Waikato Times

Bangladesh star to miss one-day series

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Classy all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will miss Bangladesh’s ODI series against the Black Caps this month due to a fractured finger.

The 31-year-old, who is No 2 in the ICC’s ODI all-rounder rankings, suffered the injury during the final of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament on Saturday.

The Dhaka Dynamites captain was hit on the left ring finger by a short delivery from Sri Lanka internatio­nal Thisara Perera, and was dismissed off the next ball for 3, as his side lost by 17 runs to the Comilla Victorians.

A post-match X-ray confirmed a fracture of the finger.

That would seemingly place Shakib in doubt for at least some of the threematch test series too, which begins in Hamilton on February 28.

Shakib has played 195 ODIs, with a batting average of 35.07 and a bowling average of 29.68.

Bangladesh have lost all 10 of their previous ODIs against the Black Caps in New Zealand.

Meanwhile, two Wellington Firebirds played starring roles as the New Zealand XI beat Bangladesh in a

50-over tour match.

Fast bowler Iain McPeake took 4-38 to help bowl the tourists out for 247 in the 47th over in Lincoln.

His Wellington team-mate, opening batsman Andrew Fletcher, then scored

92 off 112 balls as New Zealand chased down the total with 11 balls to spare for a two-wicket win.

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