Big win for Tigers
Sports Reporter
The Bangladesh cricket team bounced back from an upset against lowly Scotland to defeat another ICC associate member nation USA by 70 runs in their first official warm-up leading up to the Champions Trophy at Imber Court in London on Monday.They now play Warwickshire Eleven tomorrow at Edgbaston in their second and final official practice game, a day before the Trophy gets underway. The Tigers went into the game still smarting from a four-wicket defeat against Scotland in their previous practice fixture. This time Dav Whatmore's charges were out to ensure no repetition of such embarrassment and the rattled up 285-5 in the allotted 50 overs after winning the toss. They then restricted the Americans to 215 for eight. Captain Rajin Saleh put in an inspirational all-round performance to set up with the victory. He hit a quickfire 73 in this tour and later returned to grab two wickets. Besides, left-arm spinner Manjarul Islam Rana picked up two wickets while right-arm pacers Tapash Baisya and Nazmul Hossain took one each. Bangladesh's impressive total was also built around contributions from Javed Omar (73 not out) and in-form Nafees Iqbal's 57. Bangladesh open their Cham-pions Trophy campaign against South Africa on September 12 and they meet West Indies on September 15.
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