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A Bit of History for Bangladesh
Atul Kahate - 26 May 1999

Bangladesh's win over Scotland on Monday was their only second in 33 attempts at LOI level, and their first when batting first. The following table shows Bangladesh's results when batting first to date. On 19 occassions they have batted first now and have lost on 18 of them excepting their win over the Scots.

Bangladesh: Match-by-match record when batting first

Vs  Ground       Date        Won By         T B Ban Score   Vs Score

Pak Moratuwa     31 Mar 1986 Pak  7  Wkts   L F  94-10 35.3  98- 3 32.1
SL  Kandy        02 Apr 1986 SL   7  Wkts   L F 131- 8 45.0 132- 3 31.3
Ind Chittagong   27 Oct 1988 Ind  9  Wkts   L F  99- 8 45.0 100- 1 26.0
SL  Dhaka        02 Nov 1988 SL   9  Wkts   L F 118- 8 45.0 120- 1 30.5
Aus Sharjah      30 Apr 1990 Aus  7  Wkts   W F 134- 8 50.0 140- 3 25.4
Ind Chandigarh   25 Dec 1990 Ind  9  Wkts   W F 170- 6 50.0 171- 1 36.5
Ind Sharjah      05 Apr 1995 Ind  9  Wkts   W F 163-10 44.4 164- 1 27.5
Pak Sharjah      08 Apr 1995 Pak  6  Wkts   W F 151- 8 50.0 152- 4 29.4
Ind Colombo (1)  24 Jul 1997 Ind  9  Wkts   L F 130- 8 43.0 132- 1 15.0
Ken Nairobi (3)  15 Oct 1997 Ken  8  Wkts   W F 100-10 41.2 102- 2 17.0
Ind Dhaka        10 Jan 1998 Ind  4  Wkts   L F 190-10 48.0 191- 6 46.2
Pak Dhaka        12 Jan 1998 Pak  9  Wkts   L F 134-10 39.3 136- 1 24.2
Ind Mohali       14 Jan 1998 Ind  5  Wkts   L F 184- 9 50.0 185- 5 45.2
Ind Bombay (1)   25 May 1998 Ind  5  Wkts   W F 115-10 36.3 116- 5 29.2
Ken Dhaka        20 Mar 1999 Ken  8  Wkts   W F 213-10 50.0 215- 2 43.5
Zim Dhaka        25 Mar 1999 Zim  3  Wkts   W F 257- 5 50.0 261- 7 49.3
NZ  Chelmsford   17 May 1999 NZ   6  Wkts   L F 116-10 37.4 117- 4 33.0
WI  Dublin       21 May 1999 WI   7  Wkts   W F 182-10 49.2 183- 3 46.3
Sco Edinburgh    24 May 1999 Ban  22 Runs   L F 185- 9 50.0 163-10 46.2
Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)