Asia Cup 2008
Wisden's review of Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates, Asia Cup, 2008
15-Apr-2009
At Lahore, June 24, 2008 (day/night). Bangladesh won by 96 runs. Toss: Bangladesh. Bangladesh300-8 (50 overs) (Tamim Iqbal 40, Mohammad Ashraful 109, Raqibul Hasan 83; Zahid Shah 3-49); United Arab Emirates 204 (45.4 overs) (Arshad Ali 41, Khurram Khan 78; Abdur Razzak
3-20). Bangladesh 2 pts. Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful. One-day international debuts:
Amjad Ali, Amjad Javed, I. P. P. Batuwitarachchi, Fahad Alhashmi, Saqib Ali, V. Shetty,
E. H. S. N. Silva, Zahid Shah (UAE).
Mohammad Ashraful, who hit eight fours from 126 balls, put on 141 with Raqibul Hasan (nine
fours), a third-wicket one-day international record for Bangladesh, who reached 300 for only the
second time (their only higher score was 301-7 against Kenya at Bogra in 2005-06). With slow
left-armer Abdur Razzak conceding only 20 from his ten overs, the UAE were never in contention,
although Khurram Khan hit 78 from 81 balls before becoming Razzak's 100th wicket in one-day
internationals.