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Tigers turn world upside down

Ashraful hits epic ton to hand Aussies 5wkt upset

AL-AMIN from Cardiff
For once Bangladesh is on the top of the world and a little Mohammad Ashraful is the darling of Cardiff where his magnificent hundred pulled off thebiggest upset in the annals of one-day cricket.
I-Iistory was made at Sophia Gardens in a most stunning fashion when Aftab Ahmed hit the first ball of the final over for a magnificent six and then sneaked a single off the next delivery and with that Bangladesh toppled world champions Australia by five wi ekets.
Instantly, a small yet proud section of Bangladesh supporters, who had been relentlessly waving tire red and green national Dag and honking horns, rushed to the pitch.
It was Bangladesh's tenth win in their 108th ODI appearance and their first against the mighty Australians, and they did not think of a better time to achieve that when their very existence in cricket's top flight had been going through a torrid time.
There was also conviction the manner in which they defeated Australia. Chasing 250 to win, Bangladesh batted like true professionals with Ashraful Icadingthe waywith a poetic 101 -ball 100.
'Ilie little genius, who scored a first-ball duck in the first game against England, started in the most unconvincing fashion- blocking the first light. It was good to see him leading a bit of a comeback. He promises to have a little bit of a career ahead of him," said Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore.
The 19-year-old batsman from Chittagong has however never played against Australia.
But after a reasonably good performance so far including a brilliant 80 odd in the second Test at Durham, Bangladeshi cricket fans in England are really excited to see how he bats against the likes of McGrath, Gillespie and Kasprowicz.
Although Tigers fans here called for the heads of some non-performing players, Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar said that he was against any dramatic change.
"We are not playing well. But that doesn't mean that we will have to drop that player just because he played one game badly," said the Bangladesh captain.
He also admitted that the bowling looked totally out of sorts against England who clobbered 192 runs in 24.5 overs without losing a wicket.
Aggressive batting by England opener Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss also reminded Bangladesh's 1999 World Cup match against Australia where Adam Gilchrist and Tom Moody punished them in the same fashion.
"190 was not a very small total to defend, but it was unfortunate that we even failed to create a chance of taking a single wicket," lamented Bashar.
SQUADS
AUSTRALIA (from): Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke, Jason Gillespie, Brad Haddin,
Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Michael Kasprowicz, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson.
BANGLADESH (from): Habibul Bashar (captain), Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Ashraful, Javed Omar, Rajin Saleh, Nafees Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza, Tapash Baisya, Anwar Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Khaled Mahmud, Tushar Imran, Nazmul Hossain, Manzarul Islam.