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Litton 126 saves Bangladesh's blushes on opening day
New Zealand’s middle order defied an early Lauren Bell onslaught and turned ghastly conditions to their advantage to draw the rain-hit ODI series against England 1-1 with a 17-run victory on the DLS method in the third and final game in Cardiff. Key partnerships between Maddy Green and Nrooke Halliday, then Halliday and Izzy Gaze put the White Ferns ahead of the required rate when the rain which had hampered play all day long set in. The hosts posted an unremarkable 181 for 7 from 33 overs in a rain-affected inning, with Alice Capsey’s run-a-ball 45 and Amy Jones’s 27 off 21 the only highlights. But with New Zealand initially chasing an adjusted requirement of 184 from 33 overs, Bell ran through their top order in an extraordinary start, taking three wickets for one run in the space of eight balls to leave the tourists 40 for 3 inside seven overs. Worryingly for Bell and England with a home T20 World Cup less than a month away, she was struck hard on her left, non-bowling hand, which was already strapped, in her follow through by a sharp drive from Green. Bell did, however, manage to complete the over before being taken out of the attack and she remained in the field throughout the New Zealand innings, returning to bowl shortly before play was called off for good. Suzie Bates was put down on 12 by Heather Knight at slip off Bell but there was to be no fairy tale in Bates’ 184th and final ODI as Bell pinned her low on the front pad with the next ball. Bell struck again in her following over to snare the big wicket of New Zealand captain Melie Kerr, lbw once more with one that swung on middle and leg. In trouble at 27 for 2, New Zealand turned to Green, their leading run-scorer in the first match in Durham with 88, and 22-year-old Georgia Plimmer, who carries their hopes for a future beyond Bates, joining fellow great Sophie Devine in retirement after next month’s T20 World Cup. But Plimmer’s chance to step up would have to wait after she played across the line of yet another pinpoint accurate Bell delivery and was hit on the front pad in line with leg stump to give Bell her third lbw dismissal and put England firmly in control. Green shared a 57-run partnership with Halliday but, with rain on the way, she was bowled middle stump by a Dani Gibson nip-backer for 37. With rain falling and New Zealand still in control, Halliday and Gaze combined for an unbroken stand of 44 off 43 balls for the fifth wicket. Capsey’s innings was her first for England since the ...
Match Report: Litton 126 saves Bangladesh's blushes on opening day
DHAKA: Pakistan 21 for 0 (Awais 13*, Fazal 8*) trail Bangladesh 278 (Litton 126, Shanto 29, Shahzad 4-81, Abbas 3-45) by 257 runs When it finally settled, a day that ebbed and flowed belonged to Litton Das. A majestic hundred from Bangladesh’s wicketkeeper-batter lifted his side from the oblivion of 116 for 6 to 278. Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Abbas had torn through Bangladesh’s top and middle order, but as it happens so frequently, Pakistan failed to deliver the knockout blow, allowing Bangladesh to wriggle out of trouble once more. By the end of the day, the visitors will have been relieved to see off six overs in the evening without damage after the final session handed Bangladesh momentum that was all Pakistan’s in the first two. Litton was a man on an ambitious mission from the moment he walked out, and saw two more team-mates fall inside ten runs to leave him batting alongside the tail. He immediately began turning down singles, aware he would have to do much of the work himself. He knew what it would take, having previously wrested control of a game after six early wickets in Rawalpindi, where his hundred set up a Bangladesh win. After gritting his way alongside Taijul, he slowly began to loosen Pakistan’s control over the innings. He began to trust his partners more as the sting went out of the bowling attack, and then, crucially, the intensity and concentration. A bouncer from Shahzad kissed his glove on the way to Mohammad Rizwan, and though there were muffled appeals from the Pakistanis, no one felt confident enough to review after Pakistan burned two. He was on 52 then and went on to add another 74. And those runs at the backend came quickly. With Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed and particularly Shoriful Islam, with whom he put on 64 for the ninth wicket, offering solidity at the other end, Litton freed his arms and began to show his dazzling strokely. A jabbed six in front of midwicket was the shot of the day, and as Pakistan’s accuracy dipped, runs flowed easily. A creamy drive through the covers brought up his third hundred against Pakistan, and as the day drew to a close, the visitors looked out of ideas beyond awaiting the new ball. Litton finally holed out off a short delivery on 126, which left Pakistan with a tricky half hour to survive. It was Azan Awais and Abdullah Fazal, each one Test old, who were given that responsibility, one they carried out with impressive composure. Khurram Shahzad appeals successfully for the wicket of Mushfiqur...
Pakistan Tour of Bangladesh: Litton Das century rescues Bangladesh on ...
Litton Das struck a superb century as Bangladesh posted 278 on Day 1 of the 2nd Test, with Pakistan closing on 21/0 at stumps.
Litton Das century rescues Bangladesh on opening day of 2nd Test ...
Wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das hit a sublime century as Bangladesh recovered from early trouble on the opening day of the second and final Test against Pakistan on Saturday. He hammered 126 runs off 159 balls with 16 fours and two sixes to help Bangladesh post 278 all out in its first innings before ...
