World Cup 2011: Kayes takes Bangladesh home against Netherlands

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World Cup 2011: Kayes takes Bangladesh home against Netherlands

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Steering his innings admirably, Imrul Kayes was guiding Bangladesh towards victory.

14 March,2011 01:22 pm

His partnerships with Junaid Siddique and Shahriar Nafees took the home team to a six wicket win. Dutch bowler Cooper took two wickets in 7.2 overs but no other bowler could pose a real threat to Bangladeshi batsmen.The 92 runs second wicket stand between Kayes and Junaid Siddique put an end on the Dutch resistance. Siddique got out after making 35 as he handed over a catch to Seelaar on the bowling Borren. After 30 overs Bangladesh were in a comfortable position of 126/2, Kayes was playing on 65, while Shahriar Nafees was not out on 18.After 20 overs Bangladesh made 90 runs for the loss of one wicket and the team needed just need 71 more to win in 30 overs. Kayes completed his fifty 50 on 68 balls and hit six boundaries. Siddique was supporting him well by playing the role of second fiddle in the partnership. Needing just over three runs per over, Bangladesh made 30 runs in first 10 overs at the loss of one wicket. Mudassar Bukhari struck in the first over of the innings as the ball took an inside edge and rip Tamim’s off stump.Bangladesh’s tight bowling and four run outs ended the Dutch innings in the 47th over on 160. Abdur Razzak claimed three Dutch wickets and yielded only 29 runs in his 10 overs.Shafiul Islam, the opening seamer, could not manage to take a wicket but he was instrumental in strangling the batsmen before the spinners tightened the screws. He gave only seven runs in his first six overs in the first spell and finished with the figures of 9.2 overs, 3 maidens and 15 runs. Ryan ten Doeschate made a useful contribution before getting run out on 53. No other Dutch batsman could cross the score of 30.