DHAKA: Bangladesh Under 19s have made it to Super League of ICC Under-19 World Cup by beating Scotland Under-19s by 114-run in the 14th Match at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday (January 31).

Earlier in the day, Scotland Under-19s won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first in the Group A match that kicked off at 9:00 in the morning.

Tigers started their innings very slowly as Scotland pegged them back with some early wickets. But thanks to the unbeaten hundred from Nazmul Hossain that took the total to a tough one to chase down. He made 113 runs off 117 balls with the help of 10 4’s.

This century made Nazmul Hossain the most run getter in the youth one day internationals. He amassed 1,747 runs in the youth level.

Saif Hassan missed fifty (49) but played a good role to build the base of the innings. Colt captain Mehedi Miraj was very good with the bat too. He hit 51 off 49 ball.

In the end it was Saeed Sarkar who provided the late flourish playing a cameo of 16 runs from 6-ball help gather 256 runs in their 50-over.

Scotland started brightly with the ball, particularly Mohammad Ghaffar who picked up four wickets but after that they started losing control. Besides, RG Brown and MD Rao took one wicket each.

In response, Scotland Under-19s managed to score 142-run losing all wickets in 47.2-over. Azeem Dar was the top scorer for Scotland. He hit 50-run. Besides, ND Flack, JS Waller and RA Johnston scored 28, 24 and 20 runs respectively.

Left arm spinner Saleh Ahmed Shawon and left arm medium pacer Mohammad Saifuddin picked up three wickets each while Ariful Islam and Mehedi Hasan Miraz took two and one wicket each.

Bangladesh Under-19s had also won their first match against defending champion South Africa Under 19s whereas Scotland lost to Namibia.

BDST: 1538 HRS, JAN 31, 2016
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