Bangladesh roar into the final of the Asia Cup 2012 - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – March 21, 2012
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Bangladesh wrote a new chapter in cricket’s history books by reaching
the final of the Asia Cup 2012 after beating Sri Lanka by five wickets at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Bangladesh, who were playing in front of home crowd left spectators awestruck as they achieved a remarkable honours of securing a place in the final of a major cricketing tournament.
They will now face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the final on the March 22, 2012 at Dhaka.
Bangladesh skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045, marks his side’s place in the final of the Asia Cup, 2012 as his team’s finest hour.
“The final is one of the biggest achievements in our cricketing history. Hopefully we will cross that hurdle. It is a great boost to have the crowd supporting you," Mushfiqur said.
The skipper reckoned that his side has had an incredible tournament, where they beat the tournament favourites http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in their race to the final.
On Tuesday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 successfully chased a target of 212 runs to win the game.
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the third One Day International (ODI) between hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 and tourists Australia
ended in a draw when Australia made a remarkable comeback in the match by dismissing West Indies’ last wicket on the fourth delivery of the final over to restrict them from getting the one run needed to win the match.
After http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 piled 220 runs on the board, West Indies launched a steady run chase which almost brought them closer to an unexpected victory, but were left one run short in the end.
The series now stands in a limbo as both sides share one win in the five-match tournament.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 after the pacer accused Butt as the mastermind behind the
2010 spot-fixing fiasco.
“Aamer's latest interview suggests that he wants to revive his career and that's why he is accusing my son. We have gone through h**l and Aamer is trying to put more trouble on us," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zulfiqar-c98656.
Amir in an exclusive interview on Monday with Sky Sports expressed anger at his former skipper, Butt for tricking him into spot-fixing which saw Amir along with Butt and pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 sent to jail in England after a British court found them guilty
of defrauding bookies and taking bribes during the Lords Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
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