Story Auckland Aces World Tour - Bangladeshi Tour Complete!!!

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Bangladesh vs Auckland Aces
First one day match

Teams

Bangladesh

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Shahriar Nafees
3. Mohammad Ashraful
4. Shakib Al Hasan*
5. Mehrab Hossain jnr
6. Mahmudullah (In for Nazimuddin)
7. Mehrab Hossain†
8. Abdur Razzak (In for Aziz)
9. Shafiul Islam
10. Talha Jubair
11. Syed Rasel (In for Alam)

Auckland Aces

1. Martin Guptill
2. Anaru Kitchen (In for McIntosh)
3. Rob Nicol (In for Young)
4. Lou Vincent
5. Andrew de Boorder
6. Scott Styris
7. Gareth Hopkins*†
8. Kyle Mills (In for Shaw)
9. Daryl Tuffey
10. Roneel Hira (In for Nethula)
11. Chris Martin

Toss

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first.

My Thoughts

First Innings

Bangladesh got off to an alright start through Nafees and Ashraful, but that was short lived as they crumbled to be all out for 164 inside 45 overs. Mills, Hira and Styris all bowled brilliantly, but the innings belonged to the 'Tower'. Daryl Tuffey picked up an exhilarating hattrick, taking the wickets of Mahmudullah LBW, Islam bowled, and Jubair caught behind in three successive deliveries.

Second Innings

Our chase was led fantastically well by Martin Guptill. He showed signs of aggression, but more importantly set about to bat the full 50 overs. Kitchen and Nicol supported him well, as the three of them chased down the Bangladeshi target with 44 balls remaining.

Post Match

We were very happy as it was only our second win on our World Tour, and a very easy one over an always improving Bangladeshi side. Daryl Tuffey was named man of the match for his match high four wickets, including that elusive hattrick. We know Bangladesh will come back strongly, so we still need to work hard in the nets over the next few days, as well as cherish the win.

Short Scoreboard

Bangladesh - 164 all out (44.4 overs)

Tamim Iqbal 12 (30)
Shahriar Nafees 39 (43)
Mohammad Ashraful 34 (39)
Shakib Al Hasan 1 (4)
Mehrab Hossain jnr 23 (30)
Mahmudullah 22 (50)
Mehrab Hossain 13 (25)
Abdur Razzak 11* (46)
Shafiul Islam 0 (1)
Talha Jubair 0 (1)
Syed Rasel 1 (7)

Kyle Mills 3-23 (7)
Chris Martin 0-50 (9)
Daryl Tuffey 4-38 (8.4)
Roneel Hira 1-19 (10)
Scott Styris 2-34 (10)

Auckland Aces - 165 for 1 (42.4 overs)

Martin Guptill 99* (135)
Anaru Kitchen 35 (62)
Rob Nicol 26* (62)

Talha Jubair 0-38 (10)
Syed Rasel 0-40 (10)
Shafiul Islam 0-32 (10)
Abdur Razzak 0-32 (6.4)
Shakib Al Hasan 1-21 (6)

Result

Auckland Aces win by 9 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)

Man of the Match: Daryl Tuffey

MVP Points

Match MVP Points

Player | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Points
Martin Guptill | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27
Daryl Tuffey | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21
Kyle Mills | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20
Scott Styris | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15
Roneel Hira | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13
Anaru Kitchen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7
Rob Nicol | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7
Gareth Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6
Lou Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Andrew de Boorder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Chris Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

Overall MVP Points

Player | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Wins | Played | Points | Average
Martin Guptill | 163 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 193 | 19.3
Kyle Mills | 17 | 145 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 176 | 19.6
Scott Styris | 110 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 173 | 17.3
Chris Martin | 6 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 138 | 15.3
Daryl Tuffey | 0 | 116 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 128 | 12.8
Lou Vincent | 95 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 109 | 15.6
Reece Young | 59 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 94 | 11.8
Andrew de Boorder | 72 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 83 | 20.8
Tim McIntosh | 54 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 68 | 17
Gareth Hopkins | 41 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 68 | 6.8
Lance Shaw | 6 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 11.4
Tarun Nethula | 8 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5
Roneel Hira | 2 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 12
Rob Nicol | 33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 6.4
Anaru Kitchen | 24 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 7.2
Richard Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7
Andy McKay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6
Paul Hitchcock | -5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1

Photos

Man of the match Daryl Tuffey took four wickets, including three in three balls.

Shakib Al Hasan was the only Bangladeshi bowler to make any inroad into the Aces line-up.

 

[AkshayS]

Hattrick by Daryl tuffey, great.

Feelin' sorry for Guptill, one more run.

This lineup shows that half of NZ INT team is made up of Auckland Aces.:sarcasm

 

[Chewie]

Guts for Guptill

Well played though

Were 'egsilerating' and 'illusive' on purpose?

 

[CG123]

Were 'egsilerating' and 'illusive' on purpose?

English is my worst subject.
Doesn't egsilerating mean exciting or something like that, and doesn't illusive means rare or something like that???

 

[Chewie]

Exhilarating and elusive are the two words you're looking for I don't even think egsilerating is a word.

 

[CG123]

Exhilarating and elusive are the two words you're looking for I don't even think egsilerating is a word.

Lol, my bad...

 

[just_cricket]

Polished performance from your Aces there. Tuffey and Guptill did exceptionally, while Kitchen did quite well again.

 

[-D-S-B-]

Brilliant, Aces get their first win
Daryl Tuffey, what a bowler
Martin Guptill, What a Batter
Auckland Aces what a Team!

 

[CG123]

Brilliant, Aces get their first win
Daryl Tuffey, what a bowler
Martin Guptill, What a Batter
Auckland Aces what a Team!

That's our second win, we won our first game against Sri Lanka.

 

[Gaurav_7]

That's a nice win for the Aces. Bangladesh at least could have won here.

 

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Bangladesh vs Auckland Aces
Second one day match

Teams

Bangladesh

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Shahriar Nafees
3. Mohammad Ashraful
4. Shakib Al Hasan*
5. Mahmudullah
6. Rajin Saleh (In for Hossain jnr)
7. Mehrab Hossain?
8. Abdur Razzak
9. Shafiul Islam
10. Talha Jubair
11. Syed Rasel

Auckland Aces

1. Martin Guptill
2. Anaru Kitchen
3. Rob Nicol
4. Lou Vincent
5. Andrew de Boorder
6. Scott Styris
7. Gareth Hopkins*?
8. Kyle Mills
9. Daryl Tuffey
10. Roneel Hira
11. Chris Martin

Toss

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bowl first.

My Thoughts

First Innings

We got the perfect start as Iqbal was caught at short leg first ball of the match, but that was short lived as Nafees and Ashraful combined for a massive 137 second wicket partnership. However once we broke through there was very little resistance from the rest of the Bangaldeshi batsmen, as they folded to finish on 224 for 9. Most of our bowlers played their part, our pace bowlers picked up wickets despite being expensive, while our slow/medium bowlers were very economical.

Second Innings

Chasing this moderate total we needed a fast start, but we never got one due to Kitchen and Nicol shutting up shop. Guptill continued to play his shots, but the runs never really came from the other end. We went into the final ten overs need a bit over six an over, and it wasn't until de Boorder and Hopkins came together that we got back in the game. They took 14 runs off the 44th over, and 17 runs off the 45th over getting us well ahead of the required run rate, before Mills brought us home with a couple of boundaries.

Post Match

We got some good signs from our lower order who responded well under pressure, but our middle order continue to fail in the one day game. Our five bowlers were starting to become pretty settled in our one day line-up, but due the massive Australian tour coming up we may do some experimenting in our final match against Bangladesh.

Short Scoreboard

Bangladesh - 224 for 9 (50 overs)

Tamim Iqbal 0 (1)
Shahriar Nafees 108 (143)
Mohammad Ashraful 72 (118)
Shakib Al Hasan 5 (8)
Mahmudullah 1 (3)
Rajin Saleh 21 (14)
Mehrab Hossain 1 (3)
Abdur Razzak 0 (2)
Shafiul Islam 4* (10)
Talha Jubair 0 (1)
Syed Rasel 5* (2)

Kyle Mills 2-51 (10)
Chris Martin 3-51 (10)
Daryl Tuffey 3-52 (10)
Roneel Hira 0-26 (10)
Scott Styris 1-42 (10)

Auckland Aces - 226 for 7 (48 overs)

Martin Guptill 79 (98)
Anaru Kitchen 26 (46)
Rob Nicol 37 (68)
Lou Vincent 10 (18)
Andrew de Boorder 32 (24)
Scott Styris 9 (11)
Gareth Hopkins 19 (21)
Kyle Mills 10* (4)
Daryl Tuffey 1* (1)

Talha Jubair 0-36 (10)
Syed Rasel 2-54 (10)
Shafiul Islam 2-65 (9)
Abdur Razzak 0-30 (10)
Shakib Al Hasan 2-41 (9)

Result

Auckland Aces win by 3 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Man of the Match: Shahriar Nafees

MVP Points

Match MVP Points

Player | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Points
Martin Guptill | 22 | 0 | 3 | 25
Daryl Tuffey | 2 | 15 | 0 | 17
Chris Martin | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15
Kyle Mills | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14
Andrew de Boorder | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13
Gareth Hopkins | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11
Scott Styris | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9
Rob Nicol | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7
Roneel Hira | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5
Anaru Kitchen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5
Lou Vincent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2

Overall MVP Points

Player | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Wins | Played | Points | Average
Martin Guptill | 185 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 220 | 20
Kyle Mills | 21 | 155 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 192 | 19.2
Scott Styris | 111 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 184 | 16.7
Chris Martin | 6 | 133 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 155 | 15.5
Daryl Tuffey | 2 | 131 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 147 | 13.4
Lou Vincent | 97 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 113 | 14.1
Andrew de Boorder | 82 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 98 | 19.6
Reece Young | 59 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 94 | 11.8
Gareth Hopkins | 46 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 81 | 7.4
Tim McIntosh | 54 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 68 | 17
Lance Shaw | 6 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 11.4
Roneel Hira | 2 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 11
Rob Nicol | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 6.8
Tarun Nethula | 8 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5
Anaru Kitchen | 29 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 7.1
Richard Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7
Andy McKay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6
Paul Hitchcock | -5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1

Photos

Man of the match Shahriar Nafees stood tall, as he amassed 108 in a losing effort.

Auckland's skipper Gareth Hopkins played a vital role down the order, as he and de Boorder combined for a quick fire 47 run partnership.

 

[AkshayS]

nice presentation and a nice win for ACES there.

Well played, Guptill is continuing his flawless season as well as Mills.

 

[Chewie]

Very economical bowling from Hira! A good victory

 

[Bounce]

Very less writing, please increase it.
Didn't attract me.

 

[CG123]

Very less writing, please increase it.
Didn't attract me.

There's not meant to be much...
I want to get through as many matches as possible, which is why my updates aren't very attractive.
My presentation style won't suit some, but I'm happy with how the updates are flowing at the moment.
If I start putting more time into each update, the speed that they're getting posted at will slow down dramatically.
As I said at the beginning, this is more of a diary for me than a proper story.