We were 20-30 runs short- Mashrafee
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said they lost to New Zealand in their second game as they were 20 to 30 runs short at Oval on Wednesday.
Bangladesh fought like a wounded Tigers against an inform New Zealand side before going down to two-wicket in a nail-biting World Cup game at The Oval on Wednesday.
Bangladesh batsmen failed to put any match defining partnership like the way it happened for the Kiwis, precisely by Taylor and Williamson.
‘’It was a good wicket. We were 20-30 short with the bat and the outfield was slow. It was the same wicket that we played the last game. We lost too many wickets in the middle overs and couldn't get any big partnership,’’ said Mashrafee.
‘’We needed a set batsmen in the middle overs, but in the end it got tight and if you want to win matches you need to get wickets. We did it very professionally in the end,’’ said Mashrafee in the post match presentation
“We tried hard, but that can happen and the next one is a big match and hopefully we can step up in that,’’ he said.
‘’We have to take one game at a time, couldn't manage today but we will try to be at our best in the next game,’’ he said.
