BAN-A vs NZ-A: Half of New Zealand A's team collapsed at 0, Bangladesh A won the match in 27 overs
Bangladesh A vs New Zealand A,1st Unofficial ODI: Batting first, New Zealand-A team was all out for 147 runs in 34.3 overs; in response, Bangladesh-A team achieved the target by scoring 149 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 27.2 overs.
The Bangladesh-A and New Zealand-A played the first unofficial ODI match on Monday at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium at Sylhet in Bangladesh. The match featured the New Zealand-A team winning the toss against the home team Bangladesh-A and opting to bat. Batting first, the New Zealand-A team was dismissed for 147 runs in 34.3 overs, Bangladesh-A team responded by reaching the target by scoring 149 runs in 27.2 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Thus, the match was won by Bangladesh-A by 7 wickets.
New Zealand-A team did not enjoy good quality cricket at the beginning against Bangladesh-A. Its 5 batsmen Dale Phillips, Matthew Boyle, Muhammad Abbas, team captain Nick Kelly and Christian Clarke were not able to open their account. Not only them, three batsmen Josh Clarkson (7), Mitchell Hay (4), Jaden Lennox (9) were not able to reach the double digit mark, but Ben Lister stayed not out after playing 4 runs. The most runs were scored by Foxcroft of New Zealand. In 64 balls, he played 72 runs with 4 fours and six sixes. Except him, opener Rise Mariu played 42 runs with 7 fours in 51 balls.
At the same time, Bangladesh-A team, which came out to chase the target, did not have a good start. Openers Mohammad Naim (20 runs, 18 balls) and Parvez Hussain Emon (24 runs, 12 balls) returned to the pavilion on a score of 53 in six overs. In such a situation, Anamul Haque and Mahidul Islam Ankon took the responsibility of taking the innings forward. Both teams were able to reach the score of 108 runs in 18.1 overs when Anamul Haque was dismissed after scoring just 38 runs (45 balls). After this Mahidul Islam Ankon and Nurul Hasan together took the innings forward and took the score of Bangladesh-A team to 149 runs in 27.2 overs and gave them victory. Mahidul Islam Ankon remained unbeaten after scoring 42 runs in 61 balls, while Nurul Hasan returned not out after scoring 20 runs in 26 balls.
For Bangladesh, Khalid Ahmed and Tanvir Islam bowled brilliantly and took 3-3 wickets. Apart from them, Shouriful Islam and Ebadot Hussain dismissed 2-2 Kiwi players. On the other hand, from New Zealand's side, Christian Clark took 2 wickets, while Dean Foxcroft got one success.
