Ireland Beat Bangladesh in 3rd T 20 of series

Bangladesh was scheduled to play a 7 Match T 20 International series in Ireland in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 4 and 8. The 3rd T 20 international match was to be played on Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, Ireland on 3rd Aug 2010. Bangladesh holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Ireland won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Bangladesh team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd  T 20 international match: Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Syed Rasel, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah Riad, Imrul Kayes, Rubel Hossain, Jahurul Islam

And Ireland team and 11 was looking like this in this 3rd  T 20 international Match: Trent Johnston, John Mooney, William Porterfield (c), Boyd Rankin, Andrew White, Kevin O Brien, Niall O Brien (wk), Alex Cusack, Gary Wilson, Paul S, George D.

Ireland batted well and was able to post total of 172 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of Trent J who made 70 runs in 50 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 140 runs in 100 balls and Alex C who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh was needed to score 173 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Bangladesh batted well but was unable to chase the target of 173 runs and was able to make only 152 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wicket and lost the game by 20 runs and with top contributions from M Riad who made 44 runs in 44 balls with 1 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Ireland won the match 20 runs and series stands at 3-0 in favor of Ireland with 2 more games to play.

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