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30 players do the trick!

Bangladesh A win 3-2 as Lions reduce margin

Sports Reporter
The much-talked about one-day series between Bangladesh A and England Lions ended yesterday with the visitors earning a consolation victory by six wickets at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium.
The home side, despite changing the squad five times in as many matches and using a whopping 30 cricketers, prevailed 3-2 after winning two matches in Chittagong and the crucial fourth one-dayer by six wickets.
During the final game, the home side however suffered an early morning collapse which could have triggered a below-100 score but thanks to a staunch rearguard action from the tail, chiefly Noor Hossain, the match petered into a respectable affair.
Batting first after being put in, the A team's top-order were blown to bits by Jack Brooks, the Northamptonshire paceman. The 27-year-old took care of the top three -- Imrul Kayes,
Nasiruddin Faruque and Junaed Siddiqui — by the eighth over of the innings. Soon, the score slipped to 75 for seven before Noor, who made 38 off 28 balls with three boundaries and a couple of sixes, added 55 for the eighth
wicket with Forhad Reza, who contributed with 23 runs.
Apart from Brooks's three, left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan and part-timer Joe Root picked up two each.
Forhad then picked up Root for a
duck but there wasn't a similar collapse by the visitors who had skipper James Taylor to thank. The diminutive right-hander struck four boundaries in his stabilising unbeaten 65 off 110 balls. He added 68 for the fourth wicket with Jonny Bairstow before completing the chase through a 30-run stand with Jos Buttler who struck a couple of sixes and a boundary in his 21 -ball 27.
For the home side, Forhad, Mosharraf Hossain, Sohag Gazi and Noor Hossain took one each.
The first 1Wenty20 between the two sides will be held on January 22 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
SCORES IN BRIEF
BANGLADESH A: 152 all out in 44.1 overs (Noor 38, Forhad 23, Naeem 16; Brooks 3-35, Kerrigen 2-45, Root 2-10). ENGLAND LIONS: 158-4 in 37.5 overs (Taylor 65 not out, Bairstow 33, Buttler 27 not out; Forhad 1-4, Mosharraf 1-26, Sohag 1-33, Noor 1-39).
Result: England Lions won by six wickets; Bangladesh A win 5-match series 3-2.