The Tigers ended their preparation at home poorly when they suffered a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Maharashtra Cricket Association in the third and final practice match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday ahead of their departure to play the ICC World Twenty20s in England.The batting of Jamie Siddons's charges, who won the first Twenty20 game by 63 runs under the BCB XI banner, were found wanting in the final game against a mediocre attack as the local side were dismissed for only 117 in 19.1 overs after deciding to bat first.BCB XI lost opener Mohammad Mithun in the very first over as the right-hander continued his bad form since joining the Tigers squad. His opening partner Tamim Iqbal started well but could manage only 21 runs in 14 balls with four boundaries.At one stage the home side, who played the last match without Shakib Al Hasan, were stumbling at 40 for 6 but stand-in skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Nayeem Islam saved their blushes by added 60 runs for the seventh wicket.Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur made 28-ball 39 and Nayeem added a 33-ball 27 but their effort was not good enough to put up a fighting total. MCA skipper Harshad Khadiwale played yet another stroke-filled knock, a 47-ball 62, that contained seven fours and a six, as Maharashtra reached the target of 118 by losing just three wickets.Coach Jamie Siddons however seemed unperturbed with his side's poor finish at home. "I don't think we batted too badly. A lot of players made 25 of 20 balls. On this wicket it doesn't really matter who you play and obviously it's not a wicket for 180 runs. We lost a lot of wickets and could not recover. Our boys tried to score quickly and got out," defended Siddons."I am happy that all the batters are getting practice and every batsmen have got runs here and there except for the two new ones," he added.Mushfiqur admitted that they threw away their wickets against weak opponents but hoped that everything would be okay in England."It was difficult to defend this small total, especially when we played the match without Shakib and Razzak. We threw away our wickets but there is nothing to be worried as we have some practice matches in England before the start of the World Cup," he said.SCORES IN BRIEF BCB XI: 117 all out in 19.1 overs (Tamim 21, Mithun 0, Zunaed 10, Rokibul 1, Shamsur 1, Riyad 0, Mushfiqur 39, Nayeem 27, Shahadat 4, Rasel 7, Rubel 0 not out, extras 7; Samad 1-13, Srikant 4-22, Kiran 3-23, Aditya 1-15).MAHARASHTRA: 118-3 in 17.5 overs (Harshad 62, Rohan 1, Ameye 31, Srikant 11 not out, Digamber 6 not out, extras 7; Rasel 1-24, Rubel 1-15, Shahadat 1-23)Result: Maharashtra won by seven wickets.
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