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Bangladesh opt to bat first in 2nd T20I vs NZ
Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in the second T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh fielded an unchanged playing XI in this match, while New Zeland made two changes, removing Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy to pave way for Hamish Bennett, Ben Sears. While it’s the 10th T20I of Hamish, Sears is set to get his maiden T20I cap.
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Sears has played 12 T20s at the domestic level and bagged 15 wickets with the best of taking four wickets conceding 16 runs.
In the first match, the hosts won by a big margin of seven wickets which was Bangladesh’s maiden victory against New Zealand in the shorter format of the game.
Shakib Al Hasan was awarded the player of the match for his two-wicket haul and 25 runs with the bat.
Mustafizur Rahman bagged three wickets for the Tigers— best by any bowler in the match. Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan were also tremendous with the ball.
For New Zealand, captain Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls scored 18 each but that was not enough for them to post a challenging total.
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Bangladesh XI: Liton Das, Mohammad Naim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah Riayad, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
New Zealand XI: Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Will Young, Colen de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Cole McConchie, Doug Bracewell, Ajaz Patel, Hamish Bennett, Ben Sears
Bangladesh overpower New Zealand on tricky surface
Coming to the 11th match, Bangladesh registered their maiden T20I victory over New Zealand by seven wickets on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad praised his bowlers for the victory.
In post-match comments he said: “The first match is important and we have to do it again in the remaining matches.”
New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first putting only 60 runs on the board losing all wickets. Bangladesh’s spin department literally went through their batting line-up. Bangladeshi spinners bowled 12 overs in this game and conceded 38 runs to take five wickets.
“It was a disappointing start to the series,” Tom Latham, New Zealand captain said after the match. “We built some partnerships in the middle overs but failed to continue on those. We couldn’t hold on. I hope we can learn from this game and do better in the next matches.”
Chasing 61 for victory, Bangladesh sealed the game in 15 overs with seven wickets in hand despite losing the openers inside seven runs.
Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim posted a 30-run stand and recovered the early damage well.
Shakib fell on 25, but Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah Riyad remained unbeaten on 16 and 14 respectively.
“It’s good to win the first match of the series, and it was also our first win against New Zealand,” man-of-match Shakib told the broadcaster after the match. “It will boost our team and give us confidence for the rest of the series”.
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New Zealand’s 60 for all wickets was their joint-lowest total in T20Is.
On the terribly slow wicket, Mustafizur Rahman bagged three wickets conceding 13 runs while all of Nasum Ahmed, Shakib and Mohammad Saifuddin scalped two wickets each.
New Zealand only managed to score 18 runs in the power play losing four wickets. They had a miserable start as they lost the first wicket in the first over of the match bowled by Mahedi Hasan.
Rachin Ravindra, the debutant, failed to impress as he chipped a return catch and suffered a duck on his debut.
One over later Shakib came and removed Will Young for five. Shakib put it on an in-between length, and the ball didn’t bounce as much as the batsman wanted it. Young missed the ball which eventually hit his stumps.
Nasum struck twice in the fourth over to remove Colin de Grandhomme and Tom Blundell for one and two respectively. Mohammad Naim took a regulation catch at the square leg when Grandhomme tried a mighty slog sweep, and Blundell fell while giving a return catch to the bowler.
In the next six overs, New Zealand didn’t lose any more wickets and reached 40 in 10 overs.
Mahmudullah brought in Saifuddin in the 11th over, and he kept the faith intact removing New Zealand captain Latham for 18.
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In the next over, Shakib removed Cole McConchie for a duck— with this, both of the Blackcaps debutants suffered a duck each. Saifuddin struck again in the next over as Henry Nicholls fell prey to him for 17 with Mushfiqur took a dolly at the long-on.
Bangladesh’s premium T20 bowler Mustafizur struck twice in the 14th over scalping Ajaz Patel and Doug Bracewell for three and five respectively.
Latham and Nicholls were the best batsmen of New Zealand in this match scoring 18 each.
Eventually, New Zealand’s nightmarish batting display ended on 60 for all out, their lowest against Bangladesh. It was also the lowest total by any team against Bangladesh.
The remaining matches of the series will take place on September 3, 5, 8 and 10 respectively at the same venue.
Tremendous Bangladesh restrict New Zealand to 60 in first T20I
Bangladesh restricted New Zealand only for 60/10 in 16.5 overs in the first T20I on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
It is now the joint-lowest total for New Zealand in T20Is. Bangladesh played 10 T20Is against the Blackcaps but failed to win any of them.
On the terribly slow wicket, Mustafizur Rahman bagged three wickets conceding 13 runs while all of Nasum Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin scalped two wickets each.
New Zealand only managed to score 18 runs in the powerplay losing four wickets. They had a miserable start after deciding to bat first winning the toss as they lost the first wicket in the first over of the match bowled by Mahedi Hasan.
Rachin Ravindra, the debutant, failed to impress as he chipped a return catch and suffered a duck on his debut.
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One over later, Shakib came and removed Will Young for five. Shakib put it on an in-between length, and the ball didn’t bounce as much as the batsman wanted it. Young missed the ball which eventually hit his stumps.
Nasum struck twice in the fourth over to remove Colin de Grandhomme and Tom Blundell for one and two respectively. Mohammad Naim took a regulation catch at the square leg when Grandhomme tried a mighty slog sweep, and Blundell fell while giving a return catch to the bowler.
In the next six overs, New Zealand didn’t lose any more wickets and reached 40 in 10 overs.
Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladesh T20I captain, brought in Saifuddin in the 11th over, and he kept the faith intact removing New Zealand captain Tom Latham for 18.
In the next over, Shakib removed Cole McConchie for a duck— with this, both of the Blackcaps debutants suffered a duck each. Saifuddin struck again in the next over as Henry Nicholls fell prey to him for 17 with Mushfiqur Rahim took a dolly at the long-on.
Bangladesh’s premium T20 bowler, Mustafizur Rahman, struck twice in the 14th over scalping Ajaz Patel and Doug Bracewell for three and five respectively.
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Latham and Nicholls were the best batsmen of New Zealand in this match scoring 18 each.
Eventually, New Zealand’s nightmarish batting display ended up on 60 for 10, their lowest against Bangladesh. It was also the lowest total by any team against Bangladesh.
Tigers set to take on Australia in final T20I Monday
Tigers are all set to take on visitors Australia on Monday in the fifth match of the five-match T20I series. The match will kick off at 6 p.m. at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh have won the first three matches and wrapped the series up. But they conceded a defeat in the fourth match.
In the first match of the series, Bangladesh had put only 131 runs on the board while batting first. Despite a low score, the hosts managed to win the match by 23 runs. In the second match, they had chased down a target of 122 runs with five wickets in hand, and in the third match, they defended a total of 127 runs and won by 10 runs.
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The winning streak came to an end in the fourth match when the hosts ended up scoring only 104 runs while batting first. They still fought valiantly and lost in the 19th over.
It was Bangladesh’s first-ever series win against Australia in any format of cricket. Shakib Al Hasan led the way for the Bangladeshi batsman in this series scoring 103 runs in four matches, while Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam were the highest wicket-takers for the hosts with seven scalps each in four matches.
The biggest reason behind Australia’s poor show in this series is their clueless batting on the slow surface of Dhaka. Matthew Wade, the stand-in captain of Australia, has repeatedly been saying that if their batting woes continue, they will have to suffer big problems in the coming days.
While the Australian team is worried much about their performance, Bangladesh are aiming to pull up another win in this series.
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Bangladesh might overlook Soumya Sarkar in the last match to pave way for one of Mohammad Mithun and Mosaddek Hossain Saikat. Soumya has been going through a bad patch for a while now. In this series so far, he posted a total of 12 runs.
In the absence of the ace batsmen— Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das, it was expected that Soumya would flourish and help the Tigers to shine against the Australians, but the left-handers failed.
After this series, Bangladesh will host New Zealand for a five-match T20I series. The Blackcaps are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka in later August, and the series will commence in early September in Dhaka.
Nightmarish outing of Shakib costs Bangladesh 4th T20I
For the first time in his career, Shakib Al Hasan conceded 50 runs in a T20I match, with five sixes in an over, which eventually played the biggest role behind Bangladesh’s 3-wicket defeat against Australia on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh batted first in this game and posted only 104 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Australia found the going tough losing wickets in regular intervals as Bangladeshi bowlers were disciplined enough to put pressure on them.
But Shakib’s 30-run fourth over cost the match for Bangladesh. The all-rounder was simply clueless while bowling to Daniel Christian who ended up scoring 39 off 15 balls with five sixes, all off Shakib. The left-arm spinner ended up conceding 50 runs without a wicket— his worst bowling figures in the format.
While Shakib had a nightmarish day with the ball, Mustafizur Rahman was once again brilliant conceding only nine runs in four overs with a maiden and two wickets.
Mahedi Hasan also bagged two wickets. But that inconceivably expensive over of Shakib undermined efforts of other bowlers.
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Ashton Agar was the second-highest run getter for Australia scoring 27 off 27 balls with two fours and one six. He retired to the dressing room finishing the game. They ended up on 105 for seven in 19 overs.
Earlier, Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar continued his poor form with the bat. After scoring 2, 0 and 2 in the first three outings of the series, Soumya perished with 8 runs in this match.
Bangladesh managed to post only 104 runs in the fourth match. Along with Soumya, Mahmudullah Riyad, who had hit a ton in the third match, and Nurul Hasan Shohan also failed with the bat. Both Mahmudullah and Sohan returned for a duck each.
Of the first five batsmen, Mohammad Naim and Shakib Al Hasna were only to reach double-digit scores. While Naim scored 28 off 36 while Shakib posted 15 off 26 deliveries.
Mitchell Swepson, the leg-spinner, was playing his first match in this series. He ended up taking three wickets conceding 13 runs. He removed Mahmudullah and Sohan off two consecutive deliveries during the 11th over. Swepson also scalped Naim for 28.
The onus was on Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan and Shamim Hossain to keep the scoreboard afloat. Afif scored 21 off 17 balls before falling prey to Ashton Agar.
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Shamim Hossain, who grabbed the limelight in the Zimbabwe tour, failed for the third time in the Australia series scoring three. In the two previous matches, he scored 4 and 3. Mahedi posted 23 off 16 balls with one four and one six.
Eventually, Bangladesh ended up on 104 for nine wickets in 20 overs.
For Australia, Swepson and Andrew Tye bagged three wickets each while and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets.
Bangladesh have already won the series with three consecutive wins in the first three matches. Both the teams will now face each other in the fifth and final match of the series on August 9 at the same venue.
Tigers create history as Australia are left with no answers
With three consecutive victories, Bangladesh won their first-ever bilateral series against Australia with two matches still to play, with a 10-run win in Friday's 3rd T20I in Mirpur.
Australia needed to score 22 runs off the last six balls bowled by Mahedi Hasan, but they only managed 11. Alex Carey smashed a six off the first ball of the last over, but they couldn’t continue on that. But the win was really set up by some outstanding bowling from Mustafizur Rahman in the previous over, when with Australia needing 23 off 2 overs to get back in the series, The Fizz conceded just a single run, bamboozling the batsmen with his clever variations and significantly taking the pressure off Mahedi for the last over.
It was another exceptional performance with the ball by Mustafiz - his previous over, the 17th of the Australian innings, had also gone for just 4 runs. He ended with figures of 0/9 off his 4 overs - 15 dot balls and 9 singles. And even then he was unlucky, as he should have had the wicket of Ben McDermott, drafted in to open the batting for the visitors today, but Shoriful Islam dropped a dolly at deep fine leg.
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Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first and scored 127 for nine wickets in 20 overs. Once again it was tough going for the batsmen in Mirpur, where the pitches have not allowed the ball to come on to the bat throughout the series. The Tigers innings was held together by a sensible half-century from captain Mahmudullah, after once again the opening pair failed to deliver a decent start.
In reply, Australia made a good start despite losing their first wicket early on, with Nasum Ahmed striking in his first over once again to remove Matthew Wade for one.
That brought in Mitch Marsh, the visitors' only in form batsman, and he and McDermott proceeded to steady the ship with a second wicket-stand of 63 runs. When Shoriful dropped the opener, it looked like it wasn't going to be the Tigers' day, and we would have to wait at least another day to savour a series victory.
But in the very next over, Shakib Al Hasan, the big match player, gave Bangladesh a whiff, sending McDermott back to the pavilion bowled for 35, in the 14th over of the innings, at the end of which Australia needed 54 off 6 overs. Shoriful made up for his earlier error by getting rid of Henriques in the very next over, and the Tigers were well and truly in business at that point.
Smelling their opportunity, the Tigers never lost track again.
When Australia needed 34 off 3 overs, Shoriful Islam removed Mitchell Marsh for 51. A superb slow-delivery did the trick for the tall left-arm pacer. Marsh lifted to the long-on area, and Mohammad Naim came in to take an easy catch. Marsh’s dismissal came as a big blow for Australia.
Eventually, Australia ended up on 117 for four wickets in 20 overs.
Apart from Mustafiz, who has been nearly unplayable all week and should be a strong contender for player of the series, Shoriful took 2/29 off his four overs, while Nasum Ahmed took 1/19 and Shakib 1/22 off their full complement of overs.
Before this series, Bangladesh had never won a T20I match against the Aussies, never won a series, nor even two games in any one format of the game.
Batting first, Bangladesh failed to lay a good foundation as both the openers were dismissed inside 2.1 overs.
Mohammad Naim, who did well in the first match, fell prey to Josh Hazlewood for one. Soumya Sarkar failed to come out of his batting woes once again as he fell for two.
In the third wicket stand, Mahmudullah Riyad and Shakib Al Hasan added 44 of 36 balls. Smashing Mitchell Marsh for two consecutive fours, Shakib was suggesting to play a big innings but failed to continue on a good run.
Off the first ball of the ninth over by Adam Zampa, Shakib lifted the ball over the long-off area, and Ashton Agar took an easy catch.
After Shakib’s dismissal, Afif Hossain came in and scored 19 off 13 balls with one four and one six. But once again, Afif failed to continue on a good run what he did in the second match of the series. He dismissed run-out in this match.
Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan and Mahedi Hasan also failed to do well with the bat.
For Australia, Nathan Ellis took three wickets while Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa took two wickets each.
The fourth and fifth matches of the series will take place on August 7 and nine at the same venue.
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Debutant Ellis' hat-trick restricts Bangladesh to 127
The 26-year-old Australian fast-bowler, Nathan Ellis, created history against Bangladesh Friday in the third T20 by registering the first-ever T20 hat-trick by a debutant.
In the last over of the first innings of the match, Nathan removed Mahmudullah Riyad, Mustafizur Rahman and Mahedi Hasan off three consecutive deliveries. It was the third hat-trick in T20 by an Australian bowler.
Riding on his hat-trick and some superb efforts by the other bowlers, Australia managed to restrict Bangladesh to 127/9 in 20 overs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Mahmudullah top-scored with 52 off 53 balls.
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Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first but had to settle for a small total as the openers failed to lay a good foundation. Mohammad Naim fell to Josh Hazlewood for one and Soumya Sarkar to Zampa for two.
In the third wicket stand, Mahmudullah and Shakib Al Hasan added 44 of 36 balls.
However, Shakib fell to Zampa in the first ball of the ninth over as he started to accelerate his innings.
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After the all-rounder's dismissal, Afif Hossain came to the middle and added 19 off 13 balls with one four and one six before being run out.
Also, Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan and Mahedi Hasan failed to do well with the bat.
For Australia, Nathan Ellis took three wickets; Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa grabbed two wickets each.
Bangladesh vs Australia: Rain delays start of 3rd T20
Rain delayed the toss and start of the third T20 of the five-match series between Bangladesh and Australia Friday.
The toss was scheduled to take place at 5:30pm, but the weather ensured that the pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium was covered and the toss was delayed.
Bangladesh won the first two matches of the series. So, the third match is a chance for the Tigers to seal the series with two matches to spare.
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In both the matches, Bangladeshi bowlers were superb. Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam troubled the visitors along with the spinners.
So far, Mustafizur has taken five wickets in this series – the highest for any bowlers of both teams.
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Before this series, Bangladesh faced Australia four times in the shorter format of international cricket but failed to win any match.
The Tigers' wait came to an end on August 3 when Nasum Ahmed bagged four wickets and guided his team to a 23-run win.
Afif, Sohan power Bangladesh to 2nd win vs Australia
Bangladesh beat Australia in the second T20I by five wickets on Wednesday, the hosts’ back-to-back win in the series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium with eight balls to play.
With this win, Bangladesh took 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
To chase down the target of 122 runs, Bangladesh needed 32 runs in the last five overs. Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan Sohan finished the job in style.
Afif hit Josh Hazlewood for a four off the fourth ball of the 19th over and sealed the game. The left-handed batsman remained unbeaten on 37 off 31 balls hitting five fours and one six, while Sohan was also unbeaten on 22 off 21 balls.
In the sixth wicket stand, they added 56 runs off 44 balls.
Bangladesh suffered early setback as they lost both the openers inside the first two overs of the match. Soumya Sarkar disappointed once again with the bat, and Mohammad Naim couldn’t settle in.
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While Mitchell Starc removed Soumya, Josh Hazlewood took the wicket of Naim. In the third-wicket stand, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahedi Hasan added 37 runs off 32 balls. They somewhat managed to control the early damage. But Shakib went out during the ninth over scoring 26 off 17 balls, and right after him Mahmudullah Riyad fell for a duck in the next over.
Back to back wickets pushed the hosts into trouble which deepened when Mahedi fell for 23 off 24 balls.
At the end of 15 overs, Bangladesh were batting at 90 for five with Nurul Hasan Sohan and Afif Hossain batting on 9 and 20 respectively. This pair has eventually guided the Tigers home.
Earlier, Australia have won the toss and opted to bat first in this match. Both the teams fielded an unchanged playing XI each.
Like the first match, Mahedi Hasan broke the first-wicket stand of the tourists removing Alex Carey. The delivery looked a simple one, but Alex miscued it and skied the ball. It was a regulation catch for Nasum Ahmed.
Mustafizur got his first reward persisting with slow deliveries when Josh Philippe failed to pick the line correctly and lost his leg-stump. Philippe was fragile in the first match and this time, he also failed with the bat.
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Inside the power play, Australia scored 32 losing two wickets. In the next nine overs, they added 58 runs losing only one more wicket. But they never looked comfortable against the Tigers’ bowling lineup.
In the last five overs, Australia only managed 31 runs losing four wickets, with Mustafizur’s two wickets in two balls during the 18th over.
Bangladesh have won the first match by 23 runs. Nasum Ahmed took four wickets after Bangladesh posted 131 runs, and helped the Tigers register their first win against Australia in T20Is.
Mustafizur Rahman bagged three wickets for the hosts while Shorfiul Islam took two conceding 23 and 27 respectively.
The remaining matches of the series will take place at the same venue on August 6, 7 and 9.
Australia to bat first against Bangladesh
Australia have won the toss and opted to bat first in the second T20I of the five-match series against Bangladesh on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Both the teams have fielded an unchanged playing XI.
Bangladesh won the first match of the series on Tuesday by 23 runs which was Bangladesh’s first-ever T20I win over the Aussies.
Nasum Ahmed, the left-arm spinner, bagged four wickets in the first match to guide the Tigers to a historic win. Before this series, Bangladesh played a total of four matches against Australia in the format and lost all of them.
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Bangladesh posted only 131 runs in the first match. Despite that, they managed to seal the game riding on the performance of the spinners.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah(c), Nurul Hasan(w), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed
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Australia (Playing XI): Alex Carey, Josh Philippe, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade(w/c), Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood