Bangladesh surprised the cricketing world by completing a stunning five-wicket victory over world champions Australia in Cardiff.
Mohammad Ashraful’s brilliant 100 laid the foundations for the win, while Aftab Ahmed and Mohammad Rafique held their nerve to score the winning runs.

The defeat was a setback for Australia, and their third loss on tour.
The Aussies had hit 249-5 after winning the toss and batting first on a surface that gradually became easier to bat on.
Ashraful’s amazing century - just the second by a Bangladesh batsman in a one-day international - came at exactly a run-a-ball and set up a thrilling conclusion.

But his departure - caught at long on by Brad Hogg off Jason Gillespie - left 23 needed off 17 balls and an out-of-sorts Australia were back in the game.

Then Aftab and Rafique brilliantly took Bangladesh past the winning post.
As the tension mounted, a brilliant six by Aftab off Gillespie from the first ball of the final over brought the scores level.
And a scrambled single off the next delivery sealed a fairytale victory with four balls to spare.

The win was only Bangladesh’s 10th win in 108 one-day internationals, although they beat India at home in January this year to show they should not be regarded as total write-offs.
That had been their best win in one-day cricket since famously beating Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup - which led to them being awarded Test status a year later.

But this win - against the World Cup winners of 1999 and 2003 - represents the pinnacle of Bangladesh’s achievements in one-day internationals.

Australia, having already lost to England in the Twenty20 international and against Somerset, were well short of their best.