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Limon, Ashraful shine

Youths cruise past Ireland

SPORTS REPORTER
A cool knock from opener Ashraful Hossain and Mahmudul Hasan Limon's superb off-spin bowling helped Bangladesh thrash Ireland by eight wickets in their second group D match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at the Bayuearns Oval in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
The young Tigers warmed up for Friday's clash against England that will decide the top spot in the group.
Bangladesh coolly knocked off a target of 124, as opener Ashraful hit an unbeaten 71 to support a polished effort in the field against Ireland. Ashraful, who hails from Chittagong, smashed 14 boundaries in his79-ball effort.
He lost opening partner Mithun Ali, who also went for the jugular with a 24-ball 31, after sharing a 63-run stand. Baby-faced Nadimuddin Mintu fell cheaply for 14 but Rony Talukdar (two not out) rounded off the target with Ashraful in the 23rd over.
They chased a target after captain Suharwardi Shuvo put the Irish into bat to let his bowlers have their own.
Shuvo's three-pronged pace attack Dollar Mahmud, Shuvashish Roy and Rubel Hossain took four wickets among themselves.
Off-spinner Mahmudul Hasan, a former captain of this side, claimed four wickets as Ireland were shot out for 123.
Also known as Limon, the boy who has done his apprentice work in BKSP, took the wickets of Andrew Balbirnie, Greg Thompson, Stuart Poynter and Richard Keaveney in his spell of 6.4 overs where he conceded only 17 runs.
Meanwhile, hosts Malaysia sprung a surprise, beating Zimbabwe by 70 runs to raise a rare cheer for the minnows as established teams flexed their muscles in
the other matches.
On a day when unfancied Papua New Guinea, Namibia and Ireland fell by the wayside, Malaysia put up a spirited display to give themselves an outside chance of advancing to the quarterfinals.
Shahid Aslan shone for the hosts with an unbeaten 40 and three wickets as Malaysia, restricted to 194-8, bowled out Zimbabwe for 124 in Johor.
SCORES IN BRIEF
Scores from the ICC Under-19 World Cup matches in Malaysia on Wednesday:
Group A
MALAYSIA: 194-8 in 50 overs (Faiz 50, Aslan 40 not out; Landman 3-34) ZIMBABWE: 124 aU out in 38.4 overs (Aslan 3-41, Ramly 2-20; Aznl 2-15)
Result: Malaysia beat Zimbabwe by 70 runs In Johor.
In other matches, Sri Lanka and West Indies powered to easy wins. West Indies rattled up 319 against PNG, the highest total in this edition so far, with Steven Jacobs smashing 101 off 86 balls with the help of 11 boundaries and two sixes.
Darren Bravo, younger brother of West Indian star Dwayne, hit 59 while Keiran Powell, who has played Twenty20 cricket at the senior level, plundered 60 off 35 balls at the top of the order. Papua New Guinea managed only 143 in reply to lose by 176 runs.
Sri Lanka brushed aside Namibia by 163 runs in Penang for their second successive win.
Lahiru Thirimanne and Roshen Silva cracked half-centuries as Sri Lanka piled up 247-7 and restricted Namibia to 84 with Sachith Pathirana claiming four wickets and seamer Denuwan Fernando three.
Group B
WEST INDIES: 319 all out in 49.4 overs (Jacobs 101, Powell 60, Bravo 59; Lao Nou 4-63)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 143alloutin 37.1 overs (Ura 32, Dawes 4-25; Bonner 3-15)
Result: West Indies beat Papua New Guinea by 176 runs in Kuala Lumpur.
GroupC
SRI LANKA: 247-7 in 50 overs (Thirimanne 68, Perera 46, Silva 51 not out; Scholtz 2-32)
NAMIBIA: 84 all out in 32.4 overs (Fernando 3-19, Pathirana 4-31, Kavikara 2-22)
Result: Sri Lanka beat Namibia by 163 runs in Penang.
Group D
IRELAND: 123 all out in 43.4 overs
(Shannon 31; Hasan 4-17)
BANGLADESH: 126-2 in 22.3 overs (Ashraful 71 notout, Mithun 31) Result: Bangladesh beat Ireland by
eight wickets in Kuala Lumpur.
STANDINGS
League standings after Wednesday’s matches of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia (played, won, lost, points): GROUPA
Pakistan 2 2 0 4
New Zealand 2 112
Malaysia 2 112
Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
GROUPB
India 2 2 0 4
South Africa 2 112
West Indies 2 112
Papua New Guinea 2 0 2 0
GROUPC
Australia 2 2 0 4
Sri Lanka 2 2 0 4
Nepal 2 0 2 0
Namibia 2 0 2 0
GROUPD
England 2 2 0 4
Bangladesh 2 2 0 4
Bermuda 2 0 2 0
Ireland 2 0 2 0
(l\vo teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals)
THURSDAY’S MATCHES
Group A: New Zealand v Malaysia Group B: South Africa v Papua New Guinea
Group C: Nepal v Namibia
Group D: Bermuda v Ireland