{"id":10264,"date":"2015-03-05T11:41:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/03\/05\/scotland-crash-out\/"},"modified":"2015-03-05T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:41:06","slug":"scotland-crash-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/05\/scotland-crash-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Crash Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tigers Win by Six Wickets <\/h3>\n

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The ICC World Cup 2015 has been a tournament that has seen many a records tumble already, and it continued when four of\u00a0Bangladesh’s batsmen scripted the second-highest run-chase ever completed by a World Cup side \u2013 after Ireland’s stunning victory over England in Bangalore in 2011 \u2013 to beat\u00a0Scotland\u00a0by six wickets in the 27th match of the tournament in Nelson. With this win, it edged closer to a place in the quarterfinal.<\/p>\n


\nSet a target of 319 for victory,\u00a0Bangladesh\u00a0stuttered at the beginning, losing Soumya Sarkar off the fifth ball of the mighty chase. But given the points table situation, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah were fully aware of the importance of winning this match.<\/p>\n


\nBangladesh\u00a0came into this match with three points from as many matches, having a tangible shot at making the quarterfinals ahead of England, whom it plays next.<\/p>\n


\nIqbal and Mahmudullah consolidated with a solid second-wicket partnership of 139 off 130 balls to take Bangladesh\u00a0to 144 in the 24th over before Iain Wardlaw, the medium pacer, went past the defence of Mahmudullah, who scored a run-a-ball 62.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This brought Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim together, and the latter assumed the role of the aggressor in the partnership to power the side past the 200-run mark in just the 33rd over.<\/p>\n


\nBut immediately after that, Iqbal (95 off 100) was trapped leg before by Josh Davey, five runs short of a fifth One-Day International century.<\/p>\n


\nShakib Al Hasan, batting at No. 5, and Rahim did not let the required net run-rate drop, hitting quick-fire fifties to take\u00a0Bangladesh\u00a0closer to its target. Rahim hit six fours and two sixes on his way to a 42-ball knock of 60, before departing in the 38th over, caught at long-on off Davey’s bowling.<\/p>\n


\nIt was now up to Shakib and Sabbir Rehman to take\u00a0Bangladesh\u00a0over the line. Rehman hit 42 off 40 balls and remained unbeaten alongside Shakib (52 n.o. off 41), who brought up the winning runs, and his fifty, with a boundary over third man in the 48th over.<\/p>\n


\nScotland’s dream of bagging that elusive first win in a World Cup match remained unachieved despite Kyle Coetzer\u2019s brilliantly scripted ton earlier in the day.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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For\u00a0Scotland, it was probably one big chance to pick up two points, after going down to Afghanistan by one wicket in heart-breaking fashion at University Oval in Dunedin last week.<\/p>\n


\nOn a bright sunny day in Nelson, expecting the grassy pitch to assist his pacers, Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh\u00a0captain, won the toss and chose to field. It certainly wasn\u2019t a bad choice, as\u00a0Scotland\u00a0found out, losing two quick wickets in Callum MacLeod (11) and Hamish Gardiner (19).<\/p>\n


\nStruggling at 38 for 2, it looked like\u00a0Scotland\u00a0was going to struggle with the bat once again. But a consolidating 78-run partnership off 85 balls between Coetzer and Matt Machan for the third wicket not only took\u00a0Scotland\u00a0past the 100-run mark without further hiccups, but also frustrated\u00a0Bangladesh, whose spinners failed to capitalise on the early wickets.<\/p>\n


\nMachan (35 off 50 balls) took his time, knocking the ball through the gaps and playing the supporting role in the partnership, while Coetzer took it upon himself to keep the net run-rate going.<\/p>\n


\nRehman, the right-arm offspinner, finally broke the partnership in the 24th over, catching Machan off his own bowling, and, in the process, picking up his first ODI wicket.<\/p>\n


\nThis brought Preston Mommsen, the\u00a0Scotland\u00a0captain, to the crease with his team at 116 for 3. With more than half the quota of overs still left to deal with, the experienced duo looked to build on the platform they now had so the batsmen to follow could capitalise in the death overs.<\/p>\n


\nAnd they did that with precision, adding 141 runs off just 113 deliveries for the fourth wicket to give\u00a0Scotland hope of going past the 300-run mark for the first time in its World Cup history.<\/p>\n


\nCoetzer was the aggressor in the partnership, scoring quickly and reaching his century with a big six off Rubel Hossain\u2019s bowling in the 38th over. His ton \u2013 the first by a\u00a0Scotland\u00a0batsman scored in a World Cup match \u2013 came off just 103 deliveries.<\/p>\n


\nBangladesh\u00a0finally managed to get rid of Mommsen (39 off 85) in the 43rd over when the batsman, looking to step on the accelerator, ended up being caught by Soumya Sarkar at deep midwicket off Nasir Hossain\u2019s bowling.<\/p>\n


\nCoetzer fell two overs later, having tonked 156 off 134 balls, in an innings studded with 17 fours and four sixes.<\/p>\n


\nWith just over five overs to go after that, Richie Berrington and Mathew Cross played short cameos to help Scotland\u00a0post 318 for 8, its highest total against a Test-playing nation.<\/p>\n


\nTaskin Ahmed returned best figures for\u00a0Bangladesh, picking up three wickets for 43 runs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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