Mashud ruled out with broken thumb
Khaled Mashud, the Bangladesh wicketkeeper, had a thumb shattered by Brett Lee as Australia drubbed Bangladesh in the first one-dayer on Saturday
Wisden CricInfo staff
02-Aug-2003
Khaled Mashud, the Bangladesh wicketkeeper, had a thumb shattered by
Brett Lee as Australia drubbed Bangladesh in the first one-dayer on
Saturday. Mashud has been ruled out of the next two games in the three-match
one-day series.
Lee produced fiery pace, even though he claimed he was not aiming for
exceptional speed. Lee (4-25) and Gillespie (3-23) had too much pace and
guile for the inexperienced tourists, who never threatened to make a
competitive score. Lee, although well short of the 160-km-per-hour (99-
mile) an hour pace he achieved earlier this year, was pleased with his
form. "It's a pretty good wicket, it had some bounce and carry and it
was a pleasure to bowl on," he said. "It felt like the rhythm was there
and it felt like it all came together at once. I wasn't even trying to
bowl fast, I was trying to get my action nice and high and get the ball
through to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist."
Dav Whatmore, Bangladesh's coach, had high praise for the quality of
Lee's bowling. "We saw some magnificent pace bowling," he said. "It was
quite exceptional." He agreed Bangladesh faced a challenge in regrouping
for the second one-day encounter at Cairns on Sunday. "If we can weather
that storm (Lee's opening assault) and have a few of our batters intact,
we've got a chance of posting a reasonably competitive total," he said.