Bangladesh are already out of the tournament, but they are not completely down. After all, there was the fifth-place play-off to play for. Last night on Saturday, Chandika Hathurusingha’s Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in Dhaka to become the champions of the tri-nation series.

While the nation was in sadness due to the loss, the younger boys gave them some respite in the form of a win against the U19 England team. Batting first, the Three Lions started well after losing an early wicket.

Liam Banks and Harry Brooks formed a 126 runs partnership before the former lost his wicket to Md Rakib for 74. After that, the wickets kept tumbling with new batsman Will Jacks falling for 2. Harry Brooks also fell soon after and it was only a partnership between Jack Davies and Prem Sisodiya that allowed England to cross the 200 barrier.

Jack Davies made 26 while Sisodiya made 20 to help England reach 216 runs.

In the bowling department, Afif Hossain and Hasan Mahmud took 3 wickets each as Qazi Onik took a brace. The remaining two wickets were taken by Md Rakib and Robiul Haque respectively.

In response, Bangladesh started well despite the early departure of Pinak Ghosh. Captain Saif Hassan opened the innings and scored 59. Aminul Islam supported him for a while to score 20 runs himself. The Tigers were cruising towards victory despite losing wickets at regular intervals.

All-rounder Afif Hossain gave them a perfect finish as he scored a match-winning 71 from 86 balls. He was well supported by Md Rakib’s 28 from 42 balls to finish the chase by 47.3 overs.

Afif Hossain was awarded the man of the match for his match-winning all-round contributions.

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