Bangladesh overcame a spirited display from Scotland to continue their successful build-up to the World Twenty20 with a six-wicket victory at Wormsley.

Given Bangladesh's track record, few rivals will lose sleep over Mohammad Ashraful's men during the World Twenty20 tournament. The Tigers have lost their last six T20 internationals, 13 of their last 14 Tests and 13 of their last 15 one-day matches

Mohammad Ashraful and Mahmudullah both scored half-centuries to set up a convincing 64-run for Bangladesh over the Netherlands in an ICC World Twenty20 wam-up game in Canterbury.

The 2011 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, is expected to cost between $40 and 50 million.

New Zealand completed a last-ball win as they warmed up for the ICC World Twenty20 against Bangladesh in Wormsley.

The sound of leather against willow will be heard for the first time at an Asian Games next year after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that cricket had been added to the programme on Wednesday.

Pakistan's One Day tour of Bangladesh has been postponed due to security concerns in the wake of the Lahore attack on the Sri Lankan team. "We have been advised by the home ministry to postpone the tour until further notice," BCB media chief Jalal Yunus said.

Pakistan have named a 16-man squad for their tour of Bangladesh which is set to begin on Saturday (March 7th), with uncapped players Ahmde Shehzad, Yasir Shah and Mohammad Aamer among the players named. The tour is taking place after Bangladesh toured last year following Australia's refusal to tour Pakistan.

Pakistan's 16-day cricket tour of Bangladesh starting next weekend will go ahead despite last week's mutiny in Dhaka, when scores of senior army officers were gunned down, an official said on Monday. Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Ahmed told AFP the Pakistani team would arrive in Dhaka on March seven as planned.

Shakib Al Hasan has confirmed his consistently impressive performances by heading the ICC's ODI allrounder rankings, the first time any Bangladesh has topped any ICC rankings. His performances in the home tri-series involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, took him to 380 rating points, helping him surge past last week's top two, New Zealand's Jacob Oram (368 points) and England's Andrew Flintoff (366).