National cricketers winded up their disastrous tour of New Zealand with yet another humiliating defeat, this

lime against Bill Academy on the Anal day of a three-day affair at Lincoln Green yesterday.

In a same old shameful fashion the second innings of the visitors, who were trailing behind a huge first innings lead of the home side, caved in without any resistance, conceding an innings and 115-run defeat eventually.

Resuming the day at 13 for one. Bangladesh, who were left with an improbable task of scoring 318 runs to make the Bill Academy bat again, lasted for only 54.3 overs before being bundled out for 203.

Opener Mehrab Hossain, who fought a lone battle with a defiant 81. was the last batsman out in Bangladesh innings

when Barton had the young right-hander caught by Tuffey.

With wickets tumbling like nine pins at the other end. young Mehrab. who was forced to retire after getting hurt with a snooter on The second day. showed plenty of conviction, albeit in vain, while trying to build a partnership yesterday.

Dismissed for a paltry 130 in their first innings on the opening day. the brittle Bangladeshi batting line-up once again showed its true standard when they were reduced to 61 for five.

But after that terrible start, wicketkeeper Khaled Masud and Mehrab offered some sort of resilience when they put on 75 runs for the sixth wicket before Masud fell for a gritty 26.

Masud was adjudged leg before off Bill Academy's new-ball bowler Sewell, who captured four wickets in the second innings to finish with a nine-wicket match haul.

Mehrab then featured in some useful stands with the tall-enders. but there was no one around to stay on the wicket for a long time. Hasibul made a quickfire 22 off 13 balls, his new-ball partner Shafiud-din scored 18 off 29 balls, but when young left-arm seamer Monjurul fell for only three, Mehrab could add only six runs with number eleven batsman Saifulla before Barton ended his 181-ball vigil, which included seven hits across the rope and a couple of sixes.

The national team, which lost all of their four first-class

matches in iheir month long-tour to New Zealand, are expected to fly back home on December 15. They were also thrashed in a one-day exhibition match against the Bill Academy.

SCOREBOARD

BANGLADESH: First in-»130 all out (Akram 39.

uddin, 25: Sewell 5/34, Tuffey 3/57)

BILL ACADEMY: First innings 448 for seven declared (Parlance 190, Gaffaney 112)

BANGLADESH: Second innings (overnight 13 for one) Javed c Gaffaney b Sewell 1

Mehrab c Tuffey b Barton 81

Sanwar c Parlance b Tuffey 6

Haaantiwaman c Oram b Sewell 21 Akram c Orman b Walker 10

Al-Shahriar lbw b Walker 0

K Masud lbw b Sewell 26

Hasibul c Orman b Sewell 22

Shafluddin lbw b Walker 18

Monjurul b Walker 3

Saifullah not out 0

Extras: (b-2; b-1; rib-12) 15

Total: (all out In 61.3 overs) 203

Fafi of wkts: 1/8; 2/24; 3/42: 4/61:5/61; 6/136; 7/164; 8/193: 9/197

Bowling: O M R W

DG Sewell 17 4 47 4

DRTuffey 13 2 39 1

BK Walker 12 3 36 4

JDPOram 10 2 0

TR Anderson 7 1 27 0

Gumming 3 19 0

H D Barton 8.3 1 40 1

Result: Bill Academy won the match by an innings and 115 runs.