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Bangladesh captain Bashar wants to go back home with win

Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar desperately wants to end his Champions Trophy campaign on a winning note with his team's final qualifying match against Zimbabwe on Friday.

``We need to win this game and get our pride back,'' Bashar said.

Bashar is yet to score a run in Champions Trophy qualifying, in which Bangladesh has lost to Sri Lanka and the defending champion West Indies so far.

``We came here in this tournament to do a lot better and we want to win at least one game,'' Bashar said.

Both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are out of contention for the main round of the biennial limited-overs tournament, while the West Indies and Sri Lanka have already earned their berths.

Bangladesh's top-order batting lineup failed to chase a strong Sri Lankan total of 302 in the first match and lost the game by 37 runs, before Brian Lara's West Indies hammered it by 10 wickets on Wednesday.

The West Indies outclassed Zimbabwe by nine wickets and Sri Lanka crushed it by 144 runs in its two qualifying matches.

But the African team will have some confidence heading into Friday's match after beating Bangladesh 3-2 at home in a five-match limited-overs series earlier this year.

``We need to be on top when we play Bangladesh tomorrow,'' said Zimbabwe coach Kevin Curran ``We beat them 3-2 recently, we have that advantage.''


© The Canadian Press, 2007

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