Australia Beat Bangladesh
Bangladesh are in for an uphill struggle in their Super 8 match against Australia, who won an exciting Group Stage. To do so, they will require some impressive innings from their batsmen if they hope to achieve victory against them. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh. Adam Zampa claimed a wicket early on and went on to take two more.
Australia Beat Bangladesh Pat Cummins hat-trick
Pat Cummins led Australia’s impressive victory against Bangladesh at Gros Islet on Friday (June 21). The Australian pacer recorded three wickets in just one over, becoming the first bowler ever in T20 World Cup history to achieve this feat.
Test and ODI captain Steven Smith took only his second Australian T20 World Cup hat-trick after Brett Lee. By disposing of Mahmudullah and Mahedi Hasan on the final two balls of the 18th over before dismissing Towhid Hridoy with the very first ball of the 20th over, Smith became only the second Australian after Brett Lee to achieve such an feat.
Australia made an early dominating statement and took control from the outset. Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first, followed quickly after by Josh Hazlewood who took out Tanzid Hasan with one of his first overs.
After Hazlewood kept things tight in his first over, Bangladesh scored just eight runs in its next. With both Najmul Hossain Shanto (41 runs) and Towhid Hridoy (44) performing admirably, Australia managed to restrict Bangladesh to 140-8 in total with Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell all taking one wicket each for Australia in their death overs.
Australia Beat Bangladesh Tanzim Hasan Sakib is the new batter for Bangladesh
Bangladesh beat Nepal by 21 runs to advance into the next phase of this tournament. Tanzim Hasan Sakib made an outstanding contribution with four wickets while conceding only seven runs from their top order, dismantling it easily before Mustafizur Rahman took three. Together these efforts allowed Bangladesh a step closer towards Antigua and Barbuda quarter-finals. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Bangladesh have strengthened their fast bowling resources with the addition of youngster Imad Hamid as an exciting prospect moving forward. He has already demonstrated his potential and provides another option against opposition batters – making him an X-factor that could take his game even further. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Bangladesh have made an excellent start to their campaign so far and he has played an essential role in their team, providing key contributions during each match so far. Now he will look to carry this momentum against Australia. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Pace bowler Tim Southee made a strong impact against Netherlands, and will look to build on that performance against Australia. As one of their key weapons in attack, his performance against Netherlands will provide a good indicator for what can be expected when they face India later on this tour. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Australia Beat Bangladesh David Warner and Travis Head are in the middle
Australia found themselves well on their way to an impressive total after sharing an early 50-run stand in just four and one-third overs; however, rain interrupted play and stopped their batsmen from capitalizing on this promising start.
Mahdi Hasan bowled an excellent delivery to David Warner that hit middle and leg, where Head was able to dig it away to short boundary for one run. Together with Cummins they are enjoying an exceptional partnership.
Rishad Hossain bowled Mitchell Marsh a leg break on the off-stump line which caught Marsh off guard, who moved forward towards his wicket before getting caught by Hossain behind his stumps and becoming trapped under him. Marsh appealed, but ultimately the original decision of umpire stood. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood continue to deliver excellent overs for Australia as they chase down their target with ease. Former champions Australia are one of the strongest sides in this tournament and it will be tough for Bangladesh to contain them; but if their middle order fires, there may still be hope of an upset result if Bangladesh can get its act together quickly as the weather is only becoming worse. Australia Beat Bangladesh
Australia Beat Bangladesh Pat Cummins is the man of the match
Pat Cummins completed 100 wickets in T20 internationals at Antigua’s Sir Vivian Richards Stadium with three consecutive wickets against Bangladesh to dismiss them for 140 runs in just two overs.
The match took place on a sticky pitch and batsmen struggled to score big runs. Australia took control in the middle overs thanks to pacer Mitchell Starc’s burst of wickets that enabled them to restrict opponents to an estimated total of 140 for 8.
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Litton Das put on a 58-run second wicket stand, but could not string together any meaningful innings. Adam Zampa, Starc and Stoinis took three wickets each to help Australia secure victory in this Super 8 match.
Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first, which paid dividends as Australia quickly took three wickets before rain cut short their innings early. A highlight for Australia was Pat Cummins’s hat-trick; it marked only his second in this tournament after taking Mahmudullah for two, Mahedi Hasan for duck, Australia Beat Bangladesh
Towhid Hridoy in final ball with scoop shot back over deep third man Josh Hazlewood before dismissing Towhid Hridoy with final ball scoop shot back over Josh Hazlewood at deep third man to end with 3-29 figures; thus deservingly receiving man of match award from Australian team captain Mitchell Marsh’s side of Mitchell Marsh won tossing Australia won this match against Bangladesh with 3-29 at total; therefore deservingly receiving man of match award from Marsh and Mitchell Marsh won his captaincy award.
