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Bangladesh 'A' humble MCC

Sports Reporter
BRIEF SCORES
MCC: 158 in 48 2 oveis (Potter 37. Capel 31. Salisbury 24 n.o.; Manna 3/19)
BANGLADESH Aj 159/3 in 31 5 overs (Faruque 56
n.o.. Rupor
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Bangladesh. who in the recent past are Kovi'ng U be vincible at
home firmly pl-aucm yet another milestone in the annals of local cricket when the shadow national team inflicted the visiting Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) their maiden defeat in an exhibition limited-over match at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday.
Although there were only a few at the almost barren big bowl to witness the resounding seven-wicket wit^of Bangladesh A against 1KC, who have not lost a single match in their previous three visits, the success of Faruque and his boys once again proved that cricket in the country has come a long way putting behind the blues of chronic defeats of the seventies and the eighties.
For a cynic, the readymade quip after the emphatic win may be that the MCC are a relatively weaker side this
time. But. the manager of the visiting side John A Jameson, who had a earlier toured Bangladesh twice, put a stop to such nuances.
This is not a weaker side. I think the present side is as good as the previous ones.” said a visibly dejected Jameson to the local press in his post-match reaction.
"With two world standard players and a host of good youngsters in the side, it's a very tOugh opponent for any team. But in a new environment and on an artificial turf, things were not inspiring for us." added Jameson who is also the assistant cricket secretary of MCC. the oldest cricket club in the world and the owner of Lord's.
"But I must blame our batsmen for their pathetic show and for the debacle." opined Jameson who was not ready to use the unaccustomed turf as an excuse.
I believe things will be different in the next match.” said the MCC manager who is expected to make some changes in the line-up when* his team play the second exhibition against Bangladesh Youth at Sylhet tomorrow.
However, in the day's match. MCC. sent into bat in the morning were skittled out for.a_paltiy L58 in. the face of some devastating spells from the Bangladesh pace trio of Adisur Rahman. Nazimuddin Manna and Mizanur Rahman- Babul who shared seven wickets among them. ■ J
• Manna, the tall young right-arm seamer who made. his. maiden international appearance. rightaway proved his worth with the cherry finishing with fantastic figures of 8-0-19-3. His prized scalps included opener Gay-
wood (9). one-down Nicholas P Tubbs (1| and Williams (10). the only coloured in the all-white MCC team.
Anisur Rahman, the national left-arm seamer, who muffed the MCC tail finished with two tor 21 in his 9.2 overs while Mizanuar Rahman. a member of the Bangladesh team in the in-lainous ICC venture in Kenya, took two for 25 in his ten economic overs.
On the* other hand, the MCC willow-wielders. spe dally the top and middle orders, lacked motivation against some accurate bowling and fell like nine pins while playing some reckless shots to herald their own doom.
The MCC innings which went off to a disastrous start (52 for four) never showed any signs of recovery at any time with wickets falling at regular Intervals.
Only David J Chapel (31). the former English Test allrounder. and Laurie Potter
little over three runs per over, made no nonsense of a serious business with openers Shariar Hossain Blayui (21) and Ziaur Rashid Rupom (30) providing a flying start sharing 55 runs.
But. it was skipper Faruque Ahmed, the toast of local batting, who stole the show with a swashbuckling unbeaten 56 off 55 deliveries punctuated by seven sparkling hits to the fence and a massive sixer over widish long-on off leg-spinner Salisbury. The polished Inning of the former national skipper earned him the man-of-tne-match award worth Taka 2000.
Faruque apart. Hasanuz-zaman. who celebrated his maiden call to the national selection with a well-made 27, was the other notable batsman in a surprisingly one-sided affair.
"It is too early to say that the opponent is not up their ■nark.” said the Bangladesh team manager Gazi Ashraf
(37), the right-hand bat with the unique distinction of captaining both the .Australian and England youth sides, offered mild and momentary resistance.
To his credit, tail-ender Ian Salisbury, the English Test discard played an obdurate Innings to guide his side to some respectability with an unbeaten 24 off 32 deliveries.
In reply. Bangladesh, facing a simple task of scoring a
Hossain Lipu after tbastounding but deserving vic-^if, true that thy failed to stretch us to our full potentials. but st the same time I will not comment on the opponent's strength right now." added Gazi Ashraf? a former national skipper.
A win is always a win and against a team which has never lost a match to us. it is indeed a creditable one," rounded off the Bangladesh manager.