All-round Ireland down hapless Bangladesh in 1st T20I: Key stats
What's the story
The Ireland cricket team beat Bangladesh in the 1st T20I held at Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium, Chattogram. Ireland rode on Harry Tector's unbeaten 69 to post a challenging score of 181/4 in 20 overs. In response, Bangladesh failed to offer any character with the bat. Towhid Hridoy's unbeaten 83 was the only saving grace. Here are further details and stats.
Summary
A look at the match summary
Tector walked in at number three when Ireland were 40/1. He built several mini partnerships along the way and held his fort at one end to guide Ireland to a score of 181/4. For Bangladesh, Tanzim Hasan Sakib picked 2/41 from his 4 overs. In response, Bangladesh were reduced to 18/4 and 74/8. It was Hridoy's knock that saw them surpass 140.
Tector
Tector slams his 7th half-century in T20Is
Tector's 69* was laced with 1 four and 5 sixes. In 88 T20Is, Tector has raced to 1,601 runs at 24.63. His strike rate reads 121.93. This was his 7th T20I fifty. As per ESPNcricinfo, versus Bangladesh, Tector has racked up 124 runs from 4 matches at 62. Overall in T20s, he owns 2,854 runs from 150 matched. He averages 26.18 (50s: 12).
Towhid
Towhid Hridoy the only shining star for Bangladesh
Hridoy was the only shining star for hosts Bangladesh. He scored an unbeaten 83 from 50 balls with the help of 7 fours and three sixes. With this knock, he has raced to a tally of 1,171 runs from 55 T20Is at 27.88. This was his 5th T20I fifty and a career-best score. In 4 matches against Ireland, he has scored 132 runs.
Humphreys
Matthew Humphreys claims his maiden T20I four-fer
Ireland's Matthew Humphreys was the star with the ball. He decimated Bangladesh with figures worth 4/13 from 4 overs. He now owns 12 T20I scalps from 8 matches at 16.16. This was his maiden four-fer. Overall in T20s, he has picked 49 scalps from 42 matches at 21.24. He picked his maiden 4-fer (5w: 1).
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Barry McCarthy picks three wickets for Ireland
Barry McCarthy did well with the ball as well. He picked three wickets for 23 runs from 4 overs. In 106 T20s, he has raced to 126 wickets at 24.34. 61 of his T20 scalps have come in T20Is for Ireland at 30.26.