Batsmen let HK down in Dhaka

BANGLADESH defeated Hong Kong convincingly in both the one-day internationals played at the National Stadium in Dhaka.

Hong Kong were beaten by 73 runs in the first game and lost by six wickets in the second.

Reports from Dhaka suggest that the territory's batsmen failed to come to terms with the slow wickets.

The fact that Stewart Brew's 54 was the top score in both the Hong Kong innings speaks little for the performances of the batsmen.

The next highest scorer was Rahul Sharma who made 42 in the second game.

Hong Kong had only one game to find their feet in alien conditions - they lost that too, by five wickets to the Bangladesh under-19s on January 29 at Sylhet.