Craig Kieswetter Ton Sets up England Series Whitewash

Craig Kieswetter's maiden one-day international century set up England for a 45-run victory and a 3-0 series whitewash in Bangladesh.

One Day International Series: Bangladesh v England
05-03-2010 at Chittagong

England beat Bangladesh by 45 runs

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field

England Innings 284 for 5 (50.0 overs)

Bangladesh Innings 239 for 9 (50.0 overs)

England Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c Rahim	b Shakib	32	43	3	0
Kieswetter		b Razzak	107	124	9	3
Pietersen	lbw	b Razzak	22	36	1	1
Collingwood	c Razzak	b Shuvo	36	53	1	0
E Morgan	c Iqbal	b Shafiul	36	29	4	1
L Wright	not out		32	13	2	2
Bresnan	not out		6	3	1	0
Extras		10w 3lb	13
Total		for 5	284	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Shafiul 5.0 0 35 1 Hossain 6.0 0 62 0 Razzak 10.0 0 40 2 Shakib 10.0 0 45 1 Naeem 7.0 0 36 0 Shuvo 10.0 1 45 1 Mahmudullah 2.0 0 18 0

Fall of wicket 59 Cook 96 Pietersen 170 Collingwood 237 Kieswetter 257 E Morgan

Bangladesh Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Iqbal	c Bresnan	b Shahzad	0	3	0	0
Kayes	c Prior	b Bresnan	17	30	3	0
Aftab Ahmed	run out		46	60	7	0
Rahim	c Bresnan	b Swann	40	43	2	0
Shakib	lbw	b Pietersen	38	38	3	0
Mahmudullah	c Cook	b Bresnan	33	54	3	0
Naeem	c L Wright	b Swann	18	31	0	0
Shuvo	c Shahzad	b Bresnan	11	17	1	0
Razzak	not out		17	18	1	1
Shafiul	c Prior	b Bresnan	0	2	0	0
Hossain	not out		2	4	0	0
Extras		14w 3lb	17
Total		for 9	239	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Shahzad 9.0 0 55 1 Bresnan 9.0 1 28 4 L Wright 2.0 0 16 0 Plunkett 2.0 0 12 0 Collingwood 10.0 0 51 0 Swann 10.0 0 38 2 Pietersen 8.0 0 36 1

Fall of wicket 0 Iqbal 40 Kayes 96 Aftab Ahmed 125 Rahim 162 Shakib 204 Naeem 211 Mahmudullah 228 Shuvo 228 Shafiul

By Gagandeep

Paul Collingwood Shines as England Beat Bangladesh

Paul Collingwood hit an unbeaten 75 to steer England to a six-wicket victory in the first of three one-day internationals in Bangladesh.

The hosts were dangerously poised on 63-0 after just nine overs having been put in by Alastair Cook in Mirpur.

But despite Tamim Iqbal, dropped on 10, plundering 125 from 120 balls they were bowled out for 228 in 45.4 overs with Graeme Swann picking up 3-32.

Cook (64) and Collingwood played nicely as England won with 24 balls to spare.

They will return to Mirpur for the second match in the series on Tuesday confident of wrapping up the series, but equally aware that they did not have things entirely their own way against a spirited Bangladesh side.

The hosts committed a cardinal crime in failing to provide their opener, Tamim, with the support he deserved. And by failing to even last their overs on a sluggish, but flat wicket they made England's chase particularly easy.

By Gagandeep

Lee in Preliminary Twenty20 Squad

Australian selectors have given veteran pace bowler Brett Lee the chance to extend his international career, by naming him in a 30-man preliminary squad for this year's Twenty20 world championships in West Indies.

Lee, 33, announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday, but hoped to keep alive his international career in limited-overs matches.

He has not represented Australia in any format since October, but the selectors showed their faith by including him in a squad that will be halved closer to the event, scheduled to start in late April.

Paceman Nathan Bracken, 32, was also included despite spending most of the season sidelined through injury, while veteran batsman Brad Hodge was named even though he has not represented Australia for almost two years.

Tasmania captain George Bailey is one of four uncapped players in the squad, along with Tigers team-mate Xavier Doherty, Victoria all-rounder John Hastings and Queensland quick Ben Cutting.

Australia's women selectors also named a preliminary 30-player Southern Stars squad that will be reduced before the tournament, which coincides with the men's.

Australia squad: Michael Clarke (captain), George Bailey, Travis Birt, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Daniel Christian, Ben Cutting, Xavier Doherty, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, Moises Henriques, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew McDonald, Shaun Marsh, Clint McKay, Dirk Nannes, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White

Southern Stars squad: Jodie Fields (captain), Sarah Andrews, Kristen Beams, Alex Blackwell, Kris Britt, Melissa Bulow, Jessica Cameron, Sarah Coyte, Lauren Ebsary, Sarah Elliott, Rene Farrell, Katelyn Fryett, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Julie Hunter, Jessica Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Meg Lanning, Renee Melton, Shelley Nitschke, Erin Osborne, Ellyse Perry, Kirsten Pike, Leah Poulton, Angela Reakes, Lisa Sthalekar, Selena Tainton, Elyse Villani, Julie Woerner, Laura Wright

By Gagandeep

Zimbabwe Defeat Woeful WIndies

Zimbabwe won an extraordinary Twenty20 clash at Port of Spain by 26 runs as West Indies, chasing just 106, were limited to 79 for seven

Darren Sammy and Sulieman Benn had produced the third and fourth best bowling figures in Twenty20 internationals as the visitors were bowled out for 105.

But Elton Chigumbura crashed an ultimately crucial 34 from 19 balls late on to give Zimbabwe a slim hope - and they responded with 18 overs of uninterrupted spin to leave the WIndies 66 for seven and unable to get close.

Giant spinner Benn was handed the new ball and the left-armer responded with figures of four for six from his four overs.

He set the tone by clean bowling Vusi Sibanda with the first ball of the match, and then removed Tatenda Taibu lbw and had Stuart Matsikenyeri caught behind by Denesh Ramdin in his second over.

At that stage he had taken three for nought, and he added the scalp of Brendan Taylor for the fourth duck of the innings to leave the minnows on 11 for four from 4.3 powerplay overs.

Opener Hamilton Masakadza had watched the carnage unfold from the other end and responded with a measured 44, putting on 40 for the fifth wicket with Greg Lamb (11) before both fell to Sammy.

Chigumbura was spared on eight as Kemar Roach's football skills deserted him when faced with a run-out chance from point-blank range.

He took full advantage with two fours and two sixes as the 19th over, from Ravi Rampaul, went for 22 amid a hail of full tosses and no-balls.

Sammy removed Chigumbura, Shingirai Masakadza and captain Prosper Utseya in the final over to finish with five for 26 and the hosts' opening pair, Adrian Barath and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, then put on a composed 21 in six overs before the former fell for eight.

But Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo went cheaply as Graeme Cremer (three for 11) and Lamb (two for 14) did the bulk of the damage in the middle overs.

When the latter removed Chanderpaul for 20 the WIndies' hope was ebbing away and, despite a defiant 23 not out from keeper Ramdin, they needed 33 from the final over and came up well short.

By Gagandeep