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Vol. 5 Num 541 Sun. December 04, 2005  
   
Sports


Tamim tears England apart


A hurricane century by Tamim Iqbal blew away England as Bangladesh recorded a five-wicket victory in their under-19 tri-nation tournament match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Left-hander Tamim, the younger brother of national opener Nafees Iqbal, extended the English side's woes in the tour when he put the opponents bowling to the sword with 13 boundaries and six over boundaries.

The opener's blazing 71-ball 112 knock helped the home side reach 179 for 5 in 28.3 overs in reply to the visitors' 173 all out in 46.4 overs.

This was the second successive win for the hosts after a four-wicket win against the same opponents in the opening game of the meet. On the other hand, it was England's third consecutive defeat in the meet after they went down by 13 runs against Sri Lanka on Friday.

Going into the tournament, the English tourists also suffered a 5-0 whitewash against the High Performance Squad of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.

Tamim was finally caught at deep mid-wicket by O'shea, trying to flick paceman Millar. But before his departure he smashed three huge sixes in that over to collect 20 runs, leaving his team only 14 runs away from the victory.

Mehdi Hasan, who had a 127-run opening stand with Tamim, was the second highest scorer with a 50-ball 29 while Suhrawardi Shuvo ended the chase in style when he swept spinner James for a six. Shuvo was not out with 10 off just 4 balls.

Brown was the most successful bowler with 3-37 in 7.3 overs.

Earlier, left-arm spinner Sakib Al Hasan caused a middle-order collapse picking up 3 wickets for 25 as England were bundled out for 173 after being put into bat.

Super-sub Rezaul Islam took two wickets for 22 runs in 6 overs.

Woodman top scored 55 from 104 balls with four hits to the fence while K Brown added 28 off 42 balls.

Bangladesh take on formidable Sri Lanka today at BKSP.

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WHIPPING ENGLAND: Bangladesh U-19 batsman Tamim Iqbal, who smashed 112 off just 71 balls, salutes the crowd after reaching three figures against England in their tri-series match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.. PHOTO: STAR