da bet nacional： Bangladesh scored a comfortable 95 run victory over Zimbabwe ina group I match of the Plate championship of the Under-19 WorldCup at the Nondescripts Cricket club ground in Colombo on Sunday
23-Jan-2000Bangladesh scored a comfortable 95 run victory over Zimbabwe ina group I match of the Plate championship of the Under-19 WorldCup at the Nondescripts Cricket club ground in Colombo on Sunday.Electing to bat, Bangladesh were given an excellent start withopeners Nahidul Haq and Md Selim putting on 122 runs. G Ewingdismissed them in successive overs but not before the batsmengot 54 apiece. While Haq faced 66 balls and hit five fours,Selim faced 77 balls and hit four of them to the ropes.Zimbabwe then did well cutting through the middle orderas Bangladesh slid to 190 for six. But there was a revivalwith Mahfuz Kabir (41 not out) and Tariqul Hasan (35) adding71 runs for the seventh wicket off 10.4 overs to help Bangladeshpost a challenging total of 270 for seven in 50 overs.Zimbabwe lost wickets at regular intervals and were neverreally in the hunt though M Munson, at No 3, top scored with45. Only a belated fight by the ninth wicket pair of G Ewing(24) and H Henderson (26 not out) who added 49 runs off 13.2overs saw Zimbabwe reach 195 for nine in 50 overs.