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Nafees sparkles in drawn game

SPORTS REPORTER
After a stumbling start the Bangladesh Under-23 team continued to impress with the progress of their tour in Sri Lanka.
The tourists drew their penultimate two-day match at Rangiri Stadium in Dambulla yesterday, Nafees Iqbal's men emerged as
moral victors against the Combined Sri Lankan Under-23 team after dominating the affair both with bat and ball.
The virtual second-string Bangladesh side scored a commanding 302-8 on Monday after being sent into bat on a ground that proved to
be a favorite place for the visitors.
Nafees led the Bangladesh run feast with a captain's knock of 150, his first century on the tour. The talented opener from Chittagong struck 16 boundaries and three sixes in his 235-ball knock.
He put on 90 runs for the first wicket with left-hander Humayun Kabir, who chipped in with 33.
Rajin Saleh with 32 and young left-arm spinner Nadeef Chowdhury, who made a quickfire 29, were the other notable run-getters for the tourists.
Buoyed by the good work of the batsmen, the pace trio of Alamgir Kabir, Gazi Alamgir and Talha Jubair then forced the home team to follow on.
The home side was bundled out for 126 in their first innings with Gazi and Alamgir Kabir claiming four wickets each. Talha, the young rightarm seamer, took the other two wickets.
But the home team put up tough resistance in their second innings where they scored 162-4 before the match was declared a draw.
It was however a perfect warm up for the Under-23 team before their fourth and final two-day game against their Sri Lankan counterparts at the same venue on July 10.
Bangladesh won the first two-day match against the Combined District Eleven by an innings and 81 runs. The visitors were also tantalizingly close to winning their next two games.
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Overcoming a shaky beginning to the tour where the Under-23 team lost four of their five one-day games, Nafees Iqbal's men enjoyed a dramatic change of fortune in the longer version.
SCORES IN BRIEF
BANGLADESH UNDER-23: First innings 302 for 8 declared in 92.4 overs (Nafees 150, Humayun 33, Rajin 32, Nadeef 29, Salim 20; C Komasaru 4-76, Roshan 2-31)
SRI LANKA COMBINED U-23:
First innings 126 all out
SRI LANKA COMBINED U-23:
Second innings 162-4
Result: Match drawn.