Bangladesh batsman Mahrafee Mortaza is bowled by South African pacer Andre Nel (out of pic) during their Super Eight match in Georgetown, Guyana, on Saturday. Nel took five for 45, but South Africa suffered a shock defeat. They play against the West Indies in a crucial match at the Queen's Park Stadium in Grenada today. - Dellmar

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

The Bangladesh batsmen had a unique training session yesterday morning as they prepare for their next Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 assignment.

The Asians were trying their hand at six-hitting as coach Dav Whatmore used the last half of the early morning session at the Windward Cricket Club to flex some muscle.

The Bangladeshis are getting ready to meet England at Kensington Oval tomorrow and they will be looking for another upset, following their thrilling victory over South Africa last Saturday in Guyana. It will be the first One-Day International for Bangladesh in Barbados.

Captain Habibul Bashar said they have not yet examined the Oval pitch, and will be eager to have a look this morning.

"If there is turn that would suit us quite fine and we would unleash our three spinners. Our spinners have been doing a great job, but our fast bowlers are not that bad," Bashar said.

"For England, we will be watchful. We have not seen the pitch at Kensington Oval so we will go there tomorrow (today) and if we see it's a green top we will then decide," he said.

Bashar noted that the team is quite upbeat following their most recent win over South Africa. He added that their victory over New Zealand in the warm-up matches and over India in the first round showed they can compete against top world teams.

"Before we came to the World Cup, the aim was to qualify for the Super Eights and we did well and made it to the Super Eights."

Bashar said reaching the semi-finals was now a goal, but they were going match by match.

"It won't be easy. The next game will be very important. If we can win the next game then maybe we can look forward to the semi-finals.

"To be honest we do not want to be looking at semi-finals at the moment. We want to think about match by match and the next challenge will be to beat England on Wednesday," he said.