AUS beat BAN Highlights: Australia stay afloat in semis race – In a fantastic bowling performance, Australia bowled out Bangladesh for 73 with Adam Zampa bagging five wickets for 19 runs. With the bat, they chased the target in just 6.2 overs to gain a huge momentum in the net run rate and stayed in race for semifinals. For more T20 WORLD CUP Live updates, follow InsideSport.in
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Everything fell into place for Aaron Finch. He won the toss and opted to field first and Bangladesh fell in Adam Zampa’s spin web. The Australian spinner gave away just 19 runs in exchange for 5 wickets, the best bowling figure of the tournament as Bangladesh struggled.
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AUS beat BAN Highlights: Adam Zampa stars with fifer as Australia beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to stay afloat in semifinals race
The chase was a straightforward task and Aaron Finch meant business. He struck 40 off just 18 balls as Australia took a huge leap in the chase of a small total. By 4th over, Australia was 40/0. Bangladesh finally got a sigh of relief after Taskin Ahmed bowled Finch in the 5th over and it was followed by Shoriful Islam removing Warner in the 6th over.
The carnage done by the opening duo proved to be fatal for Bangladesh as Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh ended the match in just 6.2 overs and helped to improve the net run rate to qualify into the semi-finals.
AUS beat BAN Highlights: Adam Zampa stars with fifer as Australia beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to stay afloat in semifinals race
AUS beat BAN Highlights: Adam Zampa stars with fifer as Australia beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to stay afloat in semifinals race
The result propelled Australia to 2nd spot on the points table with 6 points from four games and a net run rate of +1.031, ahead of South Africa on NRR. With Sri Lanka, Bangladesh out of the race, it is now between England, Australia, South Africa and West Indies to take the two semifinal spots in Group 1.
Super 12, Group 1 Points Table:
| POS | TEAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | +3.183 | 8 | |
| 2 | 4 | +1.031 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | +0.742 | 6 | |
| 4 | 4 | -0.590 | 2 | |
| 5 | 3 | -1.598 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | -2.383 | 0 |
AUS beat BAN Highlights: Adam Zampa stars with fifer as Australia beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to stay afloat in semifinals race
Australia Innings: 78/2 (6.2)
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| Aaron Finch (C) | 40 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 200.00 | |
| Mitchell Marsh | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 320.00 | |
| Glenn Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 4 (b 0, w 2, nb 1, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 78/2 (6.2) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Steven Smith, MP Stoinis, MS Wade, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, A Zampa, Josh Hazlewood | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taskin Ahmed | 3.2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 10.80 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 16.00 |
| Shoriful Islam | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| AJ Finch | 1-58 | 4.6 |
| David Warner | 2-67 | 5.6 |
AUS beat BAN Highlights: Adam Zampa stars with fifer as Australia beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to stay afloat in semifinals race
Over 3: Taskin continues bowling attack
- FOUR! Chance of a catch but the fielder is out of position and it goes over his head for a 4. Taskin is fuming.
Over 2: Mustafizur in attack
- SIX! Aaron Finch lofted the leg-cutter and hammered it for a big six.
Bangladesh Innings: 73 all out
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naim Sheikh | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 106.25 | |
| Liton Das (WK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Soumya Sarkar | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Mahmudullah (C) | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 | |
| Afif Hossain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Shamim Hossain | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 105.56 | |
| Mahedi Hasan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Taskin Ahmed | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Shoriful Islam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 5 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 73/10 (15) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Pat Cummins | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4.75 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Liton Das | 1-1 | 0.3 |
| Soumya Sarkar | 2-6 | 1.6 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | 3-10 | 2.5 |
| N Sheikh | 4-32 | 5.3 |
| Afif Hossain | 5-33 | 6.1 |
| Shamim Hossain | 6-62 | 10.5 |
| Mahedi Hasan | 7-62 | 10.6 |
| Mahmudullah | 8-65 | 12.2 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 9-73 | 14.4 |
| Shoriful Islam | 10-73 | 14.6 |
Over 11: Adam Zampa further pegs back Bangladesh, picks wickets off back to back deliveries to have Bangladesh reeling at 62/7
Over 10: The duo play out Pat Cummins, picking up four from his over. Bangladesh 58/5 at the halfway stage.
Over 9: Shamim Hossain signals his intentions, hits the first six of the innings off Adam Zampa as the partnership grows with Mahmudullah. Bangladesh 54/5.
Over 8: Starc bowls his third but Shamim and Rahmatullah hold fort. Bangladesh 47/5
Over 7: Adam Zampa strikes first ball as Afif Hossain is sent back to the pavilion. Bangladesh lose half their side very cheaply.
STAT: Bangladesh have lost 18 wickets in the powerplay this tournament – the most by any team.
Over 6: Josh Hazlewood returns and strikes again, removing promising-looking Naim Sheikh. Bangladesh 32/4
Over 5: Mahmudullah picks up a classy boundary to get off the mark before an outside edge handed him yet another four to get his innings going. Bangladesh 28/3
Over 4: Naim Sheikh isn’t bothered by the collapse, picks up two boundaries in Pat Cummins’ first over. Bangladesh 19/3
Over 3: Glenn Maxwell is brought into the attack and the gamble pays off as the off-spinners traps Mushfiqur Rahim in front. Bangladesh struggling at 10/3
Over 2: Soumya Sarkar picks up the first boundary of the game bu Josh Hazlewood has his revenge as the left-hander plays one onto the stumps, Bangladesh in all sorts of trouble Bangladesh 6/2.
Over 1: WICKET! Mitchell Starc is spitting venom and sends back Liton Das to the pavilion with a peach of a delivery. Das, knicks it onto his stumps and has to walk back for a duck. Bangladesh 2/1
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naim Sheikh | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 106.25 | |
| Liton Das (WK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Soumya Sarkar | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Mahmudullah (C) | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 | |
| Afif Hossain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Shamim Hossain | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 105.56 | |
| Mahedi Hasan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Taskin Ahmed | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 5 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 65/8 (13) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Shoriful Islam | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Pat Cummins | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Adam Zampa | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Liton Das | 1-1 | 0.3 |
| Soumya Sarkar | 2-6 | 1.6 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | 3-10 | 2.5 |
| N Sheikh | 4-32 | 5.3 |
| Afif Hossain | 5-33 | 6.1 |
| Shamim Hossain | 6-62 | 10.5 |
| Mahedi Hasan | 7-62 | 10.6 |
| Mahmudullah | 8-65 | 12.2 |
- Aaron Finch has won the toss, choosing to field first.
- Australia made one change, with Mitchell Marsh coming in for Ashton Agar
- Bangladesh welcome back Mustafizur Rahman, for Nasum Ahmed.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Australia Playing XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Australia qualification scenarios:
- After win against Bangladesh, Australia have to win against West Indies & hope England beats South Africa.
- If South Africa wins against England, Australia will get eliminated despite winning both their remaining game due to a lower NRR.
- If Australia, South Africa, and West Indies are tied on six points each, South Africa is likely to progress owing to a better net run rate.
- However, the win against Bangladesh by 8-wicket margin helped Australia boost NRR.
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