaries.
Brief Scores: Ireland 164 for 6 from 20 overs (Paul Stirling 71, Ed Joyce 39, Shakib-al-Hasan 2 for 21, Mashrafe Mortaza 2 for 33) bt Bangladesh 159 for 9 in 20 overs (Shakib-al-Hasan 52, Tamim Iqbal 35; Kevin O’Brien 3 for 24) by 5 runs.
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