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Bangladesh win to eliminate India

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) -- Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore praised his team for holding their nerve to clinch a maiden World Cup second round berth with victory over debutants Bermuda on Sunday.

Bangladesh chased a revised target of 96 in gathering gloom after Bermuda scored a challenging 94 for nine in the rain-affected final Group B match that was restricted to 21 overs.

"This is very significant for us," Whatmore told a news conference. "It was something that I personally knew we had the potential to do. It is reality now."

Bangladesh, who needed only to avoid defeat, joined group winners Sri Lanka in the Super Eights, their victory pushing India out of the competition.

"This game was the most difficult you could be in to qualify," the Australian said. "Chasing that total was never easy. The ball was doing all sorts of things in the first 10 overs."

Bermuda seamer Saleem Mukuddem took three early wickets to leave Bangladesh struggling on 37-3.

"Yes, my heart was pumping a little bit," Whatmore added. "The boys haven't been in this situation before. They have done very, very well."

More upsets

Whatmore hoped his unfancied team can cause some more upsets in the next round.

"The players will have a wonderful experience to participate in a major tournament against six or seven best teams left."

Skipper Habibul Bashar said Bangladesh have proved that they were capable of beating any team.

Bangladesh have beaten India twice and champions Australia and Sri Lanka once each since returning from the 2003 World Cup without a single win.

"We've worked very hard in the last year and we are playing as a team which is very important for us."

Bermuda skipper Irvine Romaine praised the fighting spirit of his amateur side.

"We didn't know when we were going to stay on the field and when we were going to come off," he said, referring to the stop-start Bermuda innings.

"We really wanted to put up a challenge, the guys were up for it," he said. "I wish it was a 50 over game."

Romaine said the Cup would help the associate nation.

"It has really been amazing," he said. "It really showed every game we were getting better, getting used to the competition."

Asked whether Bermuda let India down by not beating Bangladesh, he laughed.

"A quality team like India shouldn't be relying on Bermuda."

The seven-week event ends with the final in Barbados on April 28.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/26/cricket.bangladesh.r eut/

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Bangladesh runs with cricket elite

Mon, March 26, 2007

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD -- Bangladesh clinched a seven-wicket victory against debutant Bermuda in a rain-hit match yesterday and secured passage to the Cricket World Cup's Super 8 stage.

Chasing a modest 21-over target after Bermuda tottered to 94 for nine in an innings disrupted four times by rain, Bangladesh reached 96 for three with 21 balls to spare.

The victory earned Bangladesh its biggest World Cup achievement -- advancing out of the first round -- at its third attempt.

Bangladesh needed just one point from this match to secure the second place in the preliminary Group B -- behind Sri Lanka and at India's expense.

India, the 1983 champion and 2003 finalist, lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in its worst World Cup performance since 1979.

The loss to undefeated Sri Lanka left India a tiny hope -- relying on Bermuda to beat Bangladesh. That was very unlikely, at best.

Bermuda pace bowler Saleem Mukuddem (3-19) rocked Bangladesh, which lost two wickets in 11 deliveries to slide to 37-3 before an unbroken 59-run stand between Saqibul Hasan (26 not out) and Mohammad Ashraful (29 not out) carried the Tigers.

Put in to bat first after Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar won the toss, Bermuda's challenge was undermined by the frequent rain-caused disruptions that saw the overs gradually getting reduced from 50 to 21.

The game began as a 41-over aside contest after the start was delayed more than 1 1/2 hours. It was reduced to 35 overs-a-side after Bermuda faced three overs, scoring six runs for the loss of opener Stephen Outerbridge (zero) in three overs.

The second break occurred with Bermuda on 17 for three, having lost Delyone Borden (2) and David Hemp for a duck.

Play resumed with the match reduced to 30 overs and three minutes later another short interruption was caused by a light drizzle, during which the Bangladesh fielders stayed on the boundary line.

Bermuda captain Irvine Romaine (11) fell low to left-arm spinner Razzak, who went on to claim two more wickets in the last over to return the best figures of 3-20.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/OtherSports/2007/03/26/38 35929-sun.html

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Bangladesh praised for Cup qualification

Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore has praised his team for holding their nerve to clinch a maiden World Cup second round berth with victory over debutants Bermuda on Sunday.

Bangladesh chased a revised target of 96 in gathering gloom after Bermuda scored a challenging 94 for nine in the rain-affected final Group B match that was restricted to 21 overs.

"This is very significant for us," Whatmore told a news conference. "It was something that I personally knew we had the potential to do. It is reality now."

Bangladesh, who needed only to avoid defeat, joined group winners Sri Lanka in the Super Eights, their victory pushing India out of the competition.

"This game was the most difficult you could be in to qualify," the Australian said. "Chasing that total was never easy. The ball was doing all sorts of things in the first 10 overs."

Bermuda seamer Saleem Mukuddem took three early wickets to leave Bangladesh struggling on 37-3.

"Yes, my heart was pumping a little bit," Whatmore added.

"The boys haven't been in this situation before. They have done very, very well."