da bet esporte： An almost full strength Bangladesh national team playing as CricketCommittee of Dhaka Metropolitan XI were crushed by the Overseas XI,comprising foreign players currently participating in the country’s PremierLeague
Syedur Rahman30-Apr-2000An almost full strength Bangladesh national team playing as CricketCommittee of Dhaka Metropolitan XI were crushed by the Overseas XI,comprising foreign players currently participating in the country’s PremierLeague. The match held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium was organized byone of the country’s oldest clubs, Wari Club as part of their Centnearycelebrations. It was curtailed to a 38-over a side encounter due to heavyrain on the previous night. Akram Khan led the Bangladesh side while TareqMehmood was in charge of the guests’ side which had ten Pakistanis out ofthe eleven.Electing to bat first, CCDM lost Naimur Rahman early for 12, beforeShahriar Hussain and Habibul Bashar added 91 runs for the second wicket.Bashar left for 37 with the score on 112 and his partner Shahriar was thenext to go, top scoring with 66, an innings which inlcuded three boundariesand two sixes.Shahriar was Pakistani left armer Mohammad Hossain’s firstvictim and more soon followed. The rest of the batsman were unable to putup any resistance against the Overseas attack, as Hossain ripped throughthe ordertaking 5/19. CCDM ended at up with a disappointing score of 182/9in their allotted 38 overs.Overseas XI started disastrously losing Mohammad Hossain, who failed toscore. But after that another good second wicket partnership, this timebetween Salim Elahi (69 off 19 balls, 10 fours and a six) and Imran Farhet(39) worth 92 put the imports in a very comfortable position. After thedeparture of both the anchoring batsman, Sarfaraz followed cheaply withjust 2. With the score on 157 and just 23 runs required, Abid Hanif (19)and Manzoor Elahi (18) played it safe and Overseas XI sailed to victorywith 3 overs to spare.