Mohammad Ashraful 100 vs Australia (2005) | Mohammad Ashraful Batting

Bangladesh pulled off one of the biggest upsets in cricket history as they beat Australia by five wickets in an extraordinary match at Cardiff. Mohammad Ashraful was the hero, making his first one-day hundred at a run a ball and added 130 in 23 overs with Habibul Bashar to put them on course.
They started the last over needing seven to win with Aftab Ahmed and Mohammad Rafique at the crease. Aftab blasted Jason Gillespie's first ball over mid-wicket for six and then scampered a single from the next ball to seal a win that will go down as amazing in every respect.
It was the fourth-wicket stand between Ashraful and Bashar which set up what everyone thought was the impossible. They came together with Bangladesh struggling to up the run-rate at 72 for 3, as Australia's bowlers chipped away to apply a stranglehold to the batting
But, crucially, they didn't panic as the asking rate climbed to seven and a half an over: instead they calmly worked the singles and then made the most of the overs from Australia's change bowlers. Brad Hogg was picked off for useful boundaries and Ashraful also took a liking to Michael Clarke's left-arm spin. Bangladesh entered the final 10 overs needing 73.
Ashraful's innings showed great composure and all the strokeplay that had been talked about before the tour. He was given a crucial reprieve on 54, when Gillespie dropped him at long-leg from a hook shot. The sun was in Gillespie's eyes - but the catch should have been taken and the momentum was heading Bangladesh's way.
Ponting was clearly a bowler short, missing the offspin and medium-pace of Andrew Symonds, who was left out of this match just before the toss for a disciplinary matter. It was the start of a very bad day for the Australians as a very bad start to their tour continued. Ponting spent huge amounts of time talking to his bowlers but could nothing to stem the runs from Ashraful and Bashar.
Bashar was eventually run out as the tension mounted (202 for 4) but Ashraful reached his century - only the second by a Bangladesh player in one-day international cricket - with a single to long-on. He fell next ball, picking out long-on off Gillespie (227 for 5), but Rafique found the off-side boundary twice and Aftab kept his cool - a fine feat given what was about to be achieved.
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