A cheery win

The team, hopefully, is coming of age. The top order of the batting clicked just at a time when its brittleness was looking like a chronic affair. Opener Shahriar Nafees played a brilliant knock and must consider him-self unlucky to have missed what would have been a very well deserved hundred. And Aftab Ahmed -- who has made it into a habit of playing some swashbuckling cricket when necessary -- was at his devastating best, as he tore apart the opposition bowling. Runs came thick and fast from Rafique and finally Mashrafee Mortuza brilliantly took the team total past the 300 mark for the first time in our history. It was a tremendous team ef-fort.

The bowlers displayed professionalism and com-mitment, so crucial for success at that level of cricket. They have performed well against the top sides in re-cent times. And the Kenyans never looked like having a real chance of reaching the target.

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But the lesson to be learned from this victory is that our top and middle order batsmen must not throw away their wickets. Of course, who we are playing against is an important factor but what's obviously the big moral to draw from the previous series we have had with powerful teams is that we learn to be consistent in our performance with big match temperament and a mind to fight and win.

We congratulate the team on its success.