According to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sources, Rafique and chief selector Faruque Ahmed were aware that an earthquake was taking place early morning on Tuesday.

None of the players were hurt when the tremor occurred.

AFP adds: Antigua and Trinidad, two countries that will host 2007 Cricket World Cup matches, were jolted by an early morning earthquake.

A quake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the open-ended Richter scale hit St. John's just prior to 06:00 local time (10:00 GMT) around the same time that Port-of-Spain was rattled by a quake with a magnitude of 4.3.

Disaster officials said there were no reports of injuries or damage.

Antigua is set to host Super Eight matches at the new Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, and Trinidad is the venue for four warm-up matches at the Frank Worrell Oval, as well as Group-B matches involving India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bermuda.