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Sport 25<br />
Bangladesh players watch the screen as a DRS decision is made on New Zealand’s Tom Latham during their second ODI at Saxton Oval in Nelson yesterday<br />
‘A good opportunity lost for Bangladesh’<br />
• Tribune Report<br />
Excerpts from the post-match<br />
press conference of Bangladesh<br />
captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza following<br />
their 67-run defeat against<br />
New Zealand in the second ODI at<br />
Saxton Oval in Nelson yesterday.<br />
“I think losing too many wickets.<br />
If you see, we had 100 runs on<br />
the board for the loss of one wicket.<br />
Then we lost nine scoring 84.<br />
It is very disappointing. It clearly<br />
Tanbir warned for breaching<br />
code of conduct<br />
• Tribune Report<br />
Bangladesh all-rounder Tanbir<br />
Hayder failed to make a<br />
memorable debut after being<br />
included for the second oneday<br />
international against New<br />
Zealand at Saxton Oval in<br />
Nelson yesterday. The lower<br />
middle-order right-handed<br />
batsman scored only two runs<br />
in his maiden appearance for<br />
the Tigers while with the ball,<br />
he gave away 47 runs without<br />
success in eight overs.<br />
His frustration was doubled<br />
when the 25-year old received<br />
an official reprimand<br />
shows that the batting collapse was<br />
the reason behind the loss. I think<br />
the bowling was set up nicely. The<br />
wicket we got was better than the<br />
other match but again, losing wickets<br />
was the key.<br />
“I think he (Kane Williamson)<br />
did really well. He took some of our<br />
vital wickets. We knew he is an occasional<br />
bowler and was not in our<br />
plans. But the way he bowled was<br />
beautiful and credit goes to him.<br />
But I think we could have handled<br />
for breaching Level 1 of the<br />
International Cricket Council’s<br />
code of conduct.<br />
Tanbir was found to have<br />
breached article 2.1.4 of the<br />
ICC’s code of conduct for players<br />
and player support personnel,<br />
which relates to “using<br />
language or a gesture that is<br />
obscene, offensive or insulting<br />
during an international match”.<br />
In addition to the reprimand<br />
for his breach of article<br />
2.1.4, one demerit point has<br />
been added to Tanbir’s disciplinary<br />
record.<br />
If Tanbir reaches four or<br />
more demerit points within a<br />
him better.<br />
“That dismissal (run out mix up<br />
between Imrul Kayes and Sabbir<br />
Rahman) was the game-changer<br />
and key moment for New Zealand.<br />
We were going nicely in the chase<br />
with 100 runs for one wicket and<br />
then 150 runs in 27 overs. It was<br />
nicely set-up for us. The run out<br />
was crucial for us I think.<br />
“We were very confident of<br />
chasing the target, especially because<br />
of the wickets we had in<br />
24-month period, the points<br />
will be converted into suspension<br />
points and he will<br />
be banned. Two suspension<br />
points equate to a ban from one<br />
Test or two ODIs or two Twenty20<br />
internationals, whatever<br />
comes first for the player.<br />
The incident happened in<br />
the last ball of the 19th over<br />
when Tanbir, after being hit for<br />
a four by batsman Neil Broom,<br />
used obscene language which<br />
was heard by the umpires.<br />
Tanbir admitted the offence<br />
and accepted the sanction, as<br />
such, there was no need for a<br />
formal hearing. •<br />
AFP<br />
DT<br />
FRIDAY, DECEMBER <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2016</strong><br />
Mushfiq a priority for Tests<br />
• Tribune Report<br />
hand. We knew in the second half it<br />
will be going flat and it did, the evidence<br />
was there. In the last match,<br />
there was swing in the wicket in the<br />
second half. So when the ball is not<br />
swinging, it is almost like playing at<br />
home (Bangladesh) conditions. But<br />
the collapse was our undoing. It is<br />
disappointing.<br />
“The sub-continent teams<br />
which come to play here look for<br />
the opportunity that we had [yesterday].<br />
We leaked 40 to 50 runs<br />
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur<br />
Rahim started a rehab programme<br />
yesterday in a bid to recover from his left<br />
hamstring injury and get ready for the twomatch<br />
Test series, starting from January 12.<br />
Mushfiq, the Bangladesh Test captain,<br />
suffered the injury during the first ODI<br />
against hosts New Zealand at Hagley Oval<br />
in Christchurch last Monday. Mushfiq underwent<br />
an MRI in Nelson yesterday and<br />
the scan report confirmed a grade one tear.<br />
The injury ruled out the right-handed batsman<br />
not only from the ODIs but also from<br />
the three-match Twenty20 international<br />
series, beginning this Tuesday.<br />
“We have received the radiologist’s report<br />
and it shows a minor tear of the left<br />
hamstring,” said Bangladesh physio Dean<br />
Conway in a media release.<br />
“This is a moderate damage in nature<br />
Bangladesh<br />
tour of South<br />
Africa itinerary<br />
announced<br />
• Tribune Report<br />
Bangladesh will tour South Africa<br />
in September-October, 2017, for<br />
two Tests, 3 ODIs and two Twenty20<br />
internationals. Cricket South<br />
Africa yesterday announced the<br />
itinerary of Bangladesh’s tour.<br />
The Test series naming rights<br />
went to Sunfoil, ODI series to Momentum<br />
and T20I series to KFC.<br />
Bangladesh tour of South Africa<br />
Itinerary 2017-18<br />
September 21-23: Three-day tour<br />
match v SA Invitation XI, Benoni<br />
September 28-October 2: First Test,<br />
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom<br />
October 6-10: Second Test, Mangaung<br />
Oval, Bloemfontein<br />
October 12: One-day tour match v SA<br />
Invitation XI, Bloemfontein<br />
October 15: First ODI, Kimberley<br />
October 18: Second ODI, Paarl<br />
October 22: Third ODI, Buffalo Park<br />
October 26: First KFC T20I, Mangaung<br />
Oval, Bloemfontein<br />
October 29: Second KFC T20I, Senwes<br />
Park, Potchefstroom. •<br />
in the first game but still, we had<br />
created our chances of winning<br />
the game. [Yesterday] we had a<br />
flat wicket and were batting as required.<br />
So we had never expected<br />
such a collapse from that point. A<br />
big chance slipped out from our<br />
hands. Winning the game would<br />
have made us comfortable in the<br />
last game of the series. I think the<br />
batsmen could have slowed things<br />
down when we were losing wickets<br />
but it didn’t happen.” •<br />
but means that it could take him around<br />
two weeks, starting from the day of the injury,<br />
to recover. However, we may ease him<br />
into training at some stage over the next<br />
few days,” Conway added.<br />
Conway further said Bangladesh team<br />
management’s priority is to get their skipper<br />
fit before the longer-version matches.<br />
“We will continue to assess and monitor<br />
him to see how he is responding to rehab,”<br />
said Conway.<br />
Mushfiq’s injury saw young stumper-batsman<br />
Nurul Hasan make his ODI debut<br />
in the second of the three ODIs yesterday.<br />
The Tigers lost the match by 67 runs<br />
and in the process, conceded the series 2-0<br />
with a game to spare.<br />
Nurul made a decent enough debut<br />
scoring 24 runs under pressure at No 8 and<br />
took two catches. He also affected a stumping,<br />
that of Jimmy Neesham, off the bowling<br />
of Mosaddek Hossain.•
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