Bangladesh women’s cricketers begin the series with a record 154 runs victory. It was the hitters who established the scene. Fargana Hoque’s 61 and Sharmin Akter’s 96 helped the Bangladesh women’s side reach a record 252 runs for 4 wickets. The Ireland women’s team was knocked out for a mere 98 runs in response. The bowlers helped Nigar Sultana’s team win by a resounding 154 runs. This is the biggest victory margin in Bangladesh women’s team history in terms of runs. The hosts have established a 1-0 lead with this victory in the opening game of the three-match ODI series.
Bangladesh women’s cricketers….. The Irish ladies faltered early in their pursuit of the enormous aim at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. In her opening spell, pacer Marufa Akter struck twice, putting Ireland in difficulties and limiting them to 10 runs for 2 wickets. Together with Orla Prendergast, Irish opener Sarah Forbes was playing brilliantly and attempting to save the team throughout the collapse.
Orla Prendergast, having scored 19 runs, was removed by Nahida Akter in the 13th over of the innings, ending her innings. Sarah Forbes, the Irish team’s leading scorer with 25 runs off 51 balls, was run out in the 18th over, dealing them a serious setback. Leah Paul was also run out in the 20th over, in addition to Sarah. Ireland was unable to bounce back from that. The visitors were bowled out for 98 in 28.5 overs after losing their final 5 wickets for just 37 runs. Bangladesh women’s cricketers….
Sultana and Nahida each got three wickets, while Marufa took two for Bangladesh.
The star of Bangladesh’s innings earlier was Sharmin Akter, who was playing an ODI for the first time in over 16 months. Murshida Khatun and Fargana Hoque, the Bangladeshi openers, contributed 59 runs off 112 balls after winning the toss and choosing to bat. Murshida was offered two lifelines, but she was unable to take advantage of them, and her innings concluded with 38 runs off 61 balls, including five fours.
Sharmin owned the remainder of the story. She increased the score by building on the foundation created by the opening pair. Sharmin became the fastest batsman from Bangladesh to reach fifty runs in just forty-one balls with an aggressive batting outburst. Rumana Ahmed, who hit a fifty off forty-four balls against Pakistan in 2021, had previously held the record. Bangladesh women’s cricketers…
Fargana Hoque, who scored 61 runs off 110 balls, gave Sharmin strong support. For the second wicket, they combined to score 104 runs off 105 balls.
After being removed for 96 runs off 89 balls, including 14 boundaries, Sharmin, who had been aiming for a century, went back to the dressing room feeling let down. Sworna Akter made a fleeting appearance with 13 runs off 9 balls while captain Nigar Sultana scored 28 runs off 28 balls towards the finish to enable Bangladesh post a total of more than 250 runs. Bangladesh ultimately set a new record for the highest total in ODI cricket, scoring 252 runs for 4 wickets. The highest was before against South Africa. Bangladesh women’s cricketers…
During their 2023 tour to South Africa, Bangladesh amassed 250 runs at a cost of three wickets. Their 119-run triumph over the Proteas in that same game was the biggest margin of victory up to that point. At Mirpur, nevertheless, Nigar Sultana’s team exceeded that margin this time. Bangladesh women’s cricketers….
Bangladesh scored 252/4 in 50 overs (Sharmin 96, Fargana 61, Murshida 38, Nigar 28; Sargent 2/51) according to the brief scorecard.
Ireland: Sultana 3/23, Marufa 2/18, Nahida 2/23; Forbes 25, Delany 22; 98 all out in 28.5 overs.
Bangladesh won by 154 runs as a result.
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