| 1.2 : 1.2: Nasum Ahmed to Alex Carey, FOUR! Innovative shot! A juicy full toss on off, Alex Carey reverse sweeps it to perfection to third man for a boundary. He is showing some intent straightaway. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Nasum Ahmed to Alex Carey, FOUR! Reverse sweep again, boundary again! Tossed up wide outside off, Alex Carey reverse sweeps it past point this time to get a boundary. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Mahedi Hasan to Alex Carey, OUT! CAUGHT! You can't keep Mahedi Hasan out of the game for too long! Flatter ball, full and on off, Alex Carey gets on one knee and tries to slog sweep it. He miscues his shot. The ball goes off the inner half of his willow and straight to the man at mid on. Nasum Ahmed gets under it and gulps it down. Mahedi Hasan draws the first blood and Alex Carey has to take the long route to the pavilion. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Shakib Al Hasan to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Lovely shot! Short and outside off, Mitchell Marsh rocks back, opens the face of the bat and creams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Nasum Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Nicely played! Tossed up on middle, Mitchell Marsh gets under it and lifts it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Mustafizur Rahman to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Low full toss, outside off. Josh Philippe drives it back past the bowler for a boundary. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Mustafizur Rahman to Josh Philippe, OUT! Cleaned him up! It was an off-cutter from Mustafizur Rahman around leg. Josh Philippe was in two minds whether to leave it or work it towards the on side as he shuffled across. He misses the ball and it crashes onto the stumps. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! WOW! Full ball, outside off. Mitchell Marsh lofts it over the cover fielder for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Soumya Sarkar to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! A welcome boundary for Australia! Back of a length ball, on off. Mitchell Marsh heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Nasum Ahmed to Moises Henriques, SIX! DISPATCHED! Tossed up delivery on middle, Moises Henriques uses his feet and smacks it straight over the bowler's head for the first six of the Australia innings. |
| 12.2: Shakib Al Hasan to Moises Henriques, FOUR! Pressure release shot! Loopy ball on middle, Moises Henriques advances down the track. He smacks it straight over the bowler's head. Valiant effort in the deep but in vain. A boundary. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Shoriful Islam to Moises Henriques, FOUR! Put away! Back of a length on leg, Moises Henriques gets into the position early and pulls it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Shoriful Islam to Moises Henriques, FOUR! Connects it well this time! Length ball on middle, Moises Henriques thumps it towards deep square leg and fetches himself a boundary. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Shakib Al Hasan to Moises Henriques, OUT! Cleaned him up! Moises Henriques gets down on one knee to slog sweep this flatter ball, around off but misses it completely and the ball crashes onto his off stump. Big wicket this for Bangladesh as the set batter departs. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Mahedi Hasan to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Tossed up, strayed on the pads. Mitchell Marsh whips it off his pads towards square leg for a boundary. The fielder makes a valiant attempt to stop the ball but the ball wins the race to the boundary. |
| 16.1: Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! CAUGHT! Huge wicket this in the context of this game! Good length ball, around off. Mitchell Marsh slogs hard but gets a thick outside edge and the keeper. Nurul Hasan behind the sticks does the rest. Australia in deep trouble now. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Mustafizur Rahman to Matthew Wade, OUT! BOWLED! Full ball, around leg. Matthew Wade shuffles across and tries to sweep it behind square but misses it and the ball crashes onto his leg stump. Another one bites the dust for Australia. Bangladesh are on top. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Mustafizur Rahman to Ashton Agar, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! An off-cutter outside off from Mustafizur Rahman. Ashton Agar looks to defend but there is some extra bounce and the ball takes the outside edge towards the keeper. Nurul Hasan takes an easy catch. Two in two for Mustafizur Rahman. Can we see a hat-trick? |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Shoriful Islam to Ashton Turner, OUT! CAUGHT! Slower ball, outside off. Ashton Turner looks to loft it over cover but gets deceived with the change of pace. He hits it straight to Mahmudullah at cover. Shoriful Islam gets his second wicket. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Mustafizur Rahman to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! A welcome boundary this for Australia. Full ball, on middle. Mitchell Starc whips it towards square leg for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Mitchell Starc to Soumya Sarkar, OUT! TIMBER! Mitchell Starc draws the first blood! An inswinger from Starc on the off stump, Soumya Sarkar stays back and tries to play it across the line of the ball. He swings his bat but the ball is too quick and it goes through his bat and pad to ricochets the stumps. Soumya Sarkar hears the death rattle behind him. He departs for a duck. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! Classy! Length ball on middle, Shakib Al Hasan uses his wrists and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Length ball on the pads, Shakib Al Hasan tucks it gently towards deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Shakib Al Hasan, EDGY FOUR! Good length delivery on off, Shakib Al Hasan this time gets squared up. He looks to defend but misses. The ball takes a genuine outside edge and goes past Wade's diving attempt towards third man for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Josh Hazlewood to Mohammad Naim, OUT! BOWLED! Josh Hazlewood gets a wicket now! Good length ball on off, Mohammad Naim gets cramped for room. He hangs back and tries to work it on the leg side but makes no contact. The ball hits the deck and shatters the off stump. Josh Hazlewood is pumped up. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Adam Zampa to Mahedi Hasan, SIX! Finally, he gets one off the middle of the bat! Tossed up, around off. Mahedi Hasan shimmies down and smashes this over the long off fielder for a biggie! |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Andrew Tye to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! Poor bowling this! Length ball, darted on the pads. Shakib Al Hasan just tickles it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Andrew Tye to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT! BOWLED! Big wicket this for Australia. Full ball on middle, angling in late. Shakib Al Hasan looks to heave it across the line and misses it. The ball crashes onto the stumps and he has to depart. |
| 9.3: Ashton Agar to Mahmudullah, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Very lazy from the Bangladesh skipper this time! It was tossed up, outside off. Mahmudullah stays back and looks to cut very far from the body without any foot movement and gets inside edge onto the stumps. GAME ON! |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Mitchell Marsh to Afif Hossain, FOUR! STREAKY! Back of a length ball on off, Afif Hossain shimmies down the track. He tries to pull but gets an outside edge and the ball flies towards third man for a boundary. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Adam Zampa to Mahedi Hasan, OUT! STUMPED! Tossed up nicely on off, Mahedi Hasan walks down the pitch. He tries to go for the big shot on the on side but gets beaten by the turn. Matthew Wade collects the ball and whips the bails off in a flash. This is quite uncalled for. A rush of blood from Mahedi Hasan and he perishes now. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Adam Zampa to Nurul Hasan, FOUR! Welcome boundary! Fractionally short outside off, Nurul Hasan carves it towards deep backward point for a boundary. |
| 12.6: Andrew Tye to Afif Hossain, SIX! Touch fuller on middle, Afif Hossain uses his feet and whips it over deep square leg. The ball stays in the air for quite some time. Alex Carey there was running backwards as the ball was going away from him. He grabs the catch but loses his balance and crosses the ropes. He throws the ball back in the air to save the boundary but in vain as it lands outside the cushions. Is that the luck Bangladesh needed? |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Mitchell Starc to Nurul Hasan, FOUR! CLASSY! Full ball, on middle. Nurul Hasan just flicks it wide of the square leg fielder for a boundary. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Mitchell Starc to Afif Hossain, FOUR! WOW! SHOT OF THE DAY! Full ball, outside off. Afif Hossain comes forward and drives it through cover for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Adam Zampa to Nurul Hasan, FOUR! Short and wide. Nurul Hasan reaches out for the shot and hits it just over the cover fielder for a boundary. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Andrew Tye to Afif Hossain, FOUR! Full ball, on middle. Afif Hossain lofts it wide of the mid on fielder for a boundary. 8 runs needed now! |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Andrew Tye to Afif Hossain, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Short ball, around off. Afif Hossain just guides it behind the keeper for a boundary. 50 run-stand between the two batters as well. |
| 18.4: Josh Hazlewood to Afif Hossain, FOUR! There it is! Bangladesh won the match by 5 wickets and they go 2-0 up in the series. It was a short ball, around off. Afif Hossain guides it over the keeper for a boundary. And Afif Hossain is delighted as he should be. |
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