Bangladesh beat Ireland in 3rd ODI in Series

Bangladesh was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY 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 ONE DAY international match was to be played on Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, Ireland on 18th July 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 ONE DAY 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 ONE DAY 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 Stirling, George Dockrell.

Ireland batted well and was able to post total of 230 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of K O Brien who made 70 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 140 runs in 100 balls and N O brien who made 30 runs in 30 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh was needed to score 231 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Bangladesh batted well and was able to chase the target of 231 runs in 44.4 over’s at the loss of 7 wicket and won the game by 2 wickets in hand and with top contributions from M Riad who made 60 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 120 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh won the match by 2 wickets in hand and series stands at 2-1 in favor of Bangladesh with 4 more games to play.

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