Bangladesh beat Ireland in 4th T 20 in 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 4th T 20 international match was to be played on Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, Ireland on 4th 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 bowl first; this is how Bangladesh team and 11 was looking like in this 4th  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 4th  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.

Bangladesh batted well and was able to post total of 190 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of T Iqbal who made 80 runs in 50 balls with 5 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls and S A Hasan who made 40 runs in 20 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

Ireland was needed to score 191 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Ireland batted well but was unable to chase the target of 191 runs and was able to make only 142 runs in 19.2 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 48 runs and with top contributions from John M who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 1 4’s and 1 sixes at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh won the match 48 runs and series stands at 3-1 in favor of Ireland with 1 more game to play.

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