2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Bermuda

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.

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)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Tamim Iqbal, 1.1 ov), 2-30 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 3-37 (Shahriar Nafees, 7.1 ov)

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)