2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Bermuda
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) in a crucial Group B match - the final game of the group stage - in the World Cup at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Bangladesh will therefore advance to the Super 8 phase, while India is eliminated.
Rain stopped play during Bermuda's innings after just 3 overs, and again after 7.4, 8 overs and 15.1 overs. The match was reduced to 21 overs per side.
Bangladesh's target under the Duckworth-Lewis method was set at 96 runs.
Toss: Bangladesh won, and decided to field first.
 Bermuda innings |
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Steven Outerbridge | c Mohammad Rafique b Mashrafe Mortaza | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Oliver Pitcher | c Habibul Bashar b Saqibul Hasan | 22 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 46.80 | |
| Delyone Borden | c Habibul Bashar b Mashrafe Mortaza | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| David Hemp | c Aftab Ahmed b Syed Rasel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Irvine Romaine | lbw b Abdur Razzak | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| Dean Minors | c Tamim Iqbal b Abdur Razzak | 23 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 92.00 | |
| Lionel Cann | st Mushfiqur Rahim b Saqibul Hasan | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 266.66 | |
| Janeiro Tucker | c Tamim Iqbal b Mohammad Rafique | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| Kevin Hurdle | b Abdur Razzak | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Saleem Mukuddem | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 5; w 4; nb 2) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 Wickets; 21 overs) | 94 | 6 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Outerbridge, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Borden, 4.1 ov), 3-11 (Hemp, 5.4 ov), 4-35 (Romaine, 10.6 ov), 5-52 (Pitcher, 16.4 ov), 6-73 (Cann, 18.2 ov), 7-86 (Tucker, 19.5 ov), 8-94 (Minors, 20.4 ov), 9-94 (Hurdle, 20.6 ov)
 Bangladesh bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2.00 | |
| Syed Rasel | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.80 | |
| Abdur Razzak | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.00 | |
| Mohammad Rafique | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| Saqibul Hasan | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Aftab Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17.00 | |
| Bangladesh innings (Target: 96 runs from 21 overs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Tamim Iqbal | c Hurdle b Mukuddem | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Shahriar Nafees | c Tucker b Mukuddem | 12 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 48.00 | |
| Aftab Ahmed | lbw b Mukuddem | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Saqibul Hasan | not out | 26 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 74.28 | |
| Mohammad Ashraful | not out | 29 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 90.62 | |
| Extras | (b 4; w 14; nb 3) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (3 Wickets; 17.3 overs) | 96 | 5 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Tamim Iqbal, 1.1 ov), 2-30 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 3-37 (Shahriar Nafees, 7.1 ov)
| Bermuda bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Kevin Hurdle | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| Saleem Mukuddem | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 3.80 | |
| Janeiro Tucker | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | |
| Dwayne Leverock | 3.3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5.42 | |
| Delyone Borden | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | |
Bangladesh: Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel
Bermuda: O L Pitcher, S D Outerbridge, D C C Borden, D L Hemp, I H Romaine (capt), J J Tucker, D A Minors (wkt), L O B Cann, K A D Hurdle, S Mukuddem, R D M Leverock
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)
Umpires: S J Davis (Australia) and I L Howell (South Africa)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee: A G Hurst (Australia)
Reserve umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
Sources
- "24th Match, Group B: Bangladesh v Bermuda at Port of Spain - Mar 25, 2007". Cricinfo, March 25, 2007
- "ICC World Cup: Bangladesh v Bermuda". BBC, March 25, 2007
