Bangladesh's Farhad Reza replaces injured Baishya

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today approved Farhad Reza as the replacement player for injured Tapash Baishya in Bangladesh's squad for the rest of the World Cup.

Right-arm pacer Baishya suffered ligament damage to his right ankle during the match against defending champions Australia in Antigua last Saturday.

Medical reports said the player would require six to eight weeks of rehabilitation before he regains full fitness.

Farhad Reza is the eighth replacement player to be called up for the tournament so far.

Australia's Stuart Clark, who replaced Brett Lee (ankle), the Pakistan trio of Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat, who came in for Abdul Razzaq (knee), Shoaib Akhtar (hamstring and knee), Mohammed Asif (elbow), Chris Martin and Hamish Marshall of New Zealand, who stepped in for Daryl Tuffey (bicep) and Lou Vincent (wrist) and England's Stuart Broad, called up in place of Jon Lewis, are the other players replaced in the tournament.

The Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup consists of David Richardson (Chairman, ICC representative), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), former international captains Michael Atherton and Rameez Raja (both independent nominations), Chris Dehring (Managing Director and CEO of the ICC CWC 2007) and Michael Hall (ICC CWC 2007 Cricket Operations Director).

Bangladesh's next game is against South Africa later in the day. (ANI)

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