Ashraful shines for Bangla

Mohd Ashraful strokes a marvellous century to help Bangladesh reach 300 for 8 in their 50 overs against minnows UAE in their opening match. Images

Mohammad Ashraful stroked a marvellous century to help Bangladesh reach 300 for 8 in their 50 overs against minnows United Arab Emirates in their Asia Cup opener on Tuesday.

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Ashraful with Tamim Iqbal set the tone and put on 95 runs for the second wicket. Tamim, however, could not make the most of his start and was run out for 40 after failing to heed Ashraful's call to avoid an unnecessary third run in the 24th over.

Bangladesh looked set for a formidable total after making 64 in their first ten overs, before the UAE's spinners put the breaks on the scoring.

Bangladesh innings: Iqbal run out 40, Nazimuddin c Arshad Ali b Shah 2, Ashraful run out 109, Hasan c Ali b Zahid Shah 83, Kapali c & b Khurram 1, Mortaza c Khurram b Shah 3, Mahmudullah not out 8, Mushfiqur st Ali b Khurram 16, Mahmud run out 20
Extras (lb-2, w-16) 18
Total (8 wkts; 50 overs) 300
Fall of wkts: 1-12, 2-107, 3-248, 4-250, 5-252, 6-257, 7-278, 8-300
Bowling: Shah 10-0-49-3, Alhashmi 5-1-21-0, Javed 2-0-24-0, Tauqir 3-0-6-0, Silva 7-0-33-0, Ali 3-0-13-0, Khurram 10-0-78-2, Ali 10-0-74-0.