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Bangladesh vs Netherlands, 32nd Match, Group B at Chattogram, , Mar 14 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
32nd Match, Group B, Chattogram, March 14, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup
(41.2/50 ov, T:161) 166/4

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
73* (113)
imrul-kayes
New
BAN
Full commentary

A comfortable win for Bangladesh, and they're now on six points. The race for the quarter-finals has intensified in Group B. England face West Indies on the 17th, while Bangladesh face a tough test against South Africa in their next match. Ireland take on South Africa tomorrow, and there's India waiting to take on West Indies. If West Indies beat England in Chennai, Bangladesh are through to the next stage.

Shahriar: "It's a good feeling to win. This game was very important for us, and it gives us a huge opportunity to reach the quarter-finals. Imrul has been in very good form, and he's carried his good form from last year into this one. The pitch was on the slower side. I am playing an international after a long time. We are looking to beat South Africa and qualify for the quarters. The West Indies-England game is not in our hands."

Presentation time

Borren: "We said we were going to play brave cricket, but we played bad cricket. We let ourselves down on a tough pitch. Not an easy wicket to rotate the strike but that's something we've worked hard on. The running between the wickets was disappointing. We have another game to go. Today was an opportunity but we didn't play to our standards. Ireland is a team we've played a lot of cricket against but we have to be on top of our game to beat them."

Shakib: "It was anervous game because we had to win to stay in the contest. The boys played well and kept up the pressure on Netherlands. The fast bowlers supported the spinners well. Abdur Razzak is a key bowler for us, and he always kept us in the game. We'll watch the West Indies-England game very closely, but we want to do well against South Africa."

Imrul Kayes is the Man of the Match

Imrul: "The wicket was not easy to bat on. I had to stay on the wicket after Tamim got out early. My role is to occupy the crease."

That's all we have for this game. Thanks for tuning in and sending us your feedback. Sriram Veera's done with his bulletin, so do check it out. Until the next time, it's goodbye from all of us. Oh, but there's another match happening in Pallekele. Zimbabwe are struggling against Pakistan. Bye folks.

41.2
6
Cooper to Mushfiqur, SIX runs

finishes it off with a six, short on middle and he rocks back to pull it into the crowd behind midwicket

41.1
4
Cooper to Mushfiqur, FOUR runs

finds the gap, some attacking intent from Mushfiqur, was tossed up, comes down the track and caresses it past a diving extra cover for a boundary, scores level now

end of over 412 runs
BAN: 156/4CRR: 3.80 RRR: 0.55
Mushfiqur Rahim1 (10b)
Imrul Kayes73 (113b 6x4)
Adeel Raja 7-0-31-0
Tom Cooper 7-2-23-2
40.6
1
Adeel Raja to Mushfiqur, 1 run

short on middle, rocks back and pulls it to deep midwicket for a single to get off the mark

40.5
Adeel Raja to Mushfiqur, no run

flighted on the off, comes down the track but mistimes a drive to mid-off

40.4
Adeel Raja to Mushfiqur, no run

gently chips it into the leg side off the front foot

40.3
Adeel Raja to Mushfiqur, no run

slightly short outside off, turning in, chops it towards point

40.2
1
Adeel Raja to Imrul, 1 run

flighted on leg stump, pushed wide of midwicket for a single

40.1
Adeel Raja to Imrul, no run

slightly short on leg stump, gets back and nudges it to short fine leg

end of over 401 run
BAN: 154/4CRR: 3.85 RRR: 0.70
Imrul Kayes72 (111b 6x4)
Mushfiqur Rahim0 (6b)
Tom Cooper 7-2-23-2
Pieter Seelaar 10-1-25-0

The leg-side field is largely vacant, those full tosses were instead wasted by being played into the off side

39.6
1
Cooper to Imrul, 1 run

almost did a Shakib there, tried to go inside out and attempt the same shot, except that this fell safe behind cover, Bangladesh are not helping themselves with this

39.5
Cooper to Imrul, no run

fails to dispatch another full toss, on middle, pushes it to extra cover

39.4
Cooper to Imrul, no run

full on middle, pushed straight to extra cover

39.3
Cooper to Imrul, no run

short and wide, dot ball again, cut straight to point

39.2
Cooper to Imrul, no run

not managing to dispatch the full toss, was on middle, reverse-swept it to point

39.1
Cooper to Imrul, no run

angling in towards middle and off, defended towards cover

end of over 39Maiden
BAN: 153/4CRR: 3.92 RRR: 0.72
Mushfiqur Rahim0 (6b)
Imrul Kayes71 (105b 6x4)
Pieter Seelaar 10-1-25-0
Tom Cooper 6-2-22-2
38.6
Seelaar to Mushfiqur, no run

quicker through the air, gets on the back foot and defends it to cover, another maiden

38.5
Seelaar to Mushfiqur, no run

flighted on the off, digs it towards point

38.4
Seelaar to Mushfiqur, no run

slightly short outside off, holds its line, lets it through

38.3
Seelaar to Mushfiqur, no run

short on the off, punched off the back foot to cover

38.2
Seelaar to Mushfiqur, no run

slightly short on middle, punched off the back foot to mid-on

38.1
Seelaar to Mushfiqur, no run

flighted on the off, pushed through straight to mid-off

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Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PAK651100.758
SL64192.582
AUS64191.123
NZ64281.135
ZIM62440.030
CAN6152-1.987
KENYA6060-3.042
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SA651102.026
IND64190.900
ENG63270.072
WI63361.066
BAN6336-1.361
IRE6244-0.696
NED6060-2.045