Davison walks after being bowled (Getty Images)
Bangladesh v Canada
By PA Sport Staff
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Bangladesh slumped to their most humiliating defeat since being granted Test
status as they humbled by Canada in Durban.
The Tigers were shot out for a paltry 120 as they slumped to a devastating
60-run defeat under the lights at Kingsmead.
Austin Codrington claimed five wickets as the North Americans recorded their
first World Cup victory, 24 years after chalking up the tournament's lowest
score of 45 on their last appearance.
Bangladesh had given themselves hope of finally ending a 26-game losing after
some tight bowling limited the Canadians to just 180.
Al Sahariar and Habibul Bashar both fell early in their reply, but it was not
until Codrington joined the attack to remove opener Hannan Sarkar for 25 that
Canada began to scent an unlikely victory.
Ehsanul Haque (13) and Sanwar Hossain (25) tried to repair the damage, but
after the duo were removed by Davis Joseph and John Davison respectively,
Bangladesh were reeling on 106 for five in the 21st over.
Just seven more overs were necessary as Coddrington, on his way to figures of
five for 27, accounted for Alok Kapali, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya and
Mashrafe Mortaza.
The game was up when a desperate Rafique skied a simple catch to Davison at
square leg. Davison and Joseph finished with two wickets apiece.
The defeat was a serious blow to Bangladesh - who have now lost their last 27
one-day internationals - but a serious shot in the arm for the development of
the game in Canada.
The Canadians were indebted to a knock of 42 from Ian Billcliff. The New
Zealand-raised batsman clubbed six fours in his 63-ball innings, but his side's
chances of posting a competitive score looked to have gone when he became the
second of two careless run outs.
Yet with further contributions of 28 from Desmond Chumney and 24 from Ishwar
Maraj, Canada proved to have enough in the bank despite the tight bowling of
Alok (10-0-19-1) and Sanwar (10-0-26-2).
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