He was taking out each newspaper from the rack when the puzzled news vendor came forward and asked which particular newspaper he was looking for.

The owner was again puzzled when he learnt that the reporter was looking for all the newspapers published in England.

"Do you want those to sell," said the man in his 30s.

"No. I want all of them as souvenirs because Bangladesh recorded their biggest win on Saturday by defeating Australia at the Sophia Gardens," responded the reporter.

He paid 11 pounds in all but it was worth more than that after reading all those good things were written for the first time since Bangladesh arrived in the British Isles over a months ago.

Following are excerpts of the news:

"Strewth, how low can we go" read the sports front page headlines of The Independent with the picture of Australian captain Ricky Ponting looking on the ground.

"You beauties, Bangladesh" read the second heading.

"Bangladesh beat Australia at cricket yesterday. There were those who assumed it would never be possible to write those words, others of more optimistic bend who thought they would have to wait at least 20 years.

"..by the time Aftab smote Jason Gillespie for six off the first ball of the final over to level the score it was a sensation but not a shock. So matured and controlled had the Bangladeshi exhibition been that they never seemed in the mood for a hard-luck story.

"In old phrases they were heroes to a man but the one who stood above them

-- and what a hero -- was Mohammad Ashraful. He made 100 from 101 balls in a batting exhibition that was at once measured and exhilarating," was how the cricket writer described Bangladesh biggest win in one-day cricket.

"Ashraful turns Aussie swagger into a stagger," ran the match report with a blow-up picture of Aftab running with his bat after the famous victory.

"Ashraful was easily the man-of-the-match and the only surprise about that was that he received just 96 per cent of the vote from Sky Sports viewers. That's the trouble with democracy for you."

"This result will be no more glorified in the corridors of the ICC, who have been repeatedly forced to spring to Bangladesh's defence, a position that has not always been easy to take.

The Times in its sport page published an enlarged picture of Tapash Baisya winning the lbw verdict against Australian captain Ponting with a heading inside the picture "Crash BANG Aussies.

Sunday Sports says: "Roo took one hell of a beating!" Bangladesh tigers maul Aussies. They carried a picture of Ashraful raising his bat after scoring his maiden one-day hundred.

"Ricky Ponting and his Kangaroos took one hell of a beating. The Tigers produced the biggest cricketing upset of all time."

Sunday Express: "What a shock; Hero Ashraful hit a century as world of cricket is turned on its head."

The paper carried a picture with Ashraful about to execute a reverse sweep against Brad Hogg with a catch mark in the picture reading: ASH-ES TO ASHES.

"Mohammad Ashraful, rubbing his eyes in wonderment, scored a superb century, keeping Bangladesh amazingly in the hunt right through their innings and excitement mounted in the crowd and millions watching TV. Could they achieve mission impossible. Common sense said 'No'.

"But when the equation came down to seven runs off the final over you could believe. Jason Gillespie ran to bowl and Aftab Ahmed smashed the first ball with nerveless brilliance for six. Next ball was a scampered run and the deed was done. Incredible."

Daily Mail went "Crash, bang, wallop" on its back page with a picture of Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza celebrating at the fall of Australian opener Adam Gilchrist with the very second ball of the day.

"Hold everything and please believe what you are about to read no matter how far-fetched it may at first appear. Australia, the world champions, lost to statistically the worst team in the world.

"When the history of Bangladesh cricket is finally written, there will be not enough words to do justice to what Habibul Bashar and his men achieved at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

"Their magnificent efforts exposed the simple truth that will accompany Australia from now till the end of the Test series in September: that the Invincibles are 'vincible' at last."

The Observer ran a picture in the front page with Ashraful kissing the ground after scoring a magnificent hundred. And at the top of the picture it was read in reverse "Kiss the death for Australia".

They also carried a picture of Aftab running in joy in the front page of its sport edition with a banner headline in red "Humiliated".

"Aussie hit new low as Bangladesh enjoy their finest moment", read the second heading.

"This was Bangladesh's tenth ODI win in 108 outings. Of the 'proper' teams, they have beaten India and Pakistan once each in their history but never Australia, the undisputed world champions. The out-batted them, out-bowled them; they even out-fielded them.

"It's cr-Ash Bang for Aussies! read the Daily Mirror heading , which dedicated only a small space for Bangladesh's fabulous victory against Australia.

The News of the World headlines read: " Don Bradman, Rolf Harris, Crocodile Dundee, Thorpedo, Dame Edna Everage -- your boys took one hell of a battering. The spectacular heading carried few of the sporting legends down under.

"Ponting buried under a top of Ash", read the heading of Wales on Sunday, a local newspaper here in the Welsh capital.