Ireland A levelled the T20 series against Bangladesh A 1-1, ahead of the fourth and final match Friday in Dublin.
Ireland A registered a 51-run win in accordance with the Duckworth/Lewis method in the third and penultimate T20 Thursday at the same venue after Bangladesh A won the first T20 by four wickets Monday.
The second T20 was abandoned due to rain.
Asked to bat first, Ireland A racked up 202 losing six wickets in their stipulated 20 overs, opener Stuart Thompson top-scoring for his side with a 38-ball 47.
No 3 batsman William Porterfield chipped in with a 34-ball 45.
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Bangladesh A seamer Saifuddin and spinner Taijul Islam bagged three and two wickets respectively.
In reply, the visiting side, set a revised target of 156 in 15 overs owing to rain interruption, managed 104 for the loss of seven wickets.
Lower-order batsman Nayeem Hasan remained unbeaten on a 25-ball 24 but none of the Bangladesh A batters got going in the face of some disciplined bowling by Ireland A.
Ireland A’s David Delany and Andy McBrine took two wickets apiece.
The two teams earlier played out a 2-2 draw in the five-match one-day series.
3RD T20
Bangladesh A 104/7 in 15 overs (Nayeem 24*, Delany 2/15) lost to Ireland A 202/6 (Saifuddin 3/33, Taijul 2/27) by 51 runs (D/L method)
