Tamim Iqbal’s century in vain as England win Dhaka ODI
England won the first ODI against Bangladesh played at Dhaka on Sunday by six wickets. Tamim Iqbal’s century won him the match of the match, but with no-one to support him through the entire duration of the innings, the Bangladeshis lost quite easily.
Iqbal’s 125 came off 120 balls, but apart from him, the highest score belonged to Naeem Islam, who got to 25. The rest of the hosts capitulated rather easily to Graeme Swann’s 3/32 in his ten overs, in which did not conceded a single boundary.
In reply to the Bangladeshi total of 228 all out, Alastair Cook played a nice captain’s innings of 64, while Paul Collingwood scored an unbeaten 75 to guide the visitors through. Naeem Islam also picked up three wickets, but again, there was no support for him from the other bowlers.
The second game of the series will be played on Tuesday.
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Posted by Sam
on Feb 28 2010. Filed under Cricket News.
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