Thursday, September 13, 2007

Bangladesh won the match




Bangladesh v West Indies, Group A, ICC World Twenty20

Bangladesh send West Indies packing

The Bulletin by Kanishkaa Balachandran

September 13, 2007

...From www.cricinfo.com

An enthralling display of power hitting by Mohammad Ashraful and Aftab Ahmed helped Bangladesh stroll to a six-wicket win against West Indies in Johannesburg. After eliminating India from the first round of the World Cup, Bangladesh inflicted the same on West Indies today as the target of 164 turned out to be a walk in the park for a team armed with batsmen ideally suited for this format of the game.

It was a sweet revenge for Ashraful, who after conceding over 50 runs with his legspinners, bludgeoned the West Indies bowlers to record the fastest fifty in Twenty20 internationals, off just 20 balls. The early wickets of Tamim Iqbal and Nazimuddin - both falling to miscued pulls - did absolutely nothing to deter Aftab and Ashraful as the chase went into overdrive
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From Daily Star



His bat doesn't talk often enough; at the Wanderers his bat talked for a change and as always happens, something special for Bangladesh came hand in hand.

Mohammad Ashraful sizzled in a blistering 61 and Bangladesh cruised to a six-wicket win over West Indies in Johannesburg yesterday.

The win, Bangladesh's first in any competitive match against West Indies, meant more than a mere two points -- a passage into the elite Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship with a match in hand against hosts South Africa. The defeat on the other hand guaranteed that West Indies go home early as they already lost their first match against the hosts on the opening day

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