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That was too close for comfort but well done on survival.
Good to see Jilani using his NBB as well.
Good to see Jilani using his NBB as well.


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Yes, it definitely was a close scrape. It's good that we stayed up, but the next step is getting 3+ wins and not being in these relegation battles in the first place.
Jilani has really kicked on this season, it's been great to see.
Jilani has really kicked on this season, it's been great to see.
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It's time for another post tour review - this time for the T20 tour of England. Let's have a look at the squad first, and the games played by each player:
Batsmen
Karanveer Shankar - 3 games
Polash Wadud - 4 games
Ashok Das - 4 games
Shaun Johnson - 4 games
Sarvesh Chawla - 4 games
Roshan Sen - 3 games
Mahendra Sarkar - 3 games
Wicketkeepers
Tanvir Sarkar - 4 games
Shahriar Azam - 1 game
Bowlers
Anil Jilani - 3 games
Bipul Pal - 3 games
Rohan Chawla - 3 games
Mahfuz Nawaz - 3 games
Vinay Shashtri - 3 games
Shaun Warne - 3 games
Nazmus Alam - 3 games
Vinay Khanolkar - 3 games
Ajit Powar - 1 game
I'll talk more about individual performances at the end of the post, because now we'll go through each game of the tour, starting with:
Game 1 v England - Lost by 6 wickets
A game that started well, but ended disappointingly. In Humid/Crumbling conditions, we lost the toss and were sent in to bat. Given England have a strong, well-rounded bowling attack, 4/142 felt like a very strong effort. Skipper Karanveer Shankar was superb, scoring 73 off 57, fellow opener Ashok Das and no.5 Roshan Sen made useful cameos (25 off 20 and 25 off 17 respectively), but it would not be enough. England started terribly, being 2/3 after the first over when Anil Jilani continued his red-hot form from the ODI tour, but the spinners got taken apart and despite Jilani and express quick Vinay Shashtri being very difficult to score off (1/18 and 0/21 respectively, both off 4 overs), England got home with 3 balls to spare.
Game 2 v UAE - Lost by 5 wickets
Our second game was a very different experience - a horrific start, the middle order ralling but ultimately we just didn't have the runs on the board. We elected to bat first and were 3/25 off 6.3 overs, 2 of those 3 wickets falling to RFS Zane Ibrahim on his way to figures of 3/9 off his 4 overs, really getting the most out of the Hot/Crumbling conditions. From there, Tanvir Sarkar made 49* off 42, Roshan Sen partnered him for a time but without finding any fluency (16 off 24), but no.7 Bipul Pal made a valuable 22* off 18 to get us to 5/116. A small total, but Crumbling pitches can be particularly hard to chase on. That, however, was not the case once again. For a second time, our defence started strongly, with the UAE slipping to 2/28 after 4.3 overs, and once again we couldn't maintain the pressure, though this time the spinners were much improved. The Emiratis got home with 5 wickets and 7 balls to spare, and we found ourselves in a very difficult position, being 0 and 2 again.
Game 3 vs New Zealand - Won by 10 runs
But with the pressure on, we were able to pull off a much-needed win against the eventual champions. In Hot/Dry conditions, we batted first and like the previous game, started weakly. We were 3/55 after 9.2 overs, our top 3 making 30 runs between them. That, however, was as good as it got for the NZ bowlers. While keeper Tanvir Sarkar fell a few overs later for 29, the acceleration was on. Through some absolutely breathtaking hitting from Polash Wadud (61* off 34), we plundered 107 runs from the last 10.4 overs and made it to 5/162. Like the England game, NZ's chase started badly, losing both openers in the second over to Vinay Shashtri. We didn't know it at the time, but only one more wicket would fall - Franklyn Harland trapped in front by Rohan Chawla for 76 in the 19th over. Despite his 121 run partnership with Brett Hogan (60* off 43), NZ could only make 3/152, falling 10 runs short. At last, we had a win, and against a competition heavyweight as well!
Game 4 vs Australia - Lost by 6 wickets
We entered this game knowing that with a win, we would enter the final round of the tournament in control of our fate. We would not have to rely on other results landing in our favour with a win over the dual-format world champions, Australia. A tall order, and one that proved just beyond us, despite what the heading might have you believe. We were sent in to bat first in Humid/Dry conditions, and didn't start too badly this time. We were 2/71 when Ashok Das fell for 42 at the start of the 13th over, and made a further 68 runs to reach 3/139. Skipper Karanveer Shankar top scored with 46* off 40, and Polash Wadud belted 26* off just 13 deliveries.
Our defence of 140 got off to a very wayward start - seamer Nazmus Alam leaking runs at an alarming rate before left-arm medium pacer Bipul Pal had Angelo Ireland caught and bowled for 8. Australia were 1/30 off just 3.2 overs and Ruben McKeown was absolutely flying at the other end. Leggie Shaun Warne had him caught 2 overs later for 26 off 15, and from there we were able to contain the Australians, eventually removing Anthony Bos for 31 off 28. The run rate slowly came down, and no. 4 Keyran Benson fell for a run-a-ball 34 to Mahfuz Nawaz with 13 balls to go. Australia needed another 17 runs for victory, and took a single off the last ball of the over. Leggie Warne returned, only to concede 11 off the penultimate over, leaving young RFS Vinay Khanolkar with just 5 runs to defend. Though he only conceded 3 runs off the first 5 balls, keeper Cameron Rawlings took a 2 off the last delivery to secure the victory and put us in considerable danger for the last round.
Game 5 vs USA - Won by 6 wickets
The final round - USA, in Cloudy/Sitcky conditions. We needed to win this game, and for England to lose their match against NZ by any margin to avoid the drop. On the most pace-friendly pitch we'd seen all tour, USA won the toss and elected to bat and for once, we made a hot start and continued to apply pressure. USA were 2/6 after 1.5 overs, then 3/24 after 7.2 overs, 4/29 after 9.1 overs. Their top 6 made just 45 runs between them, and we restricted them to 7/96 off their 20 overs. All 3 quicks (Anil Jilani, Vinay Shashtri and Nazmus Alam) went at 4.5 RPO or under along with RFS Vinay Khanolkar (3/17) - only Rohan Chawla was remotely leaky (2/28), removing top scorer Seth Weber for 38 off 32.
Opener Shaun Johnson decided to bat like it was an ODI and for once, I didn't mind. With our NRR being extremely close to England's, the margin of victory was irrelevant, and Johnson carrying his bat for 46* off 52 helped us reach the target with 6 wickets and 11 balls to spare. The only other batter of note was Mahendra Sarkar witha a run-a-ball 22. The real drama was unravelling in the England v NZ game - England had batted first, and made 6/134 in Cloudy/Dry conditions. A solid total, made to look imposing when they had NZ 6/77 off 13.4 overs. Suddenly, we were in jeopardy - NZ had 38 balls to score 58 runs, with their last recognised batters Morgan Charlesworth and Julian Woods at the crease. One more wicket and England would bowling to the tail - but it never happened. Charlesworth took the reins, accelerating from 21 off 18 to finish on 61* off 40, with Woods making 18* off 16 and mostly feeding him the strike, and NZ got home off the last ball.
Summary
The results are similar to our last tour - having to scramble to avoid the drop at the last possible second. In that respect, this tour was disappointing - the UAE and England games felt winnable, and to get so close to Australia only to blow it was particularly painful, no matter the ratings difference. Staying up in Division 1 is good, but the goal for the next Div 1 tour is 3+ wins and no relegation battle, and push for the top. We now move on to a T20 tour of England, this time in Division 2.
Batsmen
Karanveer Shankar - 3 games
Polash Wadud - 4 games
Ashok Das - 4 games
Shaun Johnson - 4 games
Sarvesh Chawla - 4 games
Roshan Sen - 3 games
Mahendra Sarkar - 3 games
Wicketkeepers
Tanvir Sarkar - 4 games
Shahriar Azam - 1 game
Bowlers
Anil Jilani - 3 games
Bipul Pal - 3 games
Rohan Chawla - 3 games
Mahfuz Nawaz - 3 games
Vinay Shashtri - 3 games
Shaun Warne - 3 games
Nazmus Alam - 3 games
Vinay Khanolkar - 3 games
Ajit Powar - 1 game
I'll talk more about individual performances at the end of the post, because now we'll go through each game of the tour, starting with:
Game 1 v England - Lost by 6 wickets
A game that started well, but ended disappointingly. In Humid/Crumbling conditions, we lost the toss and were sent in to bat. Given England have a strong, well-rounded bowling attack, 4/142 felt like a very strong effort. Skipper Karanveer Shankar was superb, scoring 73 off 57, fellow opener Ashok Das and no.5 Roshan Sen made useful cameos (25 off 20 and 25 off 17 respectively), but it would not be enough. England started terribly, being 2/3 after the first over when Anil Jilani continued his red-hot form from the ODI tour, but the spinners got taken apart and despite Jilani and express quick Vinay Shashtri being very difficult to score off (1/18 and 0/21 respectively, both off 4 overs), England got home with 3 balls to spare.
Game 2 v UAE - Lost by 5 wickets
Our second game was a very different experience - a horrific start, the middle order ralling but ultimately we just didn't have the runs on the board. We elected to bat first and were 3/25 off 6.3 overs, 2 of those 3 wickets falling to RFS Zane Ibrahim on his way to figures of 3/9 off his 4 overs, really getting the most out of the Hot/Crumbling conditions. From there, Tanvir Sarkar made 49* off 42, Roshan Sen partnered him for a time but without finding any fluency (16 off 24), but no.7 Bipul Pal made a valuable 22* off 18 to get us to 5/116. A small total, but Crumbling pitches can be particularly hard to chase on. That, however, was not the case once again. For a second time, our defence started strongly, with the UAE slipping to 2/28 after 4.3 overs, and once again we couldn't maintain the pressure, though this time the spinners were much improved. The Emiratis got home with 5 wickets and 7 balls to spare, and we found ourselves in a very difficult position, being 0 and 2 again.
Game 3 vs New Zealand - Won by 10 runs
But with the pressure on, we were able to pull off a much-needed win against the eventual champions. In Hot/Dry conditions, we batted first and like the previous game, started weakly. We were 3/55 after 9.2 overs, our top 3 making 30 runs between them. That, however, was as good as it got for the NZ bowlers. While keeper Tanvir Sarkar fell a few overs later for 29, the acceleration was on. Through some absolutely breathtaking hitting from Polash Wadud (61* off 34), we plundered 107 runs from the last 10.4 overs and made it to 5/162. Like the England game, NZ's chase started badly, losing both openers in the second over to Vinay Shashtri. We didn't know it at the time, but only one more wicket would fall - Franklyn Harland trapped in front by Rohan Chawla for 76 in the 19th over. Despite his 121 run partnership with Brett Hogan (60* off 43), NZ could only make 3/152, falling 10 runs short. At last, we had a win, and against a competition heavyweight as well!
Game 4 vs Australia - Lost by 6 wickets
We entered this game knowing that with a win, we would enter the final round of the tournament in control of our fate. We would not have to rely on other results landing in our favour with a win over the dual-format world champions, Australia. A tall order, and one that proved just beyond us, despite what the heading might have you believe. We were sent in to bat first in Humid/Dry conditions, and didn't start too badly this time. We were 2/71 when Ashok Das fell for 42 at the start of the 13th over, and made a further 68 runs to reach 3/139. Skipper Karanveer Shankar top scored with 46* off 40, and Polash Wadud belted 26* off just 13 deliveries.
Our defence of 140 got off to a very wayward start - seamer Nazmus Alam leaking runs at an alarming rate before left-arm medium pacer Bipul Pal had Angelo Ireland caught and bowled for 8. Australia were 1/30 off just 3.2 overs and Ruben McKeown was absolutely flying at the other end. Leggie Shaun Warne had him caught 2 overs later for 26 off 15, and from there we were able to contain the Australians, eventually removing Anthony Bos for 31 off 28. The run rate slowly came down, and no. 4 Keyran Benson fell for a run-a-ball 34 to Mahfuz Nawaz with 13 balls to go. Australia needed another 17 runs for victory, and took a single off the last ball of the over. Leggie Warne returned, only to concede 11 off the penultimate over, leaving young RFS Vinay Khanolkar with just 5 runs to defend. Though he only conceded 3 runs off the first 5 balls, keeper Cameron Rawlings took a 2 off the last delivery to secure the victory and put us in considerable danger for the last round.
Game 5 vs USA - Won by 6 wickets
The final round - USA, in Cloudy/Sitcky conditions. We needed to win this game, and for England to lose their match against NZ by any margin to avoid the drop. On the most pace-friendly pitch we'd seen all tour, USA won the toss and elected to bat and for once, we made a hot start and continued to apply pressure. USA were 2/6 after 1.5 overs, then 3/24 after 7.2 overs, 4/29 after 9.1 overs. Their top 6 made just 45 runs between them, and we restricted them to 7/96 off their 20 overs. All 3 quicks (Anil Jilani, Vinay Shashtri and Nazmus Alam) went at 4.5 RPO or under along with RFS Vinay Khanolkar (3/17) - only Rohan Chawla was remotely leaky (2/28), removing top scorer Seth Weber for 38 off 32.
Opener Shaun Johnson decided to bat like it was an ODI and for once, I didn't mind. With our NRR being extremely close to England's, the margin of victory was irrelevant, and Johnson carrying his bat for 46* off 52 helped us reach the target with 6 wickets and 11 balls to spare. The only other batter of note was Mahendra Sarkar witha a run-a-ball 22. The real drama was unravelling in the England v NZ game - England had batted first, and made 6/134 in Cloudy/Dry conditions. A solid total, made to look imposing when they had NZ 6/77 off 13.4 overs. Suddenly, we were in jeopardy - NZ had 38 balls to score 58 runs, with their last recognised batters Morgan Charlesworth and Julian Woods at the crease. One more wicket and England would bowling to the tail - but it never happened. Charlesworth took the reins, accelerating from 21 off 18 to finish on 61* off 40, with Woods making 18* off 16 and mostly feeding him the strike, and NZ got home off the last ball.
Summary
The results are similar to our last tour - having to scramble to avoid the drop at the last possible second. In that respect, this tour was disappointing - the UAE and England games felt winnable, and to get so close to Australia only to blow it was particularly painful, no matter the ratings difference. Staying up in Division 1 is good, but the goal for the next Div 1 tour is 3+ wins and no relegation battle, and push for the top. We now move on to a T20 tour of England, this time in Division 2.
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Today we have our third and final tour of the season, back to England for One Day Division 2.
Tour Details
Hosting Rights Won By England
First Choice Pitch - Hard
Second Choice Pitch - Uneven
Third Choice Pitch - Even
Fixtures
3rd Feb v Kenya - Hard
4th Feb v Scotland - Even
5th Feb v Ireland - Hard
6th Feb v England - Even
7th Feb v Pakistan - Even
This means we have a 3-0-2 allocation, the same allocation we had on our first OD tour of the season. Interesting to see England pivot heavily in their pitch selection, as on the recently concluded T20 tour they went with Dry-Crumbling-Sticky. You'd imagine they're backing their F/FMs to be a level above their opposition given the frequency of Hard pitches, and giving the opposition spinners less to work with.
The games for this tour will be played at 10:00am FTP time.
OD Division 2 -Tour Selection
Batters
Karanveer Shankar - Glen Fruin (7 Caps)
Ashok Das - Standrop Rockets (8 Caps)
Shaun Johnson - Ohoka Swamphens (7 Caps)
Syed Nousher - Washington Generals (U20 Debut)
Mahendra Sarkar - The Elite (6 Caps)
Roshan Sen - Hoarders CC (3 Caps)
Mahir Bashar - Bailey (U20 Debut)
Wicketkeepers
Tanvir Sarkar - Xanadoosra (11 Caps)
Shahriar Azam - Bailey (1 Cap, OD Debut)
Allrounders
Anil Jilani - Washington Generals (11 Caps)
Bipul Pal - Glen Fruin (7 Caps)
Bowlers
Tariq Bashir - Spazzers (U20 Debut)
Vinay Shashtri - Hoarders CC (3 Caps, OD Debut)
Saurav Amarnath - Wildcards (U20 Debut)
Rohan Chawla - Indian Tigers (6 Caps)
Hannan Khadim - Bancroft (U20 Debut)
Vinay Khanolkar - North Cunnett CC (3 Caps, OD Debut)
Shaun Warne - The Toronto Cougars (6 Caps)
A handful of changes from the previous tour, but the core of the squad remains the same. We're aiming for a more convincing performance this tour - 3 or more wins and fighting for promotion.
Tour Details
Hosting Rights Won By England
First Choice Pitch - Hard
Second Choice Pitch - Uneven
Third Choice Pitch - Even
Fixtures
3rd Feb v Kenya - Hard
4th Feb v Scotland - Even
5th Feb v Ireland - Hard
6th Feb v England - Even
7th Feb v Pakistan - Even
This means we have a 3-0-2 allocation, the same allocation we had on our first OD tour of the season. Interesting to see England pivot heavily in their pitch selection, as on the recently concluded T20 tour they went with Dry-Crumbling-Sticky. You'd imagine they're backing their F/FMs to be a level above their opposition given the frequency of Hard pitches, and giving the opposition spinners less to work with.
The games for this tour will be played at 10:00am FTP time.
OD Division 2 -Tour Selection
Batters
Karanveer Shankar - Glen Fruin (7 Caps)
Ashok Das - Standrop Rockets (8 Caps)
Shaun Johnson - Ohoka Swamphens (7 Caps)
Syed Nousher - Washington Generals (U20 Debut)
Mahendra Sarkar - The Elite (6 Caps)
Roshan Sen - Hoarders CC (3 Caps)
Mahir Bashar - Bailey (U20 Debut)
Wicketkeepers
Tanvir Sarkar - Xanadoosra (11 Caps)
Shahriar Azam - Bailey (1 Cap, OD Debut)
Allrounders
Anil Jilani - Washington Generals (11 Caps)
Bipul Pal - Glen Fruin (7 Caps)
Bowlers
Tariq Bashir - Spazzers (U20 Debut)
Vinay Shashtri - Hoarders CC (3 Caps, OD Debut)
Saurav Amarnath - Wildcards (U20 Debut)
Rohan Chawla - Indian Tigers (6 Caps)
Hannan Khadim - Bancroft (U20 Debut)
Vinay Khanolkar - North Cunnett CC (3 Caps, OD Debut)
Shaun Warne - The Toronto Cougars (6 Caps)
A handful of changes from the previous tour, but the core of the squad remains the same. We're aiming for a more convincing performance this tour - 3 or more wins and fighting for promotion.
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Last night was our first game of the OD Div 2 tour of England, and we took on Kenya in Hot/Hard conditions.
We lost the toss and were asked to bat first, and our openers seemed to be very happy with that decision - we didn't lost a wicket until Shaun Johnson departed for 83 off 69 in the 25th over. We were 1/157 at drinks, and sitting pretty. From there we continued on steadily before losing keeper Tanvir Sarkar for 24 off 22, and a few overs later skipper Karanveer Shankar fell for 119 off 112 - his maiden U20 OD ton. At that moment we were 3/236 off 35.2 overs, and still in a position of strength, though we did have a small wobble after this. After plundering 34 runs from the next 2.5 overs, no. 4 Roshan Sen fell to leggie Ousmane mac Ogot, along with Mahendra Sarkar for a 2 ball duck. The next over saw Ashok Das get trapped in front for a run-a-ball 4, and we were now 6/288 after 40 overs. Even though Anil Jilani was the only recognised batter left, him and no. 8 Rohan Chawla went ballistic, bringing up the 100 runs partnership off the final ball of the innings. We ended on 6/387, with Jilani on 73* off 39, and Chawla on 46* off 31. An absolutely exceptional batting performance, admittedly in tough conditions for bowlers.
Kenya, by contrast, did not start as strongly. Tearaway quick Vinay Shashtri knocked over opener Isaac Mathai for 13, and Kenya were 1/16 after 4 overs. Just 4.2 overs later and Anil Jilani struck, removing Theophillus mac Oruma for just 3. At 2/42 the Kenyas were in trouble, though they did recover strongly from here. Kenya went to the drinks break on 2/145, well behind the required run rate of 9.64 but with enough wickets in hand to potentially launch from here. That was, however, until No.4 Feruzi mac Obuya was run out for a fine innings of 55 off 50. One wicket is not the end of the world, but Rohan Chawla came on in the next over and removed Danie wa Mutahi and keeper Kirkov Petrovna for 2 and a duck respectively. Just 2 overs after drinks, the Kenyans were now 5/150 and feeling the heat. The pressure only intensified as no. 7 Ousmane mac Ogot fell to Shaun Warne for 5, and Hannan Khadim removed Benson Orengo for a golden duck, leaving Kenya 7/158. Opener and captain Berhanu wa Kibunja and no. 9 Michael Pointer managed a 46 run partnership before Pointer fell for 24. While Kenya did hit out from here, it only served to limit NRR damage - wa Kibunja finally falling for an excellent 123 off 130, and Jacob Abadu becoming Tanvir Sarkar's 5th catch of the day on 24. Kenya were all out for 252, and we wrapped up a 133 run win to open proceedings.
A virtually perfect start to the tournament, and tomorrow we take on Scotland in Hot/Even conditions.
https://fromthepavilion.org/scorecard.h ... Id=6954276
Match Ratings
Bangladesh U20 Kenya U20
Batting - Top Order 10,168 9,814
Batting - Middle Order 8,957 9,124
Batting - Tail 5,460 5,130
Bowling - Seam 10,230 (30) 9,066 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,678 (20) 11,741 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,676 11,367
Overall 179,957 175,925
We lost the toss and were asked to bat first, and our openers seemed to be very happy with that decision - we didn't lost a wicket until Shaun Johnson departed for 83 off 69 in the 25th over. We were 1/157 at drinks, and sitting pretty. From there we continued on steadily before losing keeper Tanvir Sarkar for 24 off 22, and a few overs later skipper Karanveer Shankar fell for 119 off 112 - his maiden U20 OD ton. At that moment we were 3/236 off 35.2 overs, and still in a position of strength, though we did have a small wobble after this. After plundering 34 runs from the next 2.5 overs, no. 4 Roshan Sen fell to leggie Ousmane mac Ogot, along with Mahendra Sarkar for a 2 ball duck. The next over saw Ashok Das get trapped in front for a run-a-ball 4, and we were now 6/288 after 40 overs. Even though Anil Jilani was the only recognised batter left, him and no. 8 Rohan Chawla went ballistic, bringing up the 100 runs partnership off the final ball of the innings. We ended on 6/387, with Jilani on 73* off 39, and Chawla on 46* off 31. An absolutely exceptional batting performance, admittedly in tough conditions for bowlers.
Kenya, by contrast, did not start as strongly. Tearaway quick Vinay Shashtri knocked over opener Isaac Mathai for 13, and Kenya were 1/16 after 4 overs. Just 4.2 overs later and Anil Jilani struck, removing Theophillus mac Oruma for just 3. At 2/42 the Kenyas were in trouble, though they did recover strongly from here. Kenya went to the drinks break on 2/145, well behind the required run rate of 9.64 but with enough wickets in hand to potentially launch from here. That was, however, until No.4 Feruzi mac Obuya was run out for a fine innings of 55 off 50. One wicket is not the end of the world, but Rohan Chawla came on in the next over and removed Danie wa Mutahi and keeper Kirkov Petrovna for 2 and a duck respectively. Just 2 overs after drinks, the Kenyans were now 5/150 and feeling the heat. The pressure only intensified as no. 7 Ousmane mac Ogot fell to Shaun Warne for 5, and Hannan Khadim removed Benson Orengo for a golden duck, leaving Kenya 7/158. Opener and captain Berhanu wa Kibunja and no. 9 Michael Pointer managed a 46 run partnership before Pointer fell for 24. While Kenya did hit out from here, it only served to limit NRR damage - wa Kibunja finally falling for an excellent 123 off 130, and Jacob Abadu becoming Tanvir Sarkar's 5th catch of the day on 24. Kenya were all out for 252, and we wrapped up a 133 run win to open proceedings.
A virtually perfect start to the tournament, and tomorrow we take on Scotland in Hot/Even conditions.
https://fromthepavilion.org/scorecard.h ... Id=6954276
Match Ratings
Bangladesh U20 Kenya U20
Batting - Top Order 10,168 9,814
Batting - Middle Order 8,957 9,124
Batting - Tail 5,460 5,130
Bowling - Seam 10,230 (30) 9,066 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,678 (20) 11,741 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,676 11,367
Overall 179,957 175,925
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Bangladesh v Scotland, the second match in OD Div 2 between 2 evenly matched teams playing in Even/Hot conditions.
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh, who rested their express pace bowlers for today's match started well, keeping it fairly tight for the first 3 overs. They were rewarded when Fogarty - Spooge hit to point after 3.1 overs, leaving the Scots 15 - 1. Scotland then put on 2 decent partnerships. Gilchrist Gibson 102 (119) anchored 78 and 65 run partnerships with Bannan 37 (40) and Souness 22(30) to leave the Scots in a decent position on 158 - 3 after 30 overs.
When Gibson finally fell to make it 187 - 4 after 35.3 overs Bangladesh still had an element of control over the run rate. What ensued was a bit of a run fest. Bangladesh only managed one more wicket, with the addition of over 130 runs. 8 of the final 10 overs going into double figures, posting a total of 324 - 5, which could still be seen as slightly below par. V. Khanolkar was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 3 - 55.
Bangladesh started well. When our first wicket, Das 32 (26) fell with 78 runs on the board after 11.1 overs, they were 19 runs to the good compared to Scotland's first innings at the same point. Out walked wonderkid wk Tanvir Sarkar, putting on what would turn out to be a match winning and man of the match performance, anchoring the middle part of the innings with 4 important partnerships.
He put on 28 (37) with M. Sarker, who also scored a valuable 59 (61).
100 (89) with R. Sen 47 (44).
40 (44) with S. Nousher 17 (17)
38 (30) with captain M. Bashar 34* (30).
When T. Sarkar fell for a magnificent 114 (105), he left Bangladesh on 284 -5, needing 41 runs in 5.2 overs, with 5 wickets in hand, they were ahead of the run rate. B. Pal only lasted 3 balls for his 1 run meaning we had lost 2 wickets in quick succession.
It took a steady knock from M. Bashar and 16* (14) from S. Amarnath to get Bangladesh over the line with just 3 balls to spare, in what turned out to be a very tense and close 4 wicket win. The 16 runs that came off the penultimate over would have settled the beating hearts of Bangladesh fans, who up until that point may have thought they were snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Overall a very satisfying win, 2 in 2, next up are the only other unbeaten team in the Division, Ireland.
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Bangladesh U20 v Scotland U20
Batting - Top Order 9,899, 9,681
Batting - Middle Order 8,117, 8,951
Batting - Tail 4,759, 4,704
Bowling - Seam 9,766 (20), 9,507 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,222 (30), 10,332 (20)
Fielding/Keeping - 11,176, 11,063
Overall - 170,069, 171,016
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh, who rested their express pace bowlers for today's match started well, keeping it fairly tight for the first 3 overs. They were rewarded when Fogarty - Spooge hit to point after 3.1 overs, leaving the Scots 15 - 1. Scotland then put on 2 decent partnerships. Gilchrist Gibson 102 (119) anchored 78 and 65 run partnerships with Bannan 37 (40) and Souness 22(30) to leave the Scots in a decent position on 158 - 3 after 30 overs.
When Gibson finally fell to make it 187 - 4 after 35.3 overs Bangladesh still had an element of control over the run rate. What ensued was a bit of a run fest. Bangladesh only managed one more wicket, with the addition of over 130 runs. 8 of the final 10 overs going into double figures, posting a total of 324 - 5, which could still be seen as slightly below par. V. Khanolkar was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 3 - 55.
Bangladesh started well. When our first wicket, Das 32 (26) fell with 78 runs on the board after 11.1 overs, they were 19 runs to the good compared to Scotland's first innings at the same point. Out walked wonderkid wk Tanvir Sarkar, putting on what would turn out to be a match winning and man of the match performance, anchoring the middle part of the innings with 4 important partnerships.
He put on 28 (37) with M. Sarker, who also scored a valuable 59 (61).
100 (89) with R. Sen 47 (44).
40 (44) with S. Nousher 17 (17)
38 (30) with captain M. Bashar 34* (30).
When T. Sarkar fell for a magnificent 114 (105), he left Bangladesh on 284 -5, needing 41 runs in 5.2 overs, with 5 wickets in hand, they were ahead of the run rate. B. Pal only lasted 3 balls for his 1 run meaning we had lost 2 wickets in quick succession.
It took a steady knock from M. Bashar and 16* (14) from S. Amarnath to get Bangladesh over the line with just 3 balls to spare, in what turned out to be a very tense and close 4 wicket win. The 16 runs that came off the penultimate over would have settled the beating hearts of Bangladesh fans, who up until that point may have thought they were snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Overall a very satisfying win, 2 in 2, next up are the only other unbeaten team in the Division, Ireland.
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Bangladesh U20 v Scotland U20
Batting - Top Order 9,899, 9,681
Batting - Middle Order 8,117, 8,951
Batting - Tail 4,759, 4,704
Bowling - Seam 9,766 (20), 9,507 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,222 (30), 10,332 (20)
Fielding/Keeping - 11,176, 11,063
Overall - 170,069, 171,016
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We then roll in to game 3 - our opponents were Ireland, in Humid/Hard conditions.
We found ourselves in a different position to the previous tours this season - after two rounds, the only unbeaten teams were us and our opponents. We won the toss, and elected to bowl first, reasoning that our 5-man pace attack should make good use of the helpful conditions. It didn't start that way, with Ireland cruising to 79 in 15 overs before losing their first wicket. Ireland lost their second wicket in the next over, but registered a 98 run partnership before Matthew Dennehy missed out on a half-century by 3 runs. From here, our quicks clawed their way back in to the match - Ireland lost their next 3 wickets for 38 runs (including the big wicket of Ruairi McCann for 73), finding themselves 6/219 after 42.1 overs. Ireland managed another 48 runs in the last 7.5 overs for the loss of quick Luke Arrigan for 28, finishing on 7/267.
268 was a decent total, made to look a bit better when skipper Karanveer Shankar fell early for just 5. From there, though, we look to have come to grips with conditions and were going at a run a ball until Shaun Johnson was trapped in front for 26. From 2/61, we then managed a 101 run 3rd wicket partnership before keeper Tanvir Sarkar fell on 61. Roshan Sen didn't last long, falling for just 6, but from there Mahendra Sarkar and Anil Jilani kept the innings on track. M. Sarkar eventually departed just 5 runs short of a maiden century, and though Jilani's dismissal brought about a brief collapse, we got home with 2 wickets and 2.2 overs to spare.
3 games, 3 wins - an ideal start to our tour, and we now face England in the next game. Special mention to MOTM Hannan Khadim who took 3/52, held 3 catches and came in at 10 to hit the winning runs.
https://fromthepavilion.org/scorecard.h ... Id=6954285
Match Ratings
Ireland U20 Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order 10,022 9,858
Batting - Middle Order 7,849 9,003
Batting - Tail 4,738 4,646
Bowling - Seam 9,819 (40) 9,828 (50)
Bowling - Spin 9,404 (10) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,330 11,097
Overall 165,372 171,817
We found ourselves in a different position to the previous tours this season - after two rounds, the only unbeaten teams were us and our opponents. We won the toss, and elected to bowl first, reasoning that our 5-man pace attack should make good use of the helpful conditions. It didn't start that way, with Ireland cruising to 79 in 15 overs before losing their first wicket. Ireland lost their second wicket in the next over, but registered a 98 run partnership before Matthew Dennehy missed out on a half-century by 3 runs. From here, our quicks clawed their way back in to the match - Ireland lost their next 3 wickets for 38 runs (including the big wicket of Ruairi McCann for 73), finding themselves 6/219 after 42.1 overs. Ireland managed another 48 runs in the last 7.5 overs for the loss of quick Luke Arrigan for 28, finishing on 7/267.
268 was a decent total, made to look a bit better when skipper Karanveer Shankar fell early for just 5. From there, though, we look to have come to grips with conditions and were going at a run a ball until Shaun Johnson was trapped in front for 26. From 2/61, we then managed a 101 run 3rd wicket partnership before keeper Tanvir Sarkar fell on 61. Roshan Sen didn't last long, falling for just 6, but from there Mahendra Sarkar and Anil Jilani kept the innings on track. M. Sarkar eventually departed just 5 runs short of a maiden century, and though Jilani's dismissal brought about a brief collapse, we got home with 2 wickets and 2.2 overs to spare.
3 games, 3 wins - an ideal start to our tour, and we now face England in the next game. Special mention to MOTM Hannan Khadim who took 3/52, held 3 catches and came in at 10 to hit the winning runs.
https://fromthepavilion.org/scorecard.h ... Id=6954285
Match Ratings
Ireland U20 Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order 10,022 9,858
Batting - Middle Order 7,849 9,003
Batting - Tail 4,738 4,646
Bowling - Seam 9,819 (40) 9,828 (50)
Bowling - Spin 9,404 (10) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,330 11,097
Overall 165,372 171,817
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Last night was game 4 of the tour, and we faced hosts England at Lords in Sunny/Hard conditions.
Coming in unbeaten after 3 rounds meant that a win here would guarantee promotion and give us one hand on the trophy for this tour. We lost the toss, and England skipper Paul Brinsley elected to bat first. For a few overs, this looked like it might have been a bad decision - England lost openers Felix Franks and Brendon Rawle for 4 and 16 respectively. From there, they put on a century partnership for the third wicket before losing Curtis Dehring for 42 and skipper Brinsley for a duck. However, no.4 Theo Wiese had other ideas - lashing 140 off 123 deliveries, before being trapped in front by Vinay Shashtri. While no.6 Joseph Redgrave fell the following over from 52, we were unable to wrest back control and still conceded another 61 runs from the last 6.3 overs. England finished their innings on 6/312 - a commanding total, but not unchaseable.
And it certainly looked within reach as Shaun Johnson and Karanveer Shankar put on 134 for the first wicket, before Shankar fell for 68. No.3 Ashok Das left as quickly as he entered, lasting 3 balls for just 1 run. From 2/136, with both wickets falling the over before drinks, Johnson and no.4 Mahir Bashar steadied the innings with a 44 runs partnership before both men were dismissed within an over of each other. Johnson made 86 with Bashar contributing 18 runs. What became an issue was this pattern repeating itself for the rest of the innings - start to build a partnership, lose two wickets in quick succession. The middle order failed to capitalise on the platform the openers made, and we lost 6 wickets in the slog overs to fall from 5/235 after 40 overs, to all out for 292 with 7 balls left. A winnable position thrown away, though credit must be given to a good England bowling attack.
The final round is this evening - a win against Pakistan and we're guaranteed promotion, and could only lose top spot if Ireland blow Kenya away in their final game. A loss means we have to rely on Kenya beating Ireland, and our NRR staying better than England if they beat Scotland in order to hold on to top spot. Missing promotion is only possible if we lose badly to Pakistan, Ireland beat Kenya convincingly, and England thrash Scotland.
https://fromthepavilion.org/scorecard.h ... Id=6954287
Match Ratings
England U20 Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order 9,674 9,444
Batting - Middle Order 8,340 8,466
Batting - Tail 4,461 5,172
Bowling - Seam 9,074 (40) 9,742 (30)
Bowling - Spin 9,867 (10) 10,310 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,174 10,559
Overall 165,129 168,680
Coming in unbeaten after 3 rounds meant that a win here would guarantee promotion and give us one hand on the trophy for this tour. We lost the toss, and England skipper Paul Brinsley elected to bat first. For a few overs, this looked like it might have been a bad decision - England lost openers Felix Franks and Brendon Rawle for 4 and 16 respectively. From there, they put on a century partnership for the third wicket before losing Curtis Dehring for 42 and skipper Brinsley for a duck. However, no.4 Theo Wiese had other ideas - lashing 140 off 123 deliveries, before being trapped in front by Vinay Shashtri. While no.6 Joseph Redgrave fell the following over from 52, we were unable to wrest back control and still conceded another 61 runs from the last 6.3 overs. England finished their innings on 6/312 - a commanding total, but not unchaseable.
And it certainly looked within reach as Shaun Johnson and Karanveer Shankar put on 134 for the first wicket, before Shankar fell for 68. No.3 Ashok Das left as quickly as he entered, lasting 3 balls for just 1 run. From 2/136, with both wickets falling the over before drinks, Johnson and no.4 Mahir Bashar steadied the innings with a 44 runs partnership before both men were dismissed within an over of each other. Johnson made 86 with Bashar contributing 18 runs. What became an issue was this pattern repeating itself for the rest of the innings - start to build a partnership, lose two wickets in quick succession. The middle order failed to capitalise on the platform the openers made, and we lost 6 wickets in the slog overs to fall from 5/235 after 40 overs, to all out for 292 with 7 balls left. A winnable position thrown away, though credit must be given to a good England bowling attack.
The final round is this evening - a win against Pakistan and we're guaranteed promotion, and could only lose top spot if Ireland blow Kenya away in their final game. A loss means we have to rely on Kenya beating Ireland, and our NRR staying better than England if they beat Scotland in order to hold on to top spot. Missing promotion is only possible if we lose badly to Pakistan, Ireland beat Kenya convincingly, and England thrash Scotland.
https://fromthepavilion.org/scorecard.h ... Id=6954287
Match Ratings
England U20 Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order 9,674 9,444
Batting - Middle Order 8,340 8,466
Batting - Tail 4,461 5,172
Bowling - Seam 9,074 (40) 9,742 (30)
Bowling - Spin 9,867 (10) 10,310 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,174 10,559
Overall 165,129 168,680
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The final match of the U-20 One Day Div 2 , Pakistan v Bangladesh, the conditions were windy with an even pitch, slightly favouring the spinners. Bangladesh came up against previous manager MuslimDave. A win for the Tigers would guarantee a promotion to Division 1.
K. Shankar, in his final match as captain won the toss and elected to bat, walking out to the middle to open with S. Johnson. A fairly brisk start from the batting team was interrupted after 4.4 overs when Johnson 7 (9) was trapped LBW by a yorker from S. Masih. T. Sarkar came to the crease and put on a 51 run partnership with Shankar at a decent lick. Sarkar was eventually out for 22 (26), hitting a bat pad off the bowling of K. Habib. 3 more 50 run partnerships followed. Shankar and M. Sarkar putting on 74 (85). Shankar was eventually out for 80 (93), leaving his team in a promising position of 150 - 3, just over the half way mark.
M. Sarker and R. Sen picked up the baton and scored 54 (62), before M. Sarkar was out for 60 (76), with around 12 overs to go, Bangladesh were 204-4. S. Nousher, with Sen provided even more impetus, 56 runs coming off 42 balls before Nousher 30 (25) was out to the bowling of Masih. The Pakistan left arm quick was the pick of their bowlers finishing with 3-55.
Sen contributed to his third important partnership of the innings with B. Pal. Together they put on 19 (14), before Sen was out. Another quick wicket followed, S. Amarnath 0 (2) was out for a duck in the same over, stumped. This left Bangladesh on 279 - 7 with just over 2 overs remaining. Pal, who up until today hadn't contributed any lower order runs in his previous matches, made an important 25* (18) to leave Bangladesh with 295/7. The score looked competitive at least.
Bangladesh got off to the perfect start with the ball, Pal getting S. Ayub caught in the deep after just 2 balls. Pakistan put on 3 decent partnerships, keeping them in the hunt, although the Tigers also picked up fairly regular wickets. A. Shafi 40 (51) and S. Ul-Haq 43 (64) both to fell to a V. Khanolkar/ T. Sarkar combination. A Barlas was clean bowled by Pal after making 22 (28). Pakistan were 168-4 after 33 overs. Only 7 runs behind the comparative rate and well in the game.
What followed swung the game in Bangladesh's favour, 2 further quick wickets for just 10 runs. T. Laghari, Pakistan's top scorer 56 (55) was out to Khanolkar without adding to the score. N. Nath was then out for 6 (10), caught Pal, bowled Khanolkar, who finished with figures of 3-48, capping off an impressive tour. This left Pakistan on 178 - 6, the wickets column firmly in Bangladesh's favour, as well as a run rate requiring over 8.
Pakistan weren't done yet, Akhtar and Habib showed grit and determination to put on a brilliant partnership of 80 (85), unfortunately they weren't able to score at a high enough pace, the Bangladesh spinners (and Pal) applying the squeeze. With the match officially sewn up by the penultimate over, Chawla got in on the act in the 50th, dismissing both Akhtar 40 (40) and Habib 42 (50), both caught behind by Sarkar, giving him 5 catches for the match. Pal finished with figures of 3 -51, which along with his runs bought him the man of the match award.
A great win, ensuring promotion to Division 1 for the next One Day tour, commiserations to Pakistan, who go down a division.
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Pakistan U20 v Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order - 9,357, 9,455
Batting - Middle Order - 8,759, 8,044
Batting - Tail - 5,735, 4,632
Bowling - Seam - 8,518 (30), 9,514 (20)
Bowling - Spin - 10,119 (20), 9,974 (30)
Fielding/Keeping - 10,341, 10,566
Overall - 166,487, 164,544
K. Shankar, in his final match as captain won the toss and elected to bat, walking out to the middle to open with S. Johnson. A fairly brisk start from the batting team was interrupted after 4.4 overs when Johnson 7 (9) was trapped LBW by a yorker from S. Masih. T. Sarkar came to the crease and put on a 51 run partnership with Shankar at a decent lick. Sarkar was eventually out for 22 (26), hitting a bat pad off the bowling of K. Habib. 3 more 50 run partnerships followed. Shankar and M. Sarkar putting on 74 (85). Shankar was eventually out for 80 (93), leaving his team in a promising position of 150 - 3, just over the half way mark.
M. Sarker and R. Sen picked up the baton and scored 54 (62), before M. Sarkar was out for 60 (76), with around 12 overs to go, Bangladesh were 204-4. S. Nousher, with Sen provided even more impetus, 56 runs coming off 42 balls before Nousher 30 (25) was out to the bowling of Masih. The Pakistan left arm quick was the pick of their bowlers finishing with 3-55.
Sen contributed to his third important partnership of the innings with B. Pal. Together they put on 19 (14), before Sen was out. Another quick wicket followed, S. Amarnath 0 (2) was out for a duck in the same over, stumped. This left Bangladesh on 279 - 7 with just over 2 overs remaining. Pal, who up until today hadn't contributed any lower order runs in his previous matches, made an important 25* (18) to leave Bangladesh with 295/7. The score looked competitive at least.
Bangladesh got off to the perfect start with the ball, Pal getting S. Ayub caught in the deep after just 2 balls. Pakistan put on 3 decent partnerships, keeping them in the hunt, although the Tigers also picked up fairly regular wickets. A. Shafi 40 (51) and S. Ul-Haq 43 (64) both to fell to a V. Khanolkar/ T. Sarkar combination. A Barlas was clean bowled by Pal after making 22 (28). Pakistan were 168-4 after 33 overs. Only 7 runs behind the comparative rate and well in the game.
What followed swung the game in Bangladesh's favour, 2 further quick wickets for just 10 runs. T. Laghari, Pakistan's top scorer 56 (55) was out to Khanolkar without adding to the score. N. Nath was then out for 6 (10), caught Pal, bowled Khanolkar, who finished with figures of 3-48, capping off an impressive tour. This left Pakistan on 178 - 6, the wickets column firmly in Bangladesh's favour, as well as a run rate requiring over 8.
Pakistan weren't done yet, Akhtar and Habib showed grit and determination to put on a brilliant partnership of 80 (85), unfortunately they weren't able to score at a high enough pace, the Bangladesh spinners (and Pal) applying the squeeze. With the match officially sewn up by the penultimate over, Chawla got in on the act in the 50th, dismissing both Akhtar 40 (40) and Habib 42 (50), both caught behind by Sarkar, giving him 5 catches for the match. Pal finished with figures of 3 -51, which along with his runs bought him the man of the match award.
A great win, ensuring promotion to Division 1 for the next One Day tour, commiserations to Pakistan, who go down a division.
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Pakistan U20 v Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order - 9,357, 9,455
Batting - Middle Order - 8,759, 8,044
Batting - Tail - 5,735, 4,632
Bowling - Seam - 8,518 (30), 9,514 (20)
Bowling - Spin - 10,119 (20), 9,974 (30)
Fielding/Keeping - 10,341, 10,566
Overall - 166,487, 164,544
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Congrats on promoting and winning the division


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Thanks wmchamps, we'll see you in division 1 next season!
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Looking forward to it, also nice result in our friendly today with the tied game.

