Bangladesh, Ireland ODI washed out after record innings, SYLHET The alternate one- day international between Bangladesh and Ireland was called off due to rain in Sylhet on Monday after the home side posted their loftiest- ever ODI total.
The rain prevented Ireland from starting their innings after the hosts reached 349- 6 thanks to Mushfiqur Rahim’s century, the fastest ODI ton by a Bangladeshi batsman. Match officers called the game off shortly after 830 pm( 2030 GMT) with no prospect of the downfall perfecting at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh, fresh from beating England 3- 0 in T20s, are 1- 0 over in the series with one match remaining on Thursday. Mushfiqur was unbeaten on 100 out just 60 balls, while Najmul Hossain and Liton Das added 73 and 70 runs singly.
This helped the hosts break their record of 338- 8 set in only the former match, which they won by 183 runs. Transferred in to club first, Bangladesh began cautiously in slightly heavy conditions before Liton and commander Tamim Iqbal grew in confidence to put on 42 runs.
Tamim was run out for 23 with a direct adventure from Mark Adair before Liton and Najmul added 101 runs for the alternate gate. Graham Hume, Ireland’s most successful bowler with 3- 58, removed Shakib Al Hasan( 17) and Najmul in successive overs after Curtis Campher took the gate of Liton.
still, Mushfiqur and Towhid Hridoy also took the bowling by storm to add 128 runs in just 13 overs for the fifth gate. Towhid fell for 49 but Mushfiqur continued his atrocious fur to bring up his ninth ODI hundred with a single on the last ball of the innings.
He broke Shakib’s record of 63-ball century against Zimbabwe in 2009. Mushfiqur also came the third Bangladeshi to reach, 000 ODI runs, after teammates Tamim and Shakib. The matches are useful practice on South Asian pitches for Ireland ahead of the ODI World Cup in India subsequently this time, for which they are yet to qualify.
