Published: Mar 21, 2016, 06:26 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:22 PM (IST)
Hello and a warm welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and coverage of the Australia versus Bangladesh match in the T20 World Cup 2016. This is Rishad D’Souza, and I will be bringing you the live cricket scores and live cricket updates of the Match No. 22 in the T20 World Cup, to be played at the M Chinaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Australia and Bangladesh are both coming into this contest off defeats. Australia were beaten by New Zealand in their tournament opener by a small margin, but Bangladesh were dealt a crushing defeat by Pakistan at Eden Gardens in their first game. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Australia vs Bangladesh, ICC World T20 2016, Super 10 Group 2, Match 22 at Bangalore
Adam Zampa has been awarded player of the match
Live Cricket Score Australia 157/7 in 18.3 overs | Batting: James Faulkner 5(3), Peter Nevill 1(1): Faulkner finishes it off with a four of the third ball in that over. Bangladesh needed to squeeze the advantage in a little more in the crunch times, but they failed to do so. Australia will take the win.
Live Cricket Score Australia 152/7 in 18 overs | Batting: James Faulkner 1(1): That’s a fine over from Shakib. Gets Maxwell first ball, stumped! He then has Hastings chip it straight to cover, but the catch is shelled. He keeps it quite tight. In the final ball Hastings wants to finish it off with a mighty six, but finds the fielder at deep midwicket. OUT! Maxwell 26(15) st Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib, OUT! John Hastings 3(4) c Soumya Sarkar b Shakib Al Hasan
Live Cricket Score Australia 148/5 in 17 overs | Batting: Glenn Maxwell 26(14), James Faulkner 0(0): Mustafizur comes on to try and weave some magic. Dot ball first up. Next ball is a change in pace on the slower side with a little bit of turn! Mitch Marsh pokes and it lobs up, Shakib takes a nice catch at point running backwards. Could this make a difference. James Faulkner the new bat in. The next ball is poor, a rare poor ball. Full and on leg, Maxwell flicks it sweetly for a SIX. Mustafizur bowls a cutter across Maxwell and Maxwell is clueless. But the next ball he goes full again, and it’s sweetly powered for SIX. Single of the final ball. OUT! Mitchell Marsh 6(6) c Shakib b Mustafizur Rahman
Live Cricket Score Australia 135/4 in 16 overs | Batting: Glenn Maxwell 13(10), Mitchell Marsh 6(4): Sajib is the bowler now. First ball is a dot. Next ball he releases the pressure with a half tracker outside off, it’s crunched to cover for FOUR. Next ball hit to cover point for a single. Next ball is again a poor delivery, awkward bounce prevents a clean stop, FOUR! Next ball brings a single. Next ball is a full toss and Maxwell picks his spot and hits it for FOUR!
Live Cricket Score Australia 121/4 in 15 overs | Batting: Glenn Maxwell 4(6), Mitchell Marsh 1(2): First ball hit to mid on for a dot. Next ball he tries to hit out, but it’s straight back to Shakib at a quick return pace, and Shakib holds onto the catch! Fantastic effort, are we in for a reversal here? Marsh defends the first ball, dot. Next ball hit through cover for a single. Maxwell hits the next ball to short midwicket, dot. Next ball hit to cover for a single. OUT! David Warner 17(9) c&b Shakib
Live Cricket Score Australia 119/3 in 14 overs | Batting: David Warner 17(7), Glenn Maxwell 3(4): Al-Amin has knocked Usman over in the most ungainly manner. Khawaja is looking to flick it, but is done in due to the ball holding up a little bit and the ball takes the leg stump. Glenn Maxwell welcomed to the crease with a short ball, he blanks out, dot. Hits the next ball to cover, dot. Next ball yields a single to third man. Warner pulls the next ball to midwicket, single taken. Maxwell hits the next ball to backward square leg in the deep, couple taken. OUT! Usman Khawaja 58(44) b Al-Amin Hossain
Live Cricket Score Australia 115/2 in 13 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 58(44), David Warner 16(6): Warner gets a nice gift, short and he smashes it to midwicket, four. SIX, Warner smashes that over cover. Next ball yields a couple, and a single to follow. Khawaja punches the next ball for a single. Couple come of the last ball too.
Live Cricket Score Australia 98/2 in 12 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 57(43), David Warner 1(1): Mustafizur comes for a bowl again. First ball yields a single, next ball, he flusters Smith with a slower cutter, dot. And this time it is a yorker! Steven Smith bowled! Mustafizur displaying all the skills under his belt. Warner plays the first ball to the offside, single taken. Full toss, placed to midwicket by Khawaja, couple taken. Khawaja defends the next ball. OUT! Steven Smith 14(11) b Mustafizur
Live Cricket Score Australia 94/1 in 11 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 54(40), Steven Smith 14(11): First ball is hit for a single. Steven Smith smashes the next ball to the straight boundary for a massive six. Next ball hit gently, dot. Single, hit to long on for a single. WIDE! Shot down leg, the keeper fails to collect, batsmen also run a single. A single taken of the final ball too.
Live Cricket Score Australia 82/1 in 10 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 52(38), Steven Smith 4(5): FIFTY for Khawaja comes in that over. He’s structured his innings very nicely.
Live Cricket Score Australia 74/1 in 9 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 47(34), Steven Smith 4(5): Shakib comes on. First ball is poor outside off. Cut away for four. Khawaja dabs the next ball for a single. Smith defends the next ball. Dabs the next ball to long on for a single. Khawaja sweeps the next ball to midwicket for a single.
Live Cricket Score Australia 66/1 in 8 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 38(28), Shane Watson 20(14): First ball hit through cover for a single. Watson pulls the next to deep midwicket and calls for two runs, but it’s a fatal call, because the fielder, even though he shoots in a slowish throw, finds Watson out of crease. Smith the new batsman, gets a single. Khawaja nudges the ball for another single next. OUT! Shane Watson 21(15) run out
Live Cricket Score Australia 60/0 in 7 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 38(28), Shane Watson 20(14): Sajib comes on to bowl. First ball yields a single. Next ball hit through cover for a single. A poor short ball next, but Khawaja only gets a single. Watson, inside edges the next ball, dot. Watson defends the next ball, dot. Watson walks down the next ball and smashes it over deep midwicket for a six.
Live Cricket Score Australia 51/0 in 6 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 36(26), Shane Watson 13(10): Single of the first ball off Mustafizur’s next ball. Watson times the next ball to third man for a boundary, that was a fantastic shot. Tries to play a similar shot, but doesn’t open the face enough, ball rolls to point. Watson dabs the next ball to mid on for a single. Khawaja dabs the next ball gently, runs a single. Next ball almost gets the comeback man a wicket. The ball lobs up in the air, but Sabbir Rahman makes a hash of the catch.
Live Cricket Score Australia 44/0 in 5 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 34(24), Shane Watson 8(6): Shakib comes on to bowl. Great first couple of deliveries, but then Usman steps down the track and it races to deep midwicket for a four. Next ball he drills over cover for another boundary. And another four next ball. This time Khawaja defeated in flight, an inside edge saves him from a potential stumping, single taken.
Live Cricket Score Australia 31/0 in 4 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 21(18), Shane Watson 8(6): Mustafizur comes on for the first time after his comeback. The first ball is wide. Next ball Watson dabs to third man, single. Mustafizur strays down leg next ball, but a change of pace, and Khawaja can’t get the flick. Next ball Khawaja tries to give himself room, Mustafizur shoots it wide and full, Khawaja can’t reach for it, dot. A cutter now, Khawaja fails to make contact again. Next ball is a gift down leg and Khawaja fails to make contact again, one leg bye. Watson gets the thick outside edge and it flies wide of deep third man. Promising over by Mustafizur.
Live Cricket Score Australia 24/0 in 3 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 21(14), Shane Watson 3(4): Looks like the pitch is holding up a little bit. Hit to the cover region for a dot. It’s a short ball next up and Khawaja hits it to deep square leg for a boundary. Next ball hit to point, dot ball. Khawaja plays a wristy shot to deep square leg for a single. Shane Watson hits it to mid off and runs a single. Khawaja goes for the cut on the final ball, was in the air but goes through the fielders at point and cover and its four.
Live Cricket Score Australia 14/0 in 2 overs | Batting: Usman Khawaja 12(9), Shane Watson 2(3): Mahmadullah comes on to bowl, interesting move. First ball hit through cover for a single. Watson faces his first ball and defends it to cover, dot. Next ball hit in the same region, single taken this time. Khawaja nudges the next ball to midwicket for a single. Watson dabs the next ball to the leg side, single. Khawaja charges down to the next ball, but is unable to get hold of the spin, nudges it to midwicket for a single.
Live Cricket Score Australia 9/0 in 1 over | Batting: Usman Khawaja 9(6), Shane Watson 0(0): Usman Khawaja has a couple of dots. Gets a leading edge next ball, runs a couple. Sweetly hits the next ball straight down the ground for six next. Is beaten on the outside edge next, nice battle here. Next ball he goes across and pulls the delivery to deep square leg for a single.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 156/5 in 20 overs | Batting: Mahmadullah 49(29), Mushfiqur Rahman 15(11): First ball of final over from NCN hit for single. Mahmadullah hits the next ball to long off for a FOUR! Next ball hit to midwicket for another boundary. Next ball is pulled to midwicket for a quick couple. Next ball is a wide yorker, just inside the wide guideline, dot. Final ball is a low full toss, but fail to make most of it. Only a single taken as Mahmadullah hits it straight down the pitch and NCN gets a deflection.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 144/5 in 19 overs | Batting: Mahmadullah 38(24), Mushfiqur Rahman 14(10): First ball is timed through off and could have gone for a four, but good work by Zampa at point, two taken. Next ball is an overhead wide. Next ball is sliced through backward point for FOUR! Next ball is hit over the infield towards cover point, single. Lovely yorker next! But Mushfiqur gets it, hits it through point for a boundary. Next ball cut over point and short of deep point, single taken. Short ball, hooked amazingly! To the deep fine leg boundary for a boundary. 17 runs of that over.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 127/5 in 18 overs | Batting: Mahmadullah 27(20), Mushfiqur Rahman 9(8): Faulkner is the new bowler. First ball crafted through deep point for four. This time he cuts it away through point for another four, great cricketing shots those. Next ball guided to third man for a single. Faulkner’s line has been poor. Next ball is on the leg stump line, its hit to backward square leg for four. Next ball is short, Mushfiqur adjusts after coming down the track, connects the pull but finds the fielder, single taken. Next ball is hit towards fine leg, single.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 112/5 in 17 overs | Batting: Mahmadullah 17(16), Mushfiqur Rahman 4(6): Shane Watson is the new bowler. Single taken of the first ball. Next ball is short, Mahmadullah top edges the pull but falls safe at deep square leg, single taken. Mushfiqur tries to ramp the next ball, but he’s in no position to take it on. It bobbles safely, single taken. Mahmadullah tries to clobber the next ball over the bowler for six, but inside edge onto pads. The next full ball is guided through point for a single. Next ball Mushfiqur tries to cut, but makes no contact.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 108/5 in 16 overs | Batting: Mahmadullah 15(13), Mushfiqur Rahman 2(3): Mahmadullah gets a single of Zampa. Shakib makes room for himself and tries to guide it over short third man, but gets the top edge and is caught by NCN. Next ball brings a single. Mahmadullah slashes the next ball to deep point for a single. Zampa finishes with figures of 23 for 3. OUT! Shakib Al Hasan 33(25) c Coulter-Nile b Zampa
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 104/4 in 15 overs | Batting: Shakib Al Hasan 33(24), Mahmadullah 13(11): Faulkner the bowler now. First couple of balls hit for singles. Shakib then makes room for himself and hits the ball to the cover region for a four. Next is a short one, Shakib goes for the pull, but misses. Shakib gets the inside edge on the pull next ball, was not very short, single taken to deep square leg.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 96/4 in 14 overs | Batting: Shakib Al Hasan 24(20), Mahmadullah 12(9): Single to third man for Shakib first ball of Hastings. Ball driven to point, no run. Mahmadullah times the next ball through point amazingly for a four! It gets better! Smashes the next ball for a six to deep square leg, pull shot. Keeps the next couple of deliveries to dot balls.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 80/4 in 13 overs | Batting: Shakib Al Hasan 23(15), Mahmadullah 0(2): Great use of feet, gets to the pitch of the ball and smashed for a mighty six. Next ball is driven through cover point for a four! Zampa has revenge, the slider does the trick, it’s leg before. Mahmadullah is the next bat. First ball beats Mahmadullah’s inside edge and thuds the pad but bit too high. Leg bye run. Shakib plays the bnext ball to mid off for a single. Final ball is defended to cover for a single. OUT! Shuvagata Hon 13(10) lbw Zampa
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 68/3 in 11 overs | Batting: Shuvagata Hon 3(7), Shakib Al Hasan 22(14): Faulkner starts the over with a near-yorker, single taken to the leg side. Shuvagata Hon hits the next ball to point, no run. Inside edge on the pull shot next, dot. Next ball brings a single with a nudge. Fifth ball guided to third man for a single. Final ball is hit to mid off for a single.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 64/3 in 10 overs | Batting: Shuvagata Hon 1(3), Shakib Al Hasan 20(12): Adam Zampa comes on for a bowl. First ball hit to point for a single. Mithun gets an absolute dolly to smother away, a short ball, Mithun gets hold of it but hits it straight to Watto at deep midwicket. Next ball pitched outside of and turns away further, hit to point, no run. Next ball is mistimed badly on the sweep shot against the turn, Mitch Marsh makes a hash of the catch at deep square leg. A single and a dot ball follow. OUT! Mohammad Mithun 23(22) c Watson b Zampa
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 61/2 in 9 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 23(21), Shakib Al Hasan 18(10): Glenn Maxwell in the attack now. First ball on middle, hit to leg side for a single. Next ball is on the pads for Shakib, but he’s in no position to whack it away, thuds into his pad, no run. Next ball is smashed to deep cover for a boundary. Follows that up with a massive six to long on! Shimmies down the track and hits it to long on for a single, great over for Bangladesh.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 49/2 in 8 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 22(20), Shakib Al Hasan 7(5): John Hastings comes back. First ball, Shakib charges and hits it to mid off, no run. Next ball guided to third man for a single. Mithun goes for the wild heave next ball, but makes no contact, poor footwork on that. Tries to run the next ball down to third man, but does not open the face enough, ball runs to point, dot. Next ball is flicked gorgeously to the deep midwicket region, Faulkner fields it well, keeps it down to two. Last ball is hit to square leg for a single.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 45/2 in 7 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 19(16), Shakib Al Hasan 6(3): Mitch Marsh bowling. First ball Mithun charges and smashes to the long off boundary. Next ball is defended towards off, dot. Times the next drive straight to the cover fielder, nice shot for no run. Mithun guides the next ball to third man for a single. Shakib plays the next ball to third man for a single. Mithun smashes the next ball elegantly over the deep cover fence for maximum, was not that bad a ball at all!
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 33/2 in 6 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 8(11), Shakib Al Hasan 5(2): Sabbir Rahman struggled with putting away the rubbish balls on the leg stump line, and fittingly that proves his undoing again. He tries to pull it, but the mistimed shot is caught by Faulkner at midwicket. Next ball is blocked by Mithun. The next delivery is a wide down leg. Follows it up with a good length ball outside off, guided to third man for a single. Shakib Al Hasan shows his class with the first ball he faces, its outside off and he late cuts it to the thirdman fence for four. He targets the same region next ball, gets just a single. Final ball brings a single to third man. OUT! Sabbir Rahman 12(17) c Faulkner b Watson
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 25/1 in 5 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 6(8), Sabbir Rahman 12(16): NCN comes on for his third. First ball brings Mithun a single. Sabbir ducks down the next ball, a short one on leg stump line, dot. Next ball is of a good length and Sabbir guides it to third man for a single. Mithun hits the next ball to the leg side for a single. Next ball is a full toss outside off, Sabbir attempts to smother it over the deep cover boundary, but just manages to clear the in-field for a couple. Final ball brings a single to third man.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 19/1 in 4 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 4(6), Sabbir Rahman 8(12): John Hastings in now. First ball is pitched up, Mithun drives but gets the inside edge, single taken. Next ball is pitched further up, Sabbir gives it the treatment, smashing it to long off. Next ball is pitched up again and Sabbir misses out on a similar shot. Hastings pitches it up again on a more middlish line, whacked to long on boundary. Another full ball next, Sabbir misses again. Another full ball follows, Sabbir drives it sweetly, unfortunately there is protection at cover.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 10/1 in 3 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 3(5), Sabbir Rahman 0(7): First ball from NCN’s new over a leg bye. Next ball is a poor short ball down leg, but Sabbir misses out because of the pace. Next ball is a back of length ball, and Sabbir tries to break the shackles by coming down and smashing it, but misses. Next ball is tickled down to fine leg off the pad for a couple of runs. Rahman then plays the next ball to square leg, did not get the timing, run a single, oh it’s off the pad. Mithun defends the final ball and runs a quick single.
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 5/1 in 2 overs | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 2(3), Sabbir Rahman 0(3): Shane Watson startes with a loosener outside off, Soumya misses out. He follows it up with another loosener outside off, this time Soumya makes great connect on the cut but places it straight into the hands of the man at point! Watto has a breakthrough! Watson then bowls another wide outside off, Rahman sensibly lets it through to the keeper. The next ball drifts on his pads, misses the flick, run a leg bye. Mithun gets a nice ball next, single taken of a outsidish edge. Rahman defends the next couple of balls. OUT! Soumya Sarkar 1(6) c Maxwell b Watson
Live Cricket Score Bangladesh 2/0 in 1 over | Batting: Mohammad Mithun 1(2), Soumya Sarkar 1(4): That’s an ominous first over from Nathan Coulter-Nile. He got some bounce, carry and b0wled at good pace. The swing on offer made him look that much more threatening. Mithun ran him down to third man for a single. Soumya then played cautiously for a series of dots. Took a dodgy single on the penultimate delivery, for Mithun to get beaten on the outside edge off the final ball. Nice first over.
Teams:
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, James Faulkner, Peter Nevill, John Hastings, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa
Bangladesh: Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman , Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shuvagata Hom, Mashrafe Mortaza, Saqlain Sajib, Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
TOSS: Australia have won the toss and opted to bowl first
Bangladesh have been dealt a major setback in form of suspensions to Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny over suspect actions. While people have shown understanding of the call to suspend Sunny based on pictures of his action which show his action to be a little dodgy, most have been befuddled by Taskin’s ban as his action has come across as rather clean.
Bangladesh’s hopes will be pinned on Shakib Al Hasan, who was one of the rare bright spots in Bangladesh’s defeat against Pakistan. But Bangladesh will need more players to contribute. Australia will want players of the calibre of Usman Khawaja, Shane Watson and Mitchell Marsh to fire them to a big win in a bid to do their NRR some good. A defeat for either side would significantly diminish either side’s chances to get past to the semi-final stage. One can expect both teams to put their best foot forward in this contest.
