One-off Test, Mirpur, April 04, 2023, 09:30 AM
Ireland
214/10(77.2ov) & 292/10(116.0ov)
Bangladesh
369/10(80.3ov) & 138/3(27.1ov)
Bangladesh beat Ireland by 7 wickets
That is it from this tour. The trophy is handed over to Shakib Al Hasan as they win the match. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. It is goodbye for now!
Shakib Al Hasan starts by crediting the way Ireland played. Applauds the performance of Taijul Islam and the other bowlers as well. Adds they have to improve in a lot of areas and they experimented a lot of things in this series. Shares the wicket suited them and they twisted their approach a bit. Ends by saying this was a good track to bat on.
Mushfiqur Rahim is the Player of the Match. He says he is happy to win the match for the team. Adds it was important to have a good start on this kind of pitch and they got some crucial partnerships that helped them to get off to a good start. Mentions they want to play this king of cricket for a long time.
Andy Balbirnie says they enjoyed playing Test cricket and showed a lot of resilience and fight. Credits the Bangladesh team for playing so well. Applauds the performance of Andy McBrine and also of Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker in the end. Hopes to play a lot more games in the future.
...Presentation time...
A lot of positives for Ireland to take away from here. Batting of Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker while the all-round performance of Andy McBrine. However, Bangladesh dominated the tour as they won the ODI series, T20I series and the one-off Test series as well.
At the start of Day 4, Andy McBrine was still out and for Ireland to get over 200, he had to play a big hand but Bangladesh made sure the visitors get out below 150 and in the end, it turned out to be a easy win for the home team.
It looked like the game will end on Day 3 as while trailing, Ireland lost their top order and were shrinking in pressure but then came the big partnership between Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine of more than 100-runs. Ireland recovered from a very good position and cut the deficit to take the lead.
Ireland with the bat had only two players to thank, Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker who in both innings gave a solid fight and made bulk of the runs. Ireland were bowled out on 214 in the first innings, thanks to a five-fer from Taijul Islam. Bangladesh, replied with a massive score as Mushfiqur Rahim scored a wonderful century and got strong support from Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan. Andy McBrine claimed six wickets.
An impressive win for Bangladesh but Ireland should be proud of the effort they have shown. Few more runs could have definitely helped them but Bangladesh were just too good. Chasing a moderate total, Litton Das and Tamim Iqbal gave a solid start but it was Rahim's fifty which helped Bangladesh to chase it down with ease. Just as we write, the players from both teams give a guard of honor to the umpire, Aleem Dar as he was officiating his last game as an umpire.
In over# 28
1
Andy McBrine 52/1(13.1)
27.1
1
That should be it! Shorter and outside off. Rahim rocks back and taps it to point for a single. BANGLADESH WIN BY 7 WICKETS.
In over# 27
0
0
0
0
6
1
Benjamin White 43/1(7)
26.6
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On middle, Haque defends on the front foot.
26.5
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Shorter and on middle. Haque tucks it to square leg.
26.4
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Flat and on off, kept out.
26.3
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Flat and angled on the pads. Haque looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. That was going down but Ireland take the review. And the replay shows it is clearly missing wickets.
26.2
6
SIX! Haque goes big! Tossed up, outside off. Haque slogs it high over mid-wicket for a biggie.
26.1
1
Outside off, cut to point for a single. Fifty for Rahim. A well disciplined knock from the experienced man.