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Morale boosting win for
Bangladesh ahead of Asia Cup
COLOMBO: Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar said that a morale
boosting win against a Sri Lanka 'A' team has raised the confidence
of his team ahead of the Asia Cup."My players are all 100 per cent
fit and we are ready to have a go at any side," Bashar said.
Bangladesh scored 265 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs
Tuesday with most runs coming from the bat of Mohammad Ashraful, who
scored 125 off 134 balls including 18 fours.
Ashraful also put on 107 runs for the fourth wicket with Faisal
Hossein who missed his half century by one run.
The home team in reply made a promising start but lost wickets at
regular intervals and collapsed to 136 for 9 against some accurate
bowling from Khaled Mahamood and Mushfiqur Rahaman. Bangladesh,
which has never won an Asia cup encounter, will play Hong Kong in
the tournament's opening match on July 16. It will also face
Pakistan in the first round. Other countries taking part are India,
Sri Lanka, and the United Arab Emirates.
Bangladesh ended a five-year losing streak in one-day matches in
March, defeating Zimbabwe in Harare. It also came close to beating
the West Indies last month, but lost by one wicket. Bangladesh had
previously only ever won three one-day games - against Pakistan,
Kenya and Scotland.
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