Bangladesh A edged past the West Indies High Performance team as they chased down a below-par total of a 105 with two balls to spare and four wickets in hand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.
\nAs the first game of the series was abandoned due to rain, the lone win helped the home side clinch the series 1-0.\u00a0Chasing a target of 105, the home side got of to a slippery start as they lost both their openers\u00a0within the first Powerplay.
\nA third wicket stand of 44 runs, between Naeem Islam and Shamsur Rahman steadied the ship for a brief period before some excellent fielding brought the visitors back into the game.
\nShamsur was caught by Sheldon Cotterrell who ran all the way from the third man region to deep square leg after fast bowler Miguel Cummins induced an edge of the batsman.
\nNaeem also lost his wicket thanks to a brilliant diving catch Kyle Hope at Point in the 15th over. The brilliant catches, however, went in vain for the visitors, as Ziaur Rahman and Sabbir Rumman shared a 30 run partnership in good time to calm the nerves and eventually take Bangladesh home.
\nEarlier, the visitors who were put to bat, had the worst possible start after they lost a wicket in the very first delivery of the day.
\nAndre Fletcer was bowled by Forhad Reza. The visitors once again struggled to read the Bangladeshi spinners and lost wickets at regular intervals.
\nSpinners Enamul Haque Jr and Nazmul Apu shared six wickets between them and ran through the West Indian middle order.
\nNazmul Apu received the man of the match award for his bowling figures of 3 for 19 in 4 overs.
\nSCORES IN BRIEF
\nWEST INDIES HP: 105 all out in 19.4 overs (Kyle Hope 30, Kjorn Ottley 20; Nazmul 3-19, Enamul 3-27)
\nBANGLADESH A: 106 for 6 in 19.4 overs ( Shamsur Rahman 29, Ziaur Rahman 20; Jason 2-20)
\nResult: Bangladesh A won by 4 wickets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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