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Pak Academy lifts GP Academy Cup
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Pakistan Academy
team clinched the triangular Grameenphone Academy
Cup beating hosts GP-BCB Academy team by 39 runs
in the final at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National
Stadium (SBNS) on Wednesday.
Opting to bat first
after winning the toss, Pakistan scored 276 runs
for 6 wickets in allocated 50 overs.Opener Khurram
Manzoor contributed 107 runs off 141 balls with
seven fours and two sixes, while Khalid Latif
hammered 81 runs off 79 balls with two fours and
five sixes.
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After the departure
of two top order batsmen -- Raheel Majeed 43 and
one down Ahmed Shezad 31 - leaving team total at
108, Khurram and Khalid added 157 runs in the 3rd
wicket stand to give their side a fighting total.
Khalid was later named man of the match.
Skipper Mehrab
Hossain Jr. claimed three wickets for 59 runs in
his 10 overs, while Suhrawardi Shuvo, Dollar
Mahmud and Mahbubul Alam Robin took one wicket
each.
In reply, GP-BCB Academy team were all out for 237
in 46.3 overs although there was some resistance
from Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain.
Wicket keeper
Mushfiqur Rahim scored team highest 56 runs off 55
balls with three fours while Nasir made 52 off 67
balls with two fours and a six.
Besides, opener Shamsur Rahman Shuvo 37, Farhad
Hossain 26 and Mehrab 22 also came up with some
mediocre scores, but not enough to see their side
home.
Ahmed Shezad captured three wickets for 35 runs,
while Yasir Shah and Anwar Ali took two wickets
apiece.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Academy side will play two
four-day matches against their Bangladesh
counterparts - the first on Apr 26-29 and the 2nd
on May 2-5, both at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium (SCS)
in Bogra.
Earlier, GP-BCB Academy team beat South Africa
Academy team by 75 runs in the opening match of
the tournament, but the hosts conceded a 9-wicket
defeat to Pakistan Academy team in the 2nd match,
both at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Ruhul Amin
Stadium (BSSRAS) in Chittagong.
Then Pakistan Academy team ensured the final berth
with an 85-wicket victory over South Africa
Academy team in the 3rd match, also at the BSSRAS.
Again in the return league, the GP-BCB Academy
team thrashed South Africa Academy team by 119
runs to move into the final.
Then South Africa Academy team notched their first
win in the tour beating Pakistan Academy team by 6
runs in the 5th encounter.
In the 6th match on Monday, a dress rehearsal for
the final, the hosts suffered a huge eight-wicket
defeat against Pakistan Academy side. All the
matches were held at the BSSRAS.
Brief Score:
PAK Academy - 276/6 in 50 overs, Khurram 107,
Khalid 81, Mehrab 3/59.
GP BCB Academy - 237/10 in 46.3 overs, Mushfiqur
Rahim 56, Nasir 52, Shamsur Rahman 37, Shezad
3/35.
--UNB, Dhaka
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