The Hindu : Habibul Bashar misses century

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Saturday, Jul 05, 2003

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Habibul Bashar misses century

BRISBANE July 4 Bangladesh put on strong displays of batting and bowling Friday to stay locked in a tight tour match with the Australian Cricket Academy after two days at Allan Border Field.

Bangladesh declared its first innings at 232-7, a deficit of 26, and reduced the Academy to 99-4 in its second innings at stumps on day two.

With one day left, the Academy leads by 125 runs with six wickets remaining.

Resuming on Friday at 53-1 in pursuit of the Academy's first-innings score of 258-3 declared, Bangladesh produced its most assertive batting of the tour.

Habibul Bashar (99) and Javed Omar (59) batted throughout the entire first session and put on 146 in 176 minutes for the second wicket before their partnership ended after lunch.

Bashar struck 16 boundaries in his 188-minute innings before he was bowled by paceman Mark Cleary (1-39 off 10 overs), one run short of becoming Bangladesh's first century-maker in Australia.

The Bangladesh innings lost momentum after Omar was dismissed following a 213-minute innings which included 12 boundaries.

Captain Aaron Nye (2-40 off 18 overs) and fellow medium pacer Callum Ferguson (2-5 off five) were the Academy's only multiple wicket takers.

In its second innings, the Academy lost opening batsman Simon Williams (three) and Scott Meuleman (29) to opening bowler Mashrafe Mortaza (2-19 off six).

At stumps, Nye was unbeaten on 27 and Ferguson on 10 in a 27-run stand.

Brief scores: ACA 258 for three decl. and 99 for four vs Bangladesh 232 for seven decl. (Habibul Bashar 99, Javed Omar 59)

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