Twenty20: Windies lose to Bangaldesh, crash out
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Johannesburg, Sep 13 - The West Indies became the first team to crash out of the Twenty20 World Championship cricket Thursday when they surprisingly lost to Bangladesh by six wickets here.Shakib-al-Hasan took four wickets, while Aftab Ahmed scored an unbeaten 62 and captain Mohammed Ashraful made 61 to help Bangladesh register the win with two overs to spare at New Wanderers Stadium here.Ashraful was adjudged the Man of the Match.For the West Indies, opener Devon Smith was the top scorer with 51 (52 balls, 6x4s) while Shivnarine Chanderpaul chipped in with 37 (31 balls, 3x4s, 2x6s) and Dwayne Smith hammered seven-ball 29 (1x4, 4x6s).Shakib wrecked the West Indies innings with incisive bowling. He finished with excellent figures of 4-0-34-4.SCOREBOARDWest Indies vs. Bangladesh, Twenty20 World Championship, New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgWest Indies:C.H. Gayle c Kapali b Rasel 0D.S. Smith b Razzak 51S. Chanderpaul c Mortaza b Razzak 37M.N. Samuels c Shakib b Ashraful 27R.R. Sarwan st Mushfiqur b Shakib 5D. Ramdin c Mushfiqur b Shakib 2D.R. Smith b Shakib 29D.J. Bravo st Mushfiqur b Shakib 2D.B.L. Powell not out 1Extras: (leg byes 2, wides 8) 10Total: (for 8 wickets in 20 overs) 164Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gayle, 0.3 over), 2-95 (Chanderpaul, 13.4), 3-104 (D.S. Smith, 15.3), 4-126 (Samuels, 16.6), 5-131 (Ramdin, 17.5), 6-155 (Sarwan, 19.1), 7-157 (Bravo, 19.3), 8-164 (D.R .Smith, 19.6)Bowling:Syed Rasel 4 1 10 1Abdur Razzak 4 0 25 2Mashrafe Mortaza 2 0 16 0 (3w)Farhad Reza 2 0 22 0Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 34 4 (1w)Mohammad Ashraful 4 0 55 1Bangladesh:Tamim Iqbal c Chanderpaul b Rampaul 10Nazimuddin c Sarwan b Rampaul 1Aftab Ahmed not out 62Mohammad Ashraful c Gayle b Sarwan 61Shakib Al Hasan c Powell b Sarwan 13Alok Kapali not out 5Extras: (lb 4, w 8, nb 1) 13Total: (for four wickets in 18 overs) 165Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nazimuddin, 1.1 overs), 2-28 (Tamim, 3.6), 3-137 (Ashraful, 14.2), 4-159 (Shakib, 16.2) (c) Indo-Asian News Service
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