Are we there yet? - no comments

Bangladesh beat Australia by 5 wickets in the 2nd match of the NatWest Series (cricket!) amid jubilant scenes (from Bangladeshi supporters and all neutrals) in Cardiff, with Mohammad Ashraful making a century in 101 balls.

Having lost to England by 10 wickets earlier in the week, pretty much everybody would have expected Australia to give them a similar thumping. But things are far from OK in the Australian camp, and this represents their third defeat of the tour. I'm not one of those people who believe the Australian team's recent (utter) dominance has made them arrogant, but at least they can be genuinely humble, for a while at least.

Again, this is good news for neutrals as much as for England fans, with England currently riding high and the Test series only, what, two or three weeks away.



Clearly Bangladesh "aren't quite there", but they're far from pushovers, and the "keep them out of Test cricket" brigade should be trying to decide which part of a hat they should try to swallow first, right about now.