Bangladesh beat Netherlands by six wickets

Chasing a modest 161-run victory target, Bangladesh lost Tamim Iqbal in the first over but Kayes chalked up his second successive half century to see them home in the Group B match in 41.2 overs.

Abdur Razzak (3-29) and his spin colleagues had earlier laid the foundation for Bangladesh’s victory by bowling with tremendous discipline and the Dutch batsmen did not help their cause either with four of them running themselves out.

For them, Ryan ten Doeschate waged a grim battle but ran out of partners to remain not out on 53 as his team folded for 160 in 46.2 overs.

Bangladesh leapfrogged England into fourth place in Group B with six points and will play their final match against South Africa on Saturday. The top four teams from the group will qualify for the knockout stages.

Kayes lost his opening partner Tamim before the hosts had even registered a run on the board but the 24-year-old, one of seven left handed players in the Bangladesh line-up, kept his focus to carry his bat through the innings.

After Mudassar Bukhari had bowled Tamim in the fourth ball of the innings, Kayes added 92 runs for the second wicket with Junaid Siddique (35) to record Bangladesh’s highest ever World Cup partnership for any wicket.

Kayes then added 59 for the third wicket with Shahriar Nafees (37) before Mushfiqur Rahim clobbered a four and a six off successive deliveries to carry Bangladesh over the finishing line.

SCOREBOARD

Eric Szwarczynski run out 28

Wesley Barresi lbw b Shakib 10

Mudassar Bukhari c Mushfiq b Razzak 6

Tom Cooper run out 29

Ryan ten Doeschate not out 53

Alexei Kervezee st. Mushfiq b Shuvo 18

Tom de Grooth lbw b Razzak 4

Atse Buurman c Imrul b Razzak 0

Peter Borren run out 3

Pieter Seelaar lbw b Rubel 0

Adeel Raja run out 0

Extras: (9lb) 9

TOTAL: (all out) 160

Overs: 46.2.

Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-37, 3-66, 4-79, 5-113, 6-127, 7-127, 8-139, 9-141, 10-160.

Bowling: Shafiul Islam 9.2-3-15-0, Abdur Razzak 10-2-29-3, Shakib Al Hasan 8-0-38-1, Rubel Hossain 9-0-36-1, Sohrawardy Shuvo 10-1-33-1. Bangladesh Innings=

Tamim Iqbal b Bukhari 0

Imrul Kayes not out 73

Zunaed Siddique c Seelaar b Borren 35

Shahriar Nafees b Cooper 37

Shakib Al Hasan c ten Doeschate b Cooper 1

Mushfiqur Rahim not out 11

Extras: (2b, 3lb, 3w, 1nb) 9

TOTAL: (for four wickets) 166.

Overs: 41.2.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-92, 3-151, 4-155.

Did not bat: Mahmuduallah Riad, Sohrawardy Shuvo, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.

Bowling: Mudassar Bukhari 6-2-14-1, Adeel Raja 7-0-31-0, Ryan ten Doeschate 6-1-30-0 (1nb), Pieter Seelaar 10-1-25-0, Peter Borren 5-0-28-1, Tom Cooper 7.2-2-33-2.

Result: Bangladesh wins by 6 wickets.

Toss: Netherlands.

Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan and Rod Tucker, Australia.

TV umpire: Daryl Harper, Australia.