Asia Cup Series
The Asian Cup starts today with Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan taking part as well as two minnows in Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first round of games sees Bangladesh take on UAE and Pakistan play Hong Kong
Game 2
Pakistan bolted out of the blocks early on but a stunning spell from Nadeem Ahmed saw him capture 4/51 and in turn tear through Pakistan's middle order. It was left to Fawad Alam and Sohail Tanvir to pick up the pieces after they lost 5/40. Alam made 63 not out and Tanvir 59 as Pakistan began the rebuild. Earlier, Younis Khan scored 67 off 65 balls. Irfan Ahmed took 2/59, the only other Hong Kong bowled to get more then one wicket.
In reply, Hong Kong are 0/5 from 1.4 overs with the Pakistan bowlers online from the first ball of the innings.
Game 1
The other game between Bangladesh and UAE is also at a similar stage. Bangladesh batted first and scored an even 300 losing eight wickets in the process. Mohammad Ashraful was the mainstay, making 109 before being run out, one of three run outs in the Tigers' innings. Remarkably, all three run outs were courtesy of UAE's keeper, Amjad Ali. Raqibul Hasan gave Ashraful good support with an innings of 81. Tamim Iqbal made 40 pening the innings with Dolar Mahmud doing his best to get Bangladesh to the 300 mark with 20 from only nine balls.
UAE tried everything with the ball, using eight bowlers. Zahid Khan opened the bowling and took 3/49 and the seventh bowler, Khurram Khan took an expensive 2/78. Arshid Ali, the 8th bowlers used also bowled ten overs, costing 74 runs. Bizarre stuff from the UAE side considering five of the first six bolwers were bowling quite well.
UAE have also started their reply and are 1/17 after 3 overs. Amjad Javed is the only wicket to fall so far, he was out for ten to Mashrafe Mortaza.
UAE has eight players making their ODI debut and three of those are making their List A debut.
The Asian Cup starts today with Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan taking part as well as two minnows in Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first round of games sees Bangladesh take on UAE and Pakistan play Hong Kong
Game 2
Pakistan bolted out of the blocks early on but a stunning spell from Nadeem Ahmed saw him capture 4/51 and in turn tear through Pakistan's middle order. It was left to Fawad Alam and Sohail Tanvir to pick up the pieces after they lost 5/40. Alam made 63 not out and Tanvir 59 as Pakistan began the rebuild. Earlier, Younis Khan scored 67 off 65 balls. Irfan Ahmed took 2/59, the only other Hong Kong bowled to get more then one wicket.
In reply, Hong Kong are 0/5 from 1.4 overs with the Pakistan bowlers online from the first ball of the innings.
Game 1
The other game between Bangladesh and UAE is also at a similar stage. Bangladesh batted first and scored an even 300 losing eight wickets in the process. Mohammad Ashraful was the mainstay, making 109 before being run out, one of three run outs in the Tigers' innings. Remarkably, all three run outs were courtesy of UAE's keeper, Amjad Ali. Raqibul Hasan gave Ashraful good support with an innings of 81. Tamim Iqbal made 40 pening the innings with Dolar Mahmud doing his best to get Bangladesh to the 300 mark with 20 from only nine balls.
UAE tried everything with the ball, using eight bowlers. Zahid Khan opened the bowling and took 3/49 and the seventh bowler, Khurram Khan took an expensive 2/78. Arshid Ali, the 8th bowlers used also bowled ten overs, costing 74 runs. Bizarre stuff from the UAE side considering five of the first six bolwers were bowling quite well.
UAE have also started their reply and are 1/17 after 3 overs. Amjad Javed is the only wicket to fall so far, he was out for ten to Mashrafe Mortaza.
UAE has eight players making their ODI debut and three of those are making their List A debut.
