Captain Paul Stirling struck 77 runs off 41 balls as Ireland prevented a sequence sweep with a seven-wicket victory within the third Twenty20 cricket worldwide towards Bangladesh.
The dwelling facet have been bowled out for 124 in 19.2 overs after selecting to bat first, after recovering from 7-61 thanks largely to Shamim Hossain’s 42-ball 51.
But his effort was not sufficient as Ireland raced to 3-126 in 14 overs, with Stirling dominating the chase, hanging 10 fours and 4 sixes.
“The victory was set up by the bowlers,” Stirling mentioned. “We’ll only improve the more we play.”
Stirling reached his twenty second T20 half-century off 31 balls, with a single by way of long-off towards legspinner Rishad Hossain, who took 1-19 in three overs on debut.
Rishad was the one bowler who managed to curb Stirling’s aggression and ultimately dismissed him for his first wicket with Ireland closing in on their first win on Bangladeshi soil.
Harry Tector (14 not out) and Curtis Campher (16 not out) steered the facet to victory with the latter pulling Taskin over high quality leg for a six.
Earlier, Irish paceman Mark Adair had starred with 3-25, together with the prized wicket of captain Shakib Al Hasan (6), caught at midwicket by a slower supply.
Campher and Tector joined him to tear by way of Bangladesh’s prime order, dismissing Rony Talukdar (14) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (4).
Legspinner Ben White then turned one sharply to get the higher of Towhid Hridoy (12) as Bangladesh have been diminished to 5-41.
“We didn’t bat well, kept on losing wickets but that happens with the way we want to play our cricket. Don’t want to change our aggressive approach,” Shakib mentioned.
“If we want to be a very good team, that’s the way we have to play. Might fail in some games but that doesn’t matter.”
Bangladesh gained the sequence opener by 22 runs and the second sport by 77 runs.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
