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CRICKET-WOMEN-SCOTLAND
Bangladesh eve beat Scotland by 9 wickets
DHAKA, July 6, 2018 (BSS) – Bangladesh women cricketers continued their
good work as they thrashed Scotland by nine wickets in a warm-up match of the
Women’s World T20 qualifier tie at Voc Rotterdam, in Holland, on Thursday.
Last week, Bangladesh eves, who won the T20 series against Ireland, saw
that their bowlers did not waste any time as they got off into action.
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat first, but Tigresses bowlers were
in mood to flirt with them as the Scottish openers found runs hard to come
by.
It was Panna Ghosh who struck the first blow for Bangladesh as she
dismissed Scottish skipper Kathryn Bryce in the fifth over match. Once the
flood gate opened, Bangladesh bowlers reaped rich harvest as they bowled them
out for only 47 runs.
Rachel Scholes was top Scottish scorer with 16 off 23 balls with three
boundaries. Lorna Jack followed her 11. Other Scottish batters failed to
reach double figure marks.
Fahima Khatun was the leading Bangladesh bowler with three wickets for one
run. Rumana Ahmed with 2/8, Lily Rani Biswas with 2/10, Khadija Tul Kubra
with 1/2 and Panna Ghosh with 1/9 were the other successful bowlers for
Bangladesh.
Bangladesh literally strolled to their target without any sweat as they
accumulated 51 for the loss of one wicket in tenth over.
Ayasha Rahman with unbeaten 23 off 20 balls (2×4; 1×6) and Sharmin Sultana
with unbeaten 18 runs off 37 balls, (2×6) saw Tigresses raced to victory in
the tenth over. Opener Shamima Sultana was the only blemish for Bangladesh as
she was out for a duck in the very first over.
In the World T20 Qualifier, Bangladesh is placed in Pool A alongside Papua
New Guinea (PNG), Netherlands and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Bangladesh takes on PNG in their inaugural fixture on July 7, then followed
on to meet host the Netherlands on July 8 and play their final group match
against the UAE on July 10.
The top two teams from the eight-nation Qualifiers event will join
Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and
hosts West Indies in the tournament scheduled to be staged from November 9 to
25 next in the Caribbean.
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