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7th over: Bangla 40-4Skipper Clarke brings himself on for some cheeky tweak. Single down the ground, cunning two dabbed into a glaring gap on the leg-side. Oh, shot of the innings from Shakib Al Hasan - short-arm crackeroo over the midwicket fence for the first six of the reply. He looks to go again next ball, but David Warner dives on the ropes to make a super save. 102 needed from 76 balls to win, from 69 balls to go through at Pakistan's expense.
6th over: Bangla 27-4Nannes to continue with his left-arm over, and that's smart line - angled across, no width to go flaying after. Only two rapid singles, and this game is falling as flat as a mis-tossed pancake.
5th over: Bangla 25-4Classic Taito this - eye-watering pace, head-shaking width. Wide, single, wide, single. Two slips in, and they're left with hands on hip as a thick outside edge from Mushfiqur Rahim flies straight over their heads.
4th over: WICKET Mahmudullah c M Hussey b Nannes 2, Bangla 15-4
Too much bounce, not enough composure - weird wristy flick straight into the air, identical take. Pack up your picnic basket - we're going home.
4th over: WICKET Aftab Ahmed c Warner b Nannes 1, Bangla 13-3Dear oh dear - the sort of slog to make a purist choke on his chicken and rice. Top edge, right into the pouch of gully. As you were, upset-fans.
3rd over: Bangla 13-2Slinger Tait continues, and that's the man all over - wide speared outside off, another rattling down leg. Shakib Al Hasan clunks two through midwicket and then almost dislocates his shoulder with an almighty heave that gets nowhere near connecting. Dabber from Aftab off the pads for one.
2nd over: Bangla 7-2Singles off the remainder, but the wind's gone out of the Tigers' sails. A big ask just got bigger.
2nd over: WICKET Ashraful c Tait b Nannes 0, Bangla 4-2
Dirk Nannes now, and he's not short of pace - left-arm over, angled up and over - straight down the throat of the diving Tait at third man. Calamitous start.
1st over: WICKET Kayes c D Hussey b Tait 0, Bangla 4-1Imrul Kayes to face Shaun Tai... ooof, that's an absolute brute, rattling past the batsman's snout at a fearsome pace. Thick edge off the hips for four leg byes past the diving gloves of Haddin - but he's gone next ball, fooled completely by a slower one and lofting straight to mid-on.
1932: Right. Get this: if Bangladesh are going to go through, they need to knock these runs off in less than 19 overs. If they do it in 14.4 overs or less, Australia go out; if they do it in between 14.5 and 18.5, Pakistan go out. All clear?
AUSTRALIA INNINGS
20th over: Aus 141-7Harris in for one ball - two, sprinted and taken by a fraction. Fine recovery, led by Hussey M's 47 off 29. Game very much on...
20th over: WICKET Smith run out 27, Aus 140-7Now then - last set of six... wide, dunked off the toe-end for a single. Smith scuffs another down the ground and Hussey repeats as Shafiul Islam keeps it steady Eddie Hemmings. Full, tight, just one more off the fourth. Panicky sprinted two off the penultimate, and then - wide called, but Smith is run out as he dashes through for a frantic pointless bonus.
19th over: Aus 132-6Smith in the groove now, marmalising Razzak over deep midwicket for six - single, single, and then a mighty repeater to the same spot. Brutal short-arm stuff, and it's a target again.
From William, Chatteris, in the TMS inbox: "Alright Tom? Seems like it's all gone quiet on the correspondence front, but I have two things to type: a) most of us were laughing at whoever decided to seed Australia only 8th for this tournament, but so far they're living up to their billing with aplomb. b) where else apart from on commentary can you hear the word 'aplomb' being used?"
18th over: Aus 118-6The bowling's suddenly looking ragged under the Hussonslaught - full toss again, reverse-pulled for four more. Single to leg, and now Smith has a slap - lofted with quick feet over extra cover for another four. Singles scampered as the partnership rattles past 50, and the Aussies are right back in this.
17th over: Aus 106-6Mortaza now - ach, full bunger on leg stump, and Hussey will time that with wristy ruthlessness over the midwicket fence for the sweetest of sixes. Another in the same slot a few balls later, and he'll take four off that. Sloppy. Oh, lovely shot - late wristy cut off the front foot for four more - add in the singles, and that's 17 off the over.
16th over: Aus 89-6Classy drive from Hussey M for two, but he misses out next ball as a sweet tempting length leaves him wafting at warm Caribbean air. Two more authentic off-drives, but both find diligent fielders. Heave-ho from Smith off a slower one - two more, but the damage is far from fatal.
15th over: Aus 82-6There's the boundary, at long last - touch short, and Hussey M steps back to pull with flashing wrists behind square. Smith not hitting his straps or anything else so far though, and the brakes remain on. Five overs on the clock - what's left to happen?
14th over: Aus 74-6Only been four boundaries in the innings so far, and none at all in the last 10 overs. Remarkable, as Sir Richie of B would say. Hussey M playing authentic shots, driving into the covers, but it's still only singles and twos.
13th over: WICKET White b Al Hasan 8, Aus 65-6
Now then - what can White do - nothing from back in the pavilion, that's what. Splendid flight, and he's done him like a ripe kipper. You don't think...
12th over: Aus 64-5Ashraful to continue, with Hussey M the new man at the crease. Singles stroked away, and there's plenty of time for this pair to see themselves in - no need to go slap-happy just yet.
11th over: WICKET D Hussey c Rahim b Mortaza 9, Aus 57-5Whisper it quietly, but Australia look rattled out there - Hussey called through by White for a desperate single. Next ball - horrible swipe - ball spiralling high, high, high - bagged!
10th over: Aus 54-4Horrible shot from Clarke. Here comes new-man Cameron White, but it's Hussey D on strike after the batsmen crossed. Hold on - it's like déjà-vu - same slog down the ground, same man under it... he's dropped it! Right down his throat, and he juggled it onto the turf...
10th over: WICKET Clarke c Jahurul Islam b Mohammad Ashraful 16, Aus 52-4Tempting loop - Clarke's nowhere near the pitch - holed out at long-off!
9th over: Aus 49-3Shakib Al Hasan to continue the off-break onslaught -milked down the ground by Clarke for a two and single, before Hussey D gets a loopy outside edge just shy of a deep gully.
8th over: Aus 45-3Mohammad Ashraful now, and he's causing all sorts of issues too - zippy tweak, and only a mis-field at midwicket for two allows the scoreboard to tick over. Run-rate less than six an over, and Bangladesh will be all over that.
7th over: Aus 39-3Excited chatter in the crowd - they sense something might be on here. David Hussey comes in, but there's only singles on offer. Aussie in need of a decent partnership, and that deep, deep batting might be called on to make it happen.
7th over: WICKET Haddin c Shafiul b Razzak 6, Aus 37-3Ugly swipe from Stumper Haddin - skied, this must be out - it is!
6th over: Aus 35-2Two singles and a leg bye off the first three balls as Shafiul keeps it tight like Clyde Stubblefield. Lord alive - Aftab has a glorious chance to run out Clarke, but his double-hand underarm throw misses by about three sets of stumps. Golden opportunity.
5th over: Aus 30-2We'll have some more tweak, this time from Abdur Razzak - there's something in this track for the spinners too, and Clarke and new-man Haddin can only scamper a trio of singles. Intriguing start.
4th over: Aus 27-2Al Hasan looks to have Clarke foxed with his twirl, tucking him up with lovely flight - only for the one-time Pup to skip down the track to the final ball and loft with easy elegance high over the ropes.
4th over: WICKET Warner c Aftab Ahmed b Al Hasan 16, Aus 21-2Horrible slog from Leftie - bagged by that man AA again, strolling in off the square leg boundary. Bangladesh will be delighted with this...
3rd over: Aus 21-1The batsmen crossed, and Warner leans back to slap a brutal square cut in front of square for four. Single to mid-off brings Skipper Clarke on strike, and a little extra bounce surprises him.
3rd over: WICKET Watson c Aftab Ahmed b Mortaza 4, Aus 16-1Short, top-edged hook - pouched, with a tumble, at deep square leg.
2nd over: Aus 16-0Shafiul Islam from the other end - Watson aims a hefty hoick but clunks a bunt straight to short midwicket. That's a wide next up, says umpire Billy Doctrove, and Watson then looks to go aerial over mid-on - two, nowhere near the middle. Dasher of a single, and that gets Warner on strike for a mighty mow over long-off for the first six of the day. Kaboom - flatter this time, over mid-on instead, and that's four more. Blue touch paper lit.
1st over: Aus 2-0Leftie Warner blinks down the track - cheeky lifter first up, jabbed down into the ground, and some bend on the second for another dot. That's too strayful - single timed off the pads to deep square leg - but there's pace and lift in the track at this early stage, and Shane Watson almost flicks a nick behind. Single angled off the back foot, and a dot follows to conclude a spicy opening over.
1756: Sunny up top, a touch of bluster in the breeze. Watson and Warner to open for the Aussies, and Mortaza to take the new pearl.
1749: Jahurul Islam and Aftab Ahmed in for Bangladesh, Ryan Harris for Australia. 11 minutes til we're off. Hold onto them there horses.
1746: Team news: Mitchell Johnson out for the Aussies, Tamim Iqbal and Suhrawadi Shuvo missing for Bangladesh. Big blow for the underdogs, that loss of Iqbal...
1740: State of play: if Australia win, they're through. If Bangladesh win, it comes down to run-rates. Massively complicated run-rates.
1735: News from the toss: Michael Clarke has won it and opted to bat. Fever pitch.
1730: Don't tell me you're not excited - Bangladesh v Australia, in the tournament that's gripping the sporting world, for a place in the Super Eights?
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7th over: Bangla 40-4Skipper Clarke brings himself on for some cheeky tweak. Single down the ground, cunning two dabbed into a glaring gap on the leg-side. Oh, shot of the innings from Shakib Al Hasan - short-arm crackeroo over the midwicket fence for the first six of the reply. He looks to go again next ball, but David Warner dives on the ropes to make a super save. 102 needed from 76 balls to win, from 69 balls to go through at Pakistan's expense.
6th over: Bangla 27-4Nannes to continue with his left-arm over, and that's smart line - angled across, no width to go flaying after. Only two rapid singles, and this game is falling as flat as a mis-tossed pancake.
5th over: Bangla 25-4Classic Taito this - eye-watering pace, head-shaking width. Wide, single, wide, single. Two slips in, and they're left with hands on hip as a thick outside edge from Mushfiqur Rahim flies straight over their heads.
4th over: WICKET Mahmudullah c M Hussey b Nannes 2, Bangla 15-4
Too much bounce, not enough composure - weird wristy flick straight into the air, identical take. Pack up your picnic basket - we're going home.4th over: WICKET Aftab Ahmed c Warner b Nannes 1, Bangla 13-3
Dear oh dear - the sort of slog to make a purist choke on his chicken and rice. Top edge, right into the pouch of gully. As you were, upset-fans.3rd over: Bangla 13-2Slinger Tait continues, and that's the man all over - wide speared outside off, another rattling down leg. Shakib Al Hasan clunks two through midwicket and then almost dislocates his shoulder with an almighty heave that gets nowhere near connecting. Dabber from Aftab off the pads for one.
2nd over: Bangla 7-2Singles off the remainder, but the wind's gone out of the Tigers' sails. A big ask just got bigger.
2nd over: WICKET Ashraful c Tait b Nannes 0, Bangla 4-2
Dirk Nannes now, and he's not short of pace - left-arm over, angled up and over - straight down the throat of the diving Tait at third man. Calamitous start.1st over: WICKET Kayes c D Hussey b Tait 0, Bangla 4-1
Imrul Kayes to face Shaun Tai... ooof, that's an absolute brute, rattling past the batsman's snout at a fearsome pace. Thick edge off the hips for four leg byes past the diving gloves of Haddin - but he's gone next ball, fooled completely by a slower one and lofting straight to mid-on.1932: Right. Get this: if Bangladesh are going to go through, they need to knock these runs off in less than 19 overs. If they do it in 14.4 overs or less, Australia go out; if they do it in between 14.5 and 18.5, Pakistan go out. All clear?
AUSTRALIA INNINGS
20th over: Aus 141-7Harris in for one ball - two, sprinted and taken by a fraction. Fine recovery, led by Hussey M's 47 off 29. Game very much on...
20th over: WICKET Smith run out 27, Aus 140-7
Now then - last set of six... wide, dunked off the toe-end for a single. Smith scuffs another down the ground and Hussey repeats as Shafiul Islam keeps it steady Eddie Hemmings. Full, tight, just one more off the fourth. Panicky sprinted two off the penultimate, and then - wide called, but Smith is run out as he dashes through for a frantic pointless bonus.19th over: Aus 132-6Smith in the groove now, marmalising Razzak over deep midwicket for six - single, single, and then a mighty repeater to the same spot. Brutal short-arm stuff, and it's a target again.
From William, Chatteris, in the TMS inbox: "Alright Tom? Seems like it's all gone quiet on the correspondence front, but I have two things to type: a) most of us were laughing at whoever decided to seed Australia only 8th for this tournament, but so far they're living up to their billing with aplomb. b) where else apart from on commentary can you hear the word 'aplomb' being used?"
18th over: Aus 118-6The bowling's suddenly looking ragged under the Hussonslaught - full toss again, reverse-pulled for four more. Single to leg, and now Smith has a slap - lofted with quick feet over extra cover for another four. Singles scampered as the partnership rattles past 50, and the Aussies are right back in this.
17th over: Aus 106-6Mortaza now - ach, full bunger on leg stump, and Hussey will time that with wristy ruthlessness over the midwicket fence for the sweetest of sixes. Another in the same slot a few balls later, and he'll take four off that. Sloppy. Oh, lovely shot - late wristy cut off the front foot for four more - add in the singles, and that's 17 off the over.
16th over: Aus 89-6Classy drive from Hussey M for two, but he misses out next ball as a sweet tempting length leaves him wafting at warm Caribbean air. Two more authentic off-drives, but both find diligent fielders. Heave-ho from Smith off a slower one - two more, but the damage is far from fatal.
15th over: Aus 82-6There's the boundary, at long last - touch short, and Hussey M steps back to pull with flashing wrists behind square. Smith not hitting his straps or anything else so far though, and the brakes remain on. Five overs on the clock - what's left to happen?
14th over: Aus 74-6Only been four boundaries in the innings so far, and none at all in the last 10 overs. Remarkable, as Sir Richie of B would say. Hussey M playing authentic shots, driving into the covers, but it's still only singles and twos.
13th over: WICKET White b Al Hasan 8, Aus 65-6
Now then - what can White do - nothing from back in the pavilion, that's what. Splendid flight, and he's done him like a ripe kipper. You don't think...12th over: Aus 64-5Ashraful to continue, with Hussey M the new man at the crease. Singles stroked away, and there's plenty of time for this pair to see themselves in - no need to go slap-happy just yet.
11th over: WICKET D Hussey c Rahim b Mortaza 9, Aus 57-5
Whisper it quietly, but Australia look rattled out there - Hussey called through by White for a desperate single. Next ball - horrible swipe - ball spiralling high, high, high - bagged! 10th over: Aus 54-4Horrible shot from Clarke. Here comes new-man Cameron White, but it's Hussey D on strike after the batsmen crossed. Hold on - it's like déjà-vu - same slog down the ground, same man under it... he's dropped it! Right down his throat, and he juggled it onto the turf...
10th over: WICKET Clarke c Jahurul Islam b Mohammad Ashraful 16, Aus 52-4
Tempting loop - Clarke's nowhere near the pitch - holed out at long-off!9th over: Aus 49-3Shakib Al Hasan to continue the off-break onslaught -milked down the ground by Clarke for a two and single, before Hussey D gets a loopy outside edge just shy of a deep gully.
8th over: Aus 45-3Mohammad Ashraful now, and he's causing all sorts of issues too - zippy tweak, and only a mis-field at midwicket for two allows the scoreboard to tick over. Run-rate less than six an over, and Bangladesh will be all over that.
7th over: Aus 39-3Excited chatter in the crowd - they sense something might be on here. David Hussey comes in, but there's only singles on offer. Aussie in need of a decent partnership, and that deep, deep batting might be called on to make it happen.
7th over: WICKET Haddin c Shafiul b Razzak 6, Aus 37-3
Ugly swipe from Stumper Haddin - skied, this must be out - it is!6th over: Aus 35-2Two singles and a leg bye off the first three balls as Shafiul keeps it tight like Clyde Stubblefield. Lord alive - Aftab has a glorious chance to run out Clarke, but his double-hand underarm throw misses by about three sets of stumps. Golden opportunity.
5th over: Aus 30-2We'll have some more tweak, this time from Abdur Razzak - there's something in this track for the spinners too, and Clarke and new-man Haddin can only scamper a trio of singles. Intriguing start.
4th over: Aus 27-2Al Hasan looks to have Clarke foxed with his twirl, tucking him up with lovely flight - only for the one-time Pup to skip down the track to the final ball and loft with easy elegance high over the ropes.
4th over: WICKET Warner c Aftab Ahmed b Al Hasan 16, Aus 21-2
Horrible slog from Leftie - bagged by that man AA again, strolling in off the square leg boundary. Bangladesh will be delighted with this...3rd over: Aus 21-1The batsmen crossed, and Warner leans back to slap a brutal square cut in front of square for four. Single to mid-off brings Skipper Clarke on strike, and a little extra bounce surprises him.
3rd over: WICKET Watson c Aftab Ahmed b Mortaza 4, Aus 16-1
Short, top-edged hook - pouched, with a tumble, at deep square leg.2nd over: Aus 16-0Shafiul Islam from the other end - Watson aims a hefty hoick but clunks a bunt straight to short midwicket. That's a wide next up, says umpire Billy Doctrove, and Watson then looks to go aerial over mid-on - two, nowhere near the middle. Dasher of a single, and that gets Warner on strike for a mighty mow over long-off for the first six of the day. Kaboom - flatter this time, over mid-on instead, and that's four more. Blue touch paper lit.
1st over: Aus 2-0Leftie Warner blinks down the track - cheeky lifter first up, jabbed down into the ground, and some bend on the second for another dot. That's too strayful - single timed off the pads to deep square leg - but there's pace and lift in the track at this early stage, and Shane Watson almost flicks a nick behind. Single angled off the back foot, and a dot follows to conclude a spicy opening over.
1756: Sunny up top, a touch of bluster in the breeze. Watson and Warner to open for the Aussies, and Mortaza to take the new pearl.
1749: Jahurul Islam and Aftab Ahmed in for Bangladesh, Ryan Harris for Australia. 11 minutes til we're off. Hold onto them there horses.
1746: Team news: Mitchell Johnson out for the Aussies, Tamim Iqbal and Suhrawadi Shuvo missing for Bangladesh. Big blow for the underdogs, that loss of Iqbal...
1740: State of play: if Australia win, they're through. If Bangladesh win, it comes down to run-rates. Massively complicated run-rates.
1735: News from the toss: Michael Clarke has won it and opted to bat. Fever pitch.
1730: Don't tell me you're not excited - Bangladesh v Australia, in the tournament that's gripping the sporting world, for a place in the Super Eights?
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.