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Mohammad Ashraful The 'Special' Talent 87 83 vs South Africa during CWC 07
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There were clouds hovering in the sky, Javed Omar and Tamim Iqbal got Bangladesh off to a 42-run stand before they were hit by Andre Nel. He dismissed dismiss Omar, Habibul Bashar, and Tamim in a short burst while Jacques Kallis provided support at the other end, dismissing Shakib Al Hasan. The scorecard read a sorry 84 for 4 after 23.4 overs.
Then they ran into a rampant Ashraful. Consistency was never Ashraful’s key, but when he got going, he was almost impossible to stop. One of the most destructive batsmen on his day, Ashraful had dominated bowlers across opposition; South Africa were unfortunate to cross his path the day he chose to deliver.
Support came at the other end from Aftab Ahmed. Ashraful began with Kallis, hooking and driving him for consecutive fours. He dismissed Kallis again over mid-wicket again; Aftab responded with two sixes in three balls from Justin Kemp before he holed out to sweeper-cover at Ntini.
Ashraful lost Mushfiqur Rahim early as well, but launched into Ntini: he hit him over his head for four; shuffled across to scoop him over fine-leg for four more; slogged one over cover for a brace; and cut furiously for another four. Ntini fell apart, but Smith kept him on.
Mashrafe Mortaza rose to the challenge: he drove and flicked Nel for two boundaries, and when Smith persisted with Ntini, Mortaza hit him over his head into the stands, and followed up with a boundary past mid-wicket. A helpless Smith summoned Charl Langeveldt: Ashraful went on one knee for a square-drive, and almost immediately scooped one from outside off over fine-leg’s head. As if that was not enough, he swept Nel for four.
He eventually became Nel’s fifth wicket when he tried one scoop too many. Surprisingly, he did not notice Langeveldt waiting at long-leg. He eventually fell for a 84-ball 87 as Bangladesh finished on 251 for 8. To make things worse, Chris Broad docked 10 per cent of Smith’s match fees for a slow over-rate, and Gibbs, having pulled a calf, could not field towards the end.
Then they ran into a rampant Ashraful. Consistency was never Ashraful’s key, but when he got going, he was almost impossible to stop. One of the most destructive batsmen on his day, Ashraful had dominated bowlers across opposition; South Africa were unfortunate to cross his path the day he chose to deliver.
Support came at the other end from Aftab Ahmed. Ashraful began with Kallis, hooking and driving him for consecutive fours. He dismissed Kallis again over mid-wicket again; Aftab responded with two sixes in three balls from Justin Kemp before he holed out to sweeper-cover at Ntini.
Ashraful lost Mushfiqur Rahim early as well, but launched into Ntini: he hit him over his head for four; shuffled across to scoop him over fine-leg for four more; slogged one over cover for a brace; and cut furiously for another four. Ntini fell apart, but Smith kept him on.
Mashrafe Mortaza rose to the challenge: he drove and flicked Nel for two boundaries, and when Smith persisted with Ntini, Mortaza hit him over his head into the stands, and followed up with a boundary past mid-wicket. A helpless Smith summoned Charl Langeveldt: Ashraful went on one knee for a square-drive, and almost immediately scooped one from outside off over fine-leg’s head. As if that was not enough, he swept Nel for four.
He eventually became Nel’s fifth wicket when he tried one scoop too many. Surprisingly, he did not notice Langeveldt waiting at long-leg. He eventually fell for a 84-ball 87 as Bangladesh finished on 251 for 8. To make things worse, Chris Broad docked 10 per cent of Smith’s match fees for a slow over-rate, and Gibbs, having pulled a calf, could not field towards the end.
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