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UNB, Dhaka

Touring Bangladesh A team are struggling against English county side Durham in their 3rd and last one-day match as they were bundled out cheaply for 117 runs at the Riverside Ground in Chester le Street on Sunday.

Batting first, Bangladesh A team collapsed miserably as they lost nine wickets for 79 runs.

But Mosharraf Hossain Rubel pairing with Rubel Hossain tried to salvage Bangladesh from another awkward situation and contributed 38 runs in the last wicket stand.

Number eight batsman Mosharraf remained unbeaten to add the highest 26 runs off 63 balls with one four and a six while tail ender Rubel Hossain made 14 off 42 deliveries hitting two boundaries.

Wicket keeper Dhiman Ghosh (24) and opener Tamim Iqbal (18) were the other two Bangladeshi batsmen reaching double figure while extras yielded 10 runs.

Rokibul Hasan, who hit match-winning 112 runs against MCC in the last match, today returned to the pavilion with duck in the very first ball.

ME Claydon captured three Bangladesh wickets for 31 runs while G Onions, WRK Gidman and M Davies took two wickets each.

Chasing an easy target, English county side Durham scored 35 runs for 3 in 7 overs at lunch.

Pacer Sajidul Islam picked up two wickets for 10 runs while Dola Mahmud grabbed one wicket for 23 runs.

Earlier on Friday, Bangladesh secured an emphatic 80-run victory over Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in the 2nd one-day match at the Racecourse, Durham University Ground, Durham.

In their ongoing England tour, Bangladesh A team remained unbeaten in the longer version cricket playing five three-day matches.

Bangladesh beat English county Derbyshire by one-wicket in the 4th three-day match. Earlier, in the four three-day matches, they drew with England Under-19 team, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and South Africa.

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy

leaves the city for SA today

Sports Reporter

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy will leave the city today for South Africa (SA) to play two four-dayer cricket matches and three one-dayer cricket matches against South Africa National Cricket Academy.

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy will face South Africa National Cricket Academy in a four-dayer match, which begins on August 8 in Pritoria.

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy will meet South Africa National Cricket Academy in the second four-dayer match, which starts on August 14 in Pritoria.

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy will play against South Africa National Cricket Academy in a one-dayer cricket match on August 20 in Johannesburg.

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy will face South Africa National Cricket Academy in the second one-dayer match on August 22 in Pritoria.

GP-BCB National Cricket Academy will meet South Africa National Cricket Academy in the last one-dayer on August 24 in Johannesburg.

The players are: Sohrawardy Shuvo (Captain), Shagir Hossain Pavel, Farhad Hossain, Shamsur Rahman Shuvo, Marshal Aiyub, Jahirul Islam, Nasir Hossain, Mahbubul Alam Robin, Shafaq Al Jabir, Ziaur Rahman Tapu, Delwar Hossain, Nadif Chowdhury, Imrul Kayes, Raihan Uddin.

The officials are: Ruwan Kalpege (Coach) and Khaled Mahmud Sujon (Manager).