da 888: Namibia has lost the Alexander Forbes One Day International cricket series against Bangladesh after the visitors won the low-scoring fourth match by one wicket on Sunday
da marjack bet: Andrew Poolman26-Jan-2003Namibia has lost the Alexander Forbes One Day International cricket series against Bangladesh after the visitors won the low-scoring fourth match by one wicket on Sunday.Bangladesh lead the series by 3-1 with the fifth and final match to beplayed on Wednesday before both teams leave for South Africa on Saturday tocontest the ICC World Cup.Bangladesh won a close match by one wicket after bowling out Namibia for 131in 45.3 overs. Jan-Berry Burger top-scored for Namibia with 31 runs from 63balls, while Riaan Walters made 26 and Morné Karg 21. The Namibia inningscontained only three fours and four sixes.The touring side replied with 132 for nine off 37.3 overs. They alsofaltered at 57 for six before captain and Man of the Match Khaled Mashudsteered them home with 44 runs off 71 balls.Khaled was the ninth man to go, playing a Sarel Burger delivery onto hisstumps with Bangladesh still needing two runs for victory. Number 10 batsmanMashrafe scored the winning two runs through midwicket.For Namibia, Björn Kotze took three wickets for 28 runs in 10 overs, whileRudie van Vuuren took two for 43 off 10 overs. Medium pacer Sarel Burgertook two for 30 runs in 9.3 overs.For Bangladesh, Mohammad Rafique took 4/19 runs in 8.3 overs while AlokKapali took 3/10 runs in eight overs.






