Ireland won the toss and opted to bat first, although they suffered an early loss when James McCollum was caught early off the bowling of Rubel Hossain. Andree Balbirnie was the next to fall for 20, the first of five victims for Abu Jayed. However, Paul Stirling and his captain William Porterfield then put on 174 for the third wicket, a record for Ireland. Porterfield was the first to fall, six short of his century, caught by Liton Das off Jayed. He had struck 2 sixes. Stirling then combined with Kevin O’Brien and the paid added 30, before O’Brien also fell to Jayed for 20, caught by Tamim Iqbal.
The next ball saw the fall of Stirling for 130, scored of 141 balls, including 4 sixes and 8 fours. With the overs running out, Gary Wilson and Mark Adair put on 23, but then both fell in short order, Wilson another to fall to Jayed for 12, and then Adair out to Mohammad Saifuddin for 11, hit wicket. George Dockrell then was bowled by Saifuddin off the last ball of the innings as Ireland closed on 292 – 8.
Jayed finished with 5 for 58.
In reply, Bangladesh were given a fine start by Tamim and Das who put on 117 for the first wicket, before Tamim fell for 57 to the bowling of Boyd Rankin. Das and Shakib al Hasan then combined until Das, who had reached 76, including a six and 9 fours, was bowled by Barry McCarthy.
The gloss was then taken off Bangladesh’s day when Shakib Al Hasan, who had reached 50 not out off just 51 balls was forced to retire with a side problem, and is now an injury doubt with the World Cup starting in just two weeks’ time. In his absence, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim took the score t0 224, until Mushfiqur was caught behind off Rankin for 35.
Mahmudullah and Mossaddek Hossain added 54, and, although Mossaddek fell for 14, caught behind off Adair, Mahmudullah and Sabbir Rahman saw their side through to an impressive victory with a full seven overs yet to be bowled.
Abu Jayed was named man of the match.