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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Bangladesh made  short work of their Dutch opponents in a Group B match to keep  their World Cup quarter-final hopes very much alive yesterday  but England will not be amused.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – England can still win the  World Cup and there is no need to dwell on the upsets against  Ireland and Bangladesh, spinner Graeme Swann said yesterday.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Asad Shafiq shone on  his World Cup debut with a cultured unbeaten 78 yesterday as  Pakistan stormed into the quarter-finals with a comprehensive  seven-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in a rain-truncated match.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – Johnny Bairstow made the most of a small window of opportunity to usher England Lions to first innings points over Guyana in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Leeward Islands needed just an hour and 20 minutes to snatch the last four Trinidad and Tobago wickets and secure a thrilling 29-run victory in their fifth round Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies middle order batsman Runako Morton remains in police custody despite having bail set at TT$100 000 (US$16 600) after he appeared in a magistrate’s court here yesterday on drug related charges.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – Half-centuries from Wavell Hinds and Chadwick Walton were not enough as Combined Campuses and Colleges grabbed first innings points over Jamaica on the final day of their fifth round match in the Regional First Class Championship here yesterday.

Linden Technical Institute clinched the under-19 championship title of the Youth BasketBall Guyana (YBG) Challenge Series with a riveting 48-44 win in overtime over the University of Guyana on the final day of the Series yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Treiston Joseph Chavez Ageday and Stefon James put on a sensational run in the boys’ under 20 200 metres when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) held its National Youth and Junior Championships yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

Chartered accountant and lawyer, Christopher Ram, was last Friday reelected president of the Guyana Tennis Association, formerly known as the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association, when the body held its annual general meeting.

Ground conditions at the Guyana National Service ground on Carifesta Avenue yesterday forced several matches of the lucrative Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) 10/10 softball tournament to be postponed to today.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – Assad Fudadin helped Guyana make a little hay while the sun shone, but England Lions were within reach of first innings points in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Leeward Islands leg-spinner Anthony Martin struck three lethal blows late in the day yesterday to leave Trinidad and Tobago tottering and set up an enthralling finish  today’s final day of their fifth round Regional First Class Championship encounter.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – Former Young West Indies all-rounder Kkrumah Bonner missed out on a century as Combined Campuses and Colleges carried the fight to Jamaica on the penultimate day of their fifth round encounter of the Regional First Class Championship here yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – New Zealand put another  second-tier cricket nation in their place at the World Cup yesterday to secure their quarter-final spot but a further injury  in their ranks may prove a more important legacy.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Andre Fletcher collected his second hundred of the season to upstage an incisive spell from Fidel Edwards, and lead Windward Islands to first innings points over Barbados in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Title-holders Australia were far from clinical but did enough to knock over minnows Kenya by 60 runs and book a berth in the quarter-finals of the World Cup here yesterday.

Caribbean Under-19 girls singles champion Ashley  Khalil toppled Steven Xavier on Saturday as the Guyana Squash Association Kool-Aid Junior Skill Level tournament continued at the Georgetown Club.

Guyana’s cricket team endured a miserable first innings against the England Lions who made mincemeat of them on day two of their WICB Regional Four Day match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Captain Ricky Deonarin led from the front with a brilliant half century but the knock was in vain as Guyana’s Floodlight `A’ team was beaten once again in the final of the Florida Cup in the United States of America last week-end.