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World Cup updates: B'desh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs

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22:51   Shakib gets a fifer



Afg 200 (47 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard

Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs after a clinical performance with both bat and ball.

Shakib Ul Hasan was the star of the match, taking a five-wicket haul to double up with his half-ton earlier in the day.

No Afghan batsmen put up a fight other than Zadran (23 off 23) and Shinwari (49 off 53), but it was left too late as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were never really in the chase.




Saifuddin back in the attack and Shinwari survives two yorkers.

Shinwari them just bludgeons the ball down the ground and beats a diving Shakib to the boundary. 

Shinwari then goes after the ball, skies it, the ball falls in no man's land. He gets a single. 200 up for Afghanistan.

Mujeeb then plays a dot before Mujeeb is bowled all ends up, out for a duck and that is the end of the Afghanistan innings as they fold up for 200. 



Mujeeb is the last man in and is in all sorts of trouble against the Fizz. Two dots to end the over as a wicket and 1 run comes in the over.


Mustafizur continues and Shinwari starts with a single to the leg side.

Dawlat then plays two dots before getting a slight outside edge. A second wicket for Mustafizur, who's cutter comes to the fore again. Dawlat out for a duck.



Shakib continues on to bowl his final over and the batsmen start the over for a couple.

After a couple of dots Shinwari gets a single. Dawlat then plays out 2 dots. Shakib ends his spell with figures of 5 for 29.
22:31   Rashid out for 2


Afg 191-8 (44 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Dawlat is the new man in and he plays and misses! 

Dawlat plays out three dots and 2 runs and a wicket come in the over.



Mustafizur back in the attack and after singles off the first two balls, Rashid foxed by the cutter, he tries to pull but it lands straight in the hands of Mortaza at mid-wicket and he is out for 2.


Rashid Khan is the new man in and gets off the mark with a single. 

Dot to end the over as 5 runs and a wicket come off it.

5-wicket-haul for Shakib. He is only the 2nd player ever, after Yuvraj Singh, to get a 5-wicket haul and a fifty in the same match at a World Cup.


Shakib continues and the batsmen are just milking the bowling here going for the singles and twos. 

Just when it looked like they were taking it close, Shakib foxes Zadran with a wide one, Zadran comes down the track, can't connect, Mushfiqur does the rest as he knocks off the bails. Five wickets for Shakib.

He is out for 23 off 23.

22:18   Runs coming quickly now




Afg 184-6 (42 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard



Saifuddin continues and Zadran gets a single to long-on.

Shinwari then just plays the ball to the leg side and hare down the pitch for a single.

Zadran then plays the ball to mid-wicket and they get a couple.

Zadran plays the ball to short third man to get the 50-run partnership.

Shinwari then gets a single to the leg side.

Single to end the over as 7 come off it.



Shakib back in the attack and Zadran gets a couple to covers as the batsmen scamper across quickly.

The batsmen then get a single each.

Zadran then gets a single to long-on.

After a dot, Shinwari just gets to the pitch of the ball and slogs it straight over the bowler for a six!
22:10   Zadran, Shinwari keep chipping off the runs



Afg 166-6 (40 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Saifuddin back in the attack and Zadran takes a single to start the over.

The batsmen then scamper for a single after overthrows.

After a dot, Zadran gets a single square of the wicket. 

Saifuddin then bowls a wide down the leg side.

Shinwari then tries to go for the sweep shot and is hit on the pads, half a shout by the bowler, no one cares and the match goes on.

2 runs on the on side to end the over as 6 come off it.


Mutafizur continues and Shinwari cuts the ball through the vacant backward point region for a four.

A dot later, Shinwari fishes at the ball. 

Shinwari then gets a single even as Mushfiqur looks in pain as he got hit on the bounce a ball before.

After another dot, Zadran then scampers for a tight single as Shinwari dives to make it to over as the fielder fails to break the stumps as he attempts a direct hit.

6 runs come in the over.
21:58   Ups the scoring pace


Afg 154-6 (38 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Hasan continues and Shinwari plays the ball to the leg side for a single.

After a dot, Zadran comes down the track and hammers the ball through covers for a four.

Zadran then gets a single before Shanwari scampers for a single.

Dot to end the over as 7 come off it.




Mustafizur continues and Shinwari starts the over with a quick single.

After two dots and a wide, Zadran gets a single to deep third man.

Shinwari then plays the ball off his hips to the leg side for a couple.

A single to end the over as 6 come off it.
21:51   Khil run out for 11



Afg 141-6 (36 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Afghanistan 6 wickets down now.


Zadran is the new man.

After a dot, Asghar plays a sweep to fine leg for a four.

After a single, Zadran comes down the track and hammers the ball down the ground for a four over mid-on.

Dot to end the over as 9 come off it.



Hasan brought back into the attack after the drinks and Afghanistan have lost their sixth wicket as Khil is run-out after a direct hit at the non-strikers' end. Khil fails to extend his bat in time after being sent back by Shinwari. 

Khil out for 11 off 12.


Mustafizur back in the attack and starts over the wicket to Khil, who starts the over with two dots. Those were quick balls!

A wide and a dot later, Khil gets a single to covers.

Shinwari then plays the ball to fine leg for a single.

Khil then plays the ball through slips, to the boundary for a four. 
21:34   Shakib gets his fourth



Afg 125-5 (34 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Mortaza continues and Shinwari gets a single to the on-side.

After a dot, Khil gets a couple to backward square leg.

A dot ball later, Khil gets another couple, this time through the off-side.

A single to end the over as 6 come off it. 



Khil is the new man in and after a dot, gets off the mark with a single.

After a dot, Shinwari gets a single as 2 runs and a wicket come in the over.


Shakib continues and after a dot, Asghar tries to slog sweep against the spin but doesn't get the distance and is caught at deep square leg. Asghar out for 20 and Shakib gets his fourth.


Mortaza brings himself on and gives four in the over -- an extra courtesy overthrows by Shakib.



Shakib continues and Asghar gets a single after sloppy fielding from Shakob off his own bowling.

A single to end the over as 2 come off it. 


21:19   Shakib gets 3 wickets now



Afg 111-4 (30 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard




Saifuddin continues and Asghar starts the over with a couple to long-off

One run comes off a bye next. After a dot, Shinwari gets a single to sweeper cover.

Asghar then gets a single to the leg side.

A dot to end the over as 5 come off it.

Shinwari is the new man in and gets off the mark with a paddle sweet to fine leg for a couple.

He plays out a couple of dots to end the over as 2 wickets and 2 runs come in the over.


Nabi is the new man in and after a first dot, he is bowled. 

The ball comes straight off the arm and goes through the gap between bat and pad as Nabi is out for a duck.


Shakib continues and Gulbadin is out trying to go for the cover-drive, he goes hard at the ball but is caught at short cover by Liton Das.

Big wicket and Gulbadin is out three short of his half-ton.

Saifuddin continues and Gulbadin gets a single to mid-wicket.

After a dot, Asghar then digs out the yorker and he plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.

Gulbadin then plays the ball to the leg side for a single.

Asghar then plays out two dots as 3 come in the over.
 



Shakib continues and a silly point fielder comes in as Asghar takes strike and that fielding position ploy has worked as that's a maiden over. Pressure on the batsmen and he failed to score.
21:02   The batsmen getting singles and twos now



Afg 101-2 (26 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Medium pacer Saifuddin back in the attack and Asghar starts the over with a single.

Next ball, Gulbadin comes down and hits the ball straight into the umpire but the ball goes down to the leg side and he gets a single.

After two dots, Asghar gets a single to mid-wicket.

Saifuddin then bowls a full toss on the leg side, Gulbadin misses out and a dot to end the over as 3 come off it. The 100 comes up in the over.


At the half-way stage here, Bangladesh look in control.




Shakib back in the attack and after two dots, Gulbadin gets a single to long-off.

Asghar then plays a couple of dots before stealing a quick single off the last ball of the over.

Just two come in the over.
20:54   Afghans up the ante now



Afg 96-2 (24 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard



Hasan continues and Gulbadin starts with a single.

Asghar then plays a cute shot, sweeps it nicely behind the keeper for a couple.

After a dot, Asghar gets to the pitch of the ball and slogs sweeps it through square leg for a four.

The batsmen then take a single each off the next two balls. 

Gulbadin brings up his 1000 ODI runs. 

9 come in the over.


Mosaddek continues and after a dot, Asghar sweeps the ball for a single to the leg side.

Gulbaden then comes down the track and smashes it over the off-side for a four.

Gulbadin then takes a single before Asghar plays out two dots to end the over as 6 come off it. 

20:47   Mosaddek gets the wicket



Afg 79-2 (21 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Hasan continues as only two come in the over as Asghar gets off the mark with a single.


Asghar is the new man in and plays out a dot. 

Two runs and a wicket come in the over.

Mosaddek continues and after two dots, Shahidi finally gets a single to the leg side.

Gulbadin then drives the ball to the off-side and scampers for a single.

Mosaddek then bowls a quicker one, nice flight, turn and bounce, Shahidi tries to go after it, misses it completely and is nicely stumped by Mushfiqur. Third umpire called in and that is out! Shahidi out for 11 off 31 as Afghanistan lose their 2nd.
20:39   Bangladesh keep it tight




Afg 77-1 (20 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Hasan continues and the batsmen take singles off the first four balls in the over before Gulbadin plays out two dots as 4 come off the over.



Mosaddek continues and Gulbadin starts the over with a single.

Shahidi is troubled by the spinner and the packed close-in field as he plays out 5 dots. Just the one comes in the over. 


Hasan continues and Gulbadin plays the ball down the ground for a single.


After a dot, Shahidi sweeps the ball to backward square and a slight misfield allows them to take 3.

After a dot, Gulbadin gets a couple to Gulbadin.

A single to end the over as 7 come off it.



Bamgladesh spinners doing well to keep the runs down to a minimum.




Mosaddek continues and he gives just three runs in the over.
20:31   Afghanistan struggle to get big runs in




Afg 60-1 (16 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Gulbadin down with cramps and the umpires have called drinks.


Hasan continues and after three dots, Shahidi sweeps the ball fine for a single. 

After a dot, Gulbadin plays the ball to square leg for a single as 2 come off it.




Right-arm off-break bowler, Mosaddek comes into the attack and after 5 dots, Gulbadin comes down the track and plays him over the off-side field for a four.

20:19   Four runs come in last 2 overs


Afg 54-1 (14 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Hasan continues and after a dot, Gulbadin gets a single down the ground.

Shahidi then plays the ball to mid-wicket and runs for the single to get off the mark.

After a dot, Gulbadin gets a single to mid-off.

What a ball, quicker delivery that turned on pitching, leaving the batsman clueless.

3 come off the over.



Shakib continues and after a dot, Gulbadin gets a single to third man.

Shakib keeping Shahidi in shackles here as he is unable to get off the mark.

Just the single comes in the over.
20:11   Shakib strikes!



Afg 50-1 (12 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard



Spin from both ends as Hasan comes into the attack. After two dots, Gulbadin gets a single to cover. 50 comes up for Afghanistan.

Hasan comes around the wicket to Shahidi. Shahidi sees off the over with three dots as one run comes off it.




Shahidi is the new man in and a dot to end the over as one run and a wicket comes off it.


Left-arm spinner Shakib brought into the attack and starts around the wicket and Gulbadin starts with a single to mid-off.

Afer three dots, Rahmat mistimes the pull, Tamim back-paddles to complete the catch at mid-on.

He is out for 24. That man Shakib at it again as he gets the first breakthrough in his first over itself.
20:03   B'desh bowlers straying in line



Afg 48-0 (10 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Saifuddin continues and Gulbadin gets a couple to square leg.

After a dot, Gulbadin plays and misses as he fishes at the wide ball.

Gulbadin then defends before flicking the ball to mid-wicket for a single.

Dot to end the over as 3 comes off it.


Mortaza continues and he bowls it straight and Rahmat plays it off his hip for a four.

Mortaza comes back with a peach! Rahmat beaten.

Rahmat then plays the ball down to third man for a single.

Gulbadin then loft the ball over mid-on and gets three for it. 

Rahmat then times the ball through cover-point for a four. 

Dot to end the over as 12 come off it.
19:55   Gulbadin-Rahmat showing intent



Afg 33-0 (8 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Saifuddin comes into the attack now and he starts with a dot to Gulbadin.

He then bowls a little straight, Gulbadin plays it to backward square leg for a single.

Rahmat them gets a single to mid-wicket.

Gulbadin plays out three dots as 2 come in the over.



Mortaza continues and after a dot, Rahmat plays the ball over short mid-wicket for a couple.

After a dot, Rahmat comes down the track, it goes in the air but falls in no man's land. Another couple for the batsmen.

Two dots to end the over as 4 come in the over.
19:47   Batsmen looking steady


Afg 27-0 (6 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Mustafiur continues and he bowls a peach that goes across the right-hander, just past the edge of Gulbadin's bat.

Gulbadin then gets a single to the off side.

Mustafizur again rolls his fingers over the ball and makes Rahmat drive, the batsman swings and misses.

Rahmat then gets a single to third man.

After a dot,  Gulbadin swings his arms and plays the ball down the ground, through long-off for a four.

6 come off the over. 


Mortaza continues and after a dot, Gulbadin gets a single over square leg..

Rahmat does well to just defend and play out the next four balls as 1 comes in the over.  


Mustafizur continues and starts with a leg side ball, the ball hits Gulbadin on the thigh pad and goes to the leg side. The batsmen get a single off a leg bye.

After four dots, it's a short one and Rahmat pulls it nicely to square leg for a four as 5 come in the over.  
19:35   Need 263 for win



Afg 15-0 (3 ovs) vs B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) | Scorecard


Mortaza continues and starts the over with a wide down the leg side, as the batsmen scamper for a single.

Cross seamed ball next and Gulbadin plays the ball down and runs a single.

Rahmat then gets an inside edge down to fine leg and runs a single.

After a dot, Gulbadin whips the ball to mid-wicker for a single.

Nice ball next, slower ball and Rahmat gets the inside edge but doesn't reach the keeper. Dot ball that.

Rahmat then plays a lovely backfoot drive down the ground for a couple as 7 come off the over.



Left-arm bowler Mustafizur into the attack at the other end. He starts with four dots as Gulbadin plays him watchfully after the lbw shout in the first ball in the over. 

Mustafizur then bowls one wide down the leg side as the ball races down for 4 leg byes.

A nice backfoot defence to end the over as 4 come off it. 

Gulbadin and Rahmat open the batting for Afghanistan, while Mortaza opens the bowling for Bangladesh and he starts with a length ball that Gulbadin defends.

A single off a leg-bye to open the innings.

After a dot, Rahmat gets a couple to mid-wicket to get off the mark.

Mortaza then bowls a wide to the leg side.

Rahmat plays out two dot balls to end the over as 4 come off it. 


19:01   Mosaddek props Bangladesh total



B'desh 262-7 (50 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard




Riding on fifties by Mushfiqur Rahim (83) and Shakib Al Hasan (51), Bangladesh have scored a strong total of 262 for 7 against Aghanistan.

Afghanistan were done in by some poor fielding right through the Bangladesh innings even as the opposition kept milking the runs. 

Special mention must go out to Mahmudullah who batted and battled along with a strapped calf, managing to make 27 off 38.

Mosaddek propped the score at the backend with a quickfire 35 off 24 balls. 

Mujeeb Ur Rahman was once again the pick of the bowlers for Afghanistan with figures of 3 for 39 in his 10 overs.


Gulbadin back in the attack and Mosaddek gets a single to mid-off to start the over.

Gulbadin comes around the wicket to Saifuddin who gets a leading edge as the ball flies to Dawlat at short fine and he spills a simple catch.

Next ball, Mosaddek drives the ball beautifully through covers for a four.

He then gets a single to third man before Saifuddin slams the slower ball to long-off for a single.

Mosaddek is bowled by Gulbadin off the last ball of the innings as 8 runs and a wicket come in the over. Bangladesh finish at 262 for 7.


Saifuddin is the new man in but the batsmen had crossed.

Mosaddek then pulls the ball to fine leg for a quick single.

After a dot, Mosaddek  gets a single to long-off as 8 come in the over.




Dawlat continues, starts with a low full-toss and Mosaddek plays the ball through covers for a four.

After a single, Mushfiqur gets ambitious, goes for the big shot, mistimes and Nabi completes a good catch. Mushfiqur out for 83 off 87.

 
18:40   Rashid hammered



B'desh 246-5 (48 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Rashid continues and Mushfiqur reverse sweeps the ball over a diving short-third man fielder as the ball races to the boundary.

Mushfiqur then gets a single before Mosaddek plays an inside-out shot, goes with the spin and plays it over covers for a four.

Two dots later, Mosaddek gets a single to mid-wicket as 10 come in the over.


Dawlat back in the attack, loosener and Mosaddek smashes the ball over mid-wicket to start the over with a four.

Dawlat comes back nicely with a yorker off the next ball.

The bowler then drags one down leg side to concede a wide. 

Mosaddek then just smashes the ball down the ground through long-off for a 3 Nabi does well to cut the single and stop the ball inside the boundary.

After two dots, including a deceptive slower one, Mushfiqur gets the bottom edge onto his pads and he scampers for a single. He will keep the strike as 9 runs come in the over.


Rashid continues and the Bangladesh batsmen are getting the singles and twos with ease, although the fours and sixes are not yet out of their bag.

7 come off that over.


18:28   Mahamdullah out for 27



B'desh 220-5 (45 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Mujeeb back in the attack and after a dot, Mushfiqur gets a couple to short third man. 

Mushfiqur then cuts the next two balls to covers for a couple each.

Mushmiqur then gets a single.

Mosaddek then plays the ball to short fine as 8 come off the over.

Mujeeb's spell comes to an end and he has impressed again with figures of 3 for 39.




Rashid back in the attack as Mosaddek is the new man in.

Mushfiqur gets a single off the first ball to the leg side.

Mosaddek then gets off the mark with 3 after another fielding howler, this time Nabi dives over the ball.

After a dot, Mushfiqur gets a single.

Two dots, including an LBW appeal, to end the over as 5 runs come off it.


Gulbadin continues and the batsmen do well to cream the bowler for 4 singles in the over. 

After a dot, slower ball, Mahmudullah goes down the track but hits it straight to the man at mid-wicket. He has played a nice innings of 27 despite the injury. Well done!
18:14   Mahmudullah-Mushfiqur up the ante



B'desh 203-4 (42 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Nabi continues and after 3 dots, Mahmudullah plays the ball through covers to beat the fielder for a couple and bring up the 50-run partnership.

Mahmudullah then hobbles for a single.

Dot to end the over as 3 come off it.


Gulbadin back in the attack and Mahmudullah plays a deft shot past point for a four.

After two dots, Mahmudullah pulls the ball to fine leg for a single.

Short ball and Mushfiqur pulls it to backward square leg for a couple as Mujeeb and Rashid do a good job at the boundary.

Dot to end the over as 7 come off it.




Nabi back in the attack and 7 runs including a four come in the over.


Rashid back in the attack and Mahmudullah starts the over with a single.

Some atrocious fielding from Afghanistan allows the batsmen 3 runs after Mushfiqur sweeps the ball to mid-wicket.

After a dot, Mahmudullah gets a single behind point.

A dot later, Mushfiqur sweeps the ball fine and it races past the short fine fielder for a four.

9 come off the over.
17:58   First six for the batter


B'desh 177-4 (38 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Mujeeb back in the attack and the batsmen cream the bowler for 5 runs including a wide in the over.


Dawlat continues and after a dot, Mushfiqur comes down the track and smacks the ball over the bowler's head to bring up his 50 with the first six of the match.

The batsmen then take a single each before the ball gets big on the batsman as he tries to work it down to third man. No run.

Mushfiqur plays the ball to covers and scampers for a single as 9 come off the over.
17:51   Bangladesh runs down


B'desh 163-4 (36 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Rashid continues and Mahmudullah starts with a dot. Short ball and he then cuts it square of the wicket for a single.

Mushfiqur then cuts the ball to backward point, the fielder misfields and the batsmen get a single.

Three dots to end the over as 2 come off it.


Dawlat back in the attack and Mushfiqur starts the over with a single to square leg.

Mahmudullah then gets a single thanks to overthrows to fine leg.

After two dots, Mushfiqur plays the ball down to third man for a single. 

Short ball next and Mahmudullah pulls it to mid-wicket for a single as 4 come off it. 




17:43   Pulls his calf




B'desh 157-4 (34 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Rashid Khan comes back into the attack after drinks.

He starts with a  dot, Mahmudullah then gets a single to the off side.

Mushfiqur then drives the ball to covers for a single.

A dot later, Mahmudullah gets a single to mid-wicket. Mushfiqur wants the second but is sent back. Mahmudullah seems to have pulled a muscle here as the medical staff comes on to the field to check on him.

There is a break in the match here as Mahmudullah has his calf bandaged by the medic. Play resumes but there is no runner out for the batsman.

Mushfiqur then plays the shortish ball to the leg side and runs a single as Mahmudullah gingerly runs to complete the single. 4 come in the over.



Mahmudullah is the new man in as Gulbadin continues.

After a dot, Mushfiqur gets a single to third man.

Gulbadin then bowls one in that corridor, Mahmudullah plays and misses.

Next ball, Mahmudullah plays the ball down to third man for a single.

Mushfiqur plays out two dots as just 2 come in the over. 
17:26   Sarkar out LBW


B'desh 151-4 (32 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Mujeeb continues and Mushfiqur plays two dots before pulling the ball over mid-wicket for a couple.

He then gets a single to long on.

After a dot, a superb googly, Mujeeb has Sarkar trapped before the wicket. The big appeal comes in, the umpire raises the finger. Sarkar takes the review. 

The review says umpire's call and Sarkar is out for 3. That is the third wicker for Mujeeb. 3 runs and a wicket come in the over. 



Gulbadin continues and Mushfiqur starts the over with a single to the leg side.

After 2 dots, Sarkar plays the ball to mid-wicker and scampers for a single as he survives a run-out -- a direct hit. Thankfully he grounds his bat in time and gets off the mark with a single.

Mushfiqur then drives the ball through cover for a single.

Sarkar then plays the ball down to third man for a couple as 5 come off it.



17:15   Mujeeb picks up his 2nd wicket



B'desh 143-3 (30 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Soumya Sarkar is the new man in and he plays out the over without scoring as a single and a wicket comes in the over.



Mujeeb back in the attack and Mushfiqur starts the over with a single to backward square leg.

Mujeeb comes around the wicket, and the ball comes into Shakib and hits straight on the pads, flush in front of the stumps, big appeal, umpire raises the finger. Shakib doesn't bother to take the DRS and walks back for 51. 


Gulbadin continues and after a dot, he bowls a slower one, Mushfiqur gest the inside edge to the leg side for a single.

Shakib then gets a single to mid-wicket.

After a dot, slower ball and Mushfiqur plays it to backward square for a single.

Dot to end the over as 3 come in the over.
17:04   3rd 50 for him in this World Cup



B'desh 139-2 (28 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard



Nabi continues and he is bowling tight. Bangladesh finally get a single after 9 dots.

Shakib gets to his third fifty in this World Cup with an inside edge off his pads to the leg side.

Mushfiqur ends the over with a single as 3 come off it.


Gulbadin continues as Shakib is one run away from another half-century. 

The batsman is made sweat for it here as the bowler bowls a maiden.


Nabi back in the attack and starts with a beauty as the batsman gets the inside edge and the ball goes under the keeper's gloves and Mushfiqur gets a couple. 

He then gets a single to mid-wicket.

After a dot, Shakib gets a single to cover.

Mushfiqur then plays out two dots as 4 come in the over.


Gulbadin back in the attack and Shakib starts with a couple to third man.

After a dot, Shakib drives the ball on the up to long-on for another couple.

Full delivery and the batsman plays the ball for a couple to square leg.

The batsmen take a single off the next two balls to bring up the 50-run partnership.
16:50   Runs coming at will



B'desh 124-2 (24 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Leggie Rahmat comes into the attack now and starts with a loosener, and  Shakib cuts it to point for a single.

After a dot, Mushfiqur pulls the short one square on the leg side for a single.

Shakib then cuts the ball square of the wicket on the off side for a single.

After a dot, Rahmat bowls a fuller one and Mushfiqur gets to the pitch of it and sweeps it to the cow corner for a four.

7 come off the over.


Dawlat continues and again the runs are just flowing from the bats of Shakib and Mushfiqur.

Luck also in their favour as a top edge goes flying over the keeper and Mushfiqur gets four.

He then cuts the ball down behind to third man for a couple as 10 come off the over.
16:41   Shakib-Mushfiqur cream bowling



B'desh 107-2 (22 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard



Rashid continues and the runs are flowing in singles and twos for the Bangla batters. Afghanistan are doing themselves no favours as they misfield at will. 


Dawlat continues and Shakib gets a couple thanks to some sloppy fielder -- overthrows thanks to Mujeeb.

Shakib then plays it fine for a single.

Mushfiqur then pulls the ball down to mid-wicket for a couple.

Mushfiqur is then squared  up, gets the leading edge but it falls to vacant space and runs to third man for a single.

After a wide, Shakib plays a dot before he gets a single to end the over as 8 come off it. 
16:33   Shakib set for another big one



B'desh 95-2 (20 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard



Rashid continues and Mushfiqur gets a single to long-off.

Shakib then plays the ball down to mid-wicket for a single.

Mushfiqur then does well to play the ball to third man past a diving first slip fielder for a couple.

He then gets a single to the off-side.

After a dot, Shakib gets a single to deep square leg to end the over as 6 come in the over.



Medium pacer Dawlat brought back in the over as after a single to Mushfiqur, Shakib plays three dots before Dawlat bowls a bouncer and wide called.

Shakib then plays the ball jut past first slip to third man and Asghar does well at the boundary to keep it down to 2. 4 come in the over.
16:19   Nabi gets the breakthrough


B'desh 85-2 (18 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Mushfiqur is the new man in.


Rashid continues and hits Shakib on the pads, in line, big appeal and umpire raises his finger. Shakib takes the review and that is a good one as the review shows that the ball would have gone over the stumps and Shakib survives.

After a dot, Shakib gets a single to square leg.

Mushfiqur plays out three dots before getting off the mark with a single.



Nabi back in the attack and the batsmen start the overs with a couple of singles.

Short and wide and Tamim just pulls it past the vacant mid-wicket region for a four.

Nabi then brings in the ball that turns in and clips a clueless Tamim's off-stump bail.

Tamim out for 36 off 53 balls.



Leggie Rashid comes into the attack and Shakib starts with a single to the leg side.

Tamim then plays two defensive strokes before being beaten by the wrong-un as it just beats his bat.

A dot later, Tamim gets a single to mid-wicket as two come in the over.
16:07   B'desh batting solid



B'desh 74-1 (15 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Nabi continues and he gives just one in the over.

Gulbadin comes around the wicket and the cutter is dispatched by Tamim, who comes down the wicket and plays it to long-on for a four.

Tamim then gets a single to short third man.

Shakib then swivels and pulls the ball to the leg side for a single.

Tamim then plays the ball to third man before Shakib flicks the ball to square leg for a single.

Shakib then brings up the fifty partnership with an exquisite pull to the vacant mid-wicket region for a four as 12 come in the over.




Nabi comes around the wicket and starts with a wide and after two dots, Shakib drives the ball to long-off for a single.

Tamim then gets a single to mid-wicket.

Shakib then cuts the ball, that is close to his body, past backward point for a couple.

Dot to end the over as 5 come off it.
15:57   Singles and twos coming with ease



B'desh 56-1 (12 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Gulbadin brings himself in and he starts with a straightish ball and Shakib plays it to fine leg for a couple.

Next ball is short, Shakib tries to play it to the leg side, but he gets the leading edge and the ball falls safe square on the off side. He gets a single.

Tamim then gets a single to deep mid-wicket.

Shakib then plays the ball down to fine leg and scampers for a couple. 

Tamim then gets a single to the leg side. 

A dot to end the over as 7 come off it.




Mujeeb continues and Shakib starts with a nicely-timed shot to mid-off.

Tamim then flicks the ball to mid-wicket and runs a couple.

The batsmen then run a single each before Shakib ends the over with a dot, with a forward defence. 5 come in the over. 
15:49   Just 44 come in the first Powerplay



B'desh 44-1 (10 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Nabi continues and Shakib gets a single to start the over.

Nabi comes around the wicket to Tamim and after a dot, he gets a single after a misfield on the leg side.

Short ball next and it's cut fiercely through backward point for a four.

After a single, Tamim gets a couple thanks to some sloppy fielding as 9 come in the over.


Mujeeb continues and he mixes the length and just one comes in the over -- off a wide. 
15:44   Boundaries have dried up



B'desh 34-1 (8 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Afghanistan have done well to pull things back after Bangladesh got off to a flyer.

Debate still on about that catch but the Afghans have a wicket nonetheless.


Nabi continues and again the batsmen just pick up singles in the over.




Mujeeb continues and Tamim gets a single to start the over.

After a dot, Shakib takes a sharp single.

Tamim gets a single to mid-wicket as Shakib plays out two dots to end the over. 3 come off it.


Offie Nabi comes into the attack and the batsmen take 3 singles in the over.


15:36   Das out for 16 off 17


B'desh 25-1 (5 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard


Shakib is the new man in and gets off the mark with a single to long-on. 

After two dots, Tamim takes a single to end the over as 2 runs and a wicket comes in the over.

Mujeeb continues and Das starts with a dot.

Next ball, it's the big wicket. Fuller ball, Das drives, the ball is in the air and dipping on the fielder but Shahidi takes a good catch at covers. Umpires go up, soft signal is out. After several replays, he gives it out.


Dawlat continues, over-pitched and Das plays the ball through mid-wicket for a nicely timed 3 to start the over.

Dawlat then comes back with a good length delivery.

Dawlat does  well to keep the length good and after 2 dots, another full ball and Tamim drives the ball in the air just wide of the fielder on the off side as the ball races to the boundary. 

A dot to end the over as 7 come off it.



Mujeeb continues and after two dots, Das gets a single to long-on.

After a dot, Tamim plays a single to square leg. 

Das hits a single to long-on to end the over with a single as 3 come off it.
15:19   Das gets two boundaries already



B'desh 13-0 (2 ovs) vs Afg | Scorecard



Medium pacer Dawlat bowls from the other end and starts with a nice ball in that corridor as Das lets it go to the keeper.

The next ball comes into the batsman and it is blocked.

Das then just goes on his toes and sweetly times it through point for a four as the ball beats a diving Mujeeb on the boundary.

After a dot, Das gets a single to third man as 5 come off the over.


Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal to open the batting for Bangladesh, while opens Mujeeb Ur Rahman opens the bowling for Afghanistan.

Das starts the proceedings and opens his account with a single to long-on.

Next ball is a wide down the leg side and the batsmen run a single.

Das then cuts the ball and Rahmat misfields at point and the ball races to the boundary.

After a dot, Das gets a single before Tamim plays out two dot balls as 8 come off the over.
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14:57   Both teams have 2 changes each



Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh at Southampton on Monday.

The toss was delayed by ten minutes and the Afghans would like to make the most of the overcast conditions. 

Eager to keep their semi-final hopes alive, a desperate Bangladesh will have their work cut out against a spirited Afghanistan, who gave India a big scare on Saturday.

England's defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka on Friday breathed air into Bangladesh's hopes of securing a semi-final berth and the 'Tigers' will be keen on making the most of the situation starting with a win over the bottom-placed Afghanistan.

The Mashrafe Mortaza-led side, which is currently placed at sixth spot with five points, has batted pretty well so far in the tournament.

The promotion of Shakib Al Hasan up the order has been one of the highlights of the World Cup. The all-rounder is just 22 runs behind Australia's David Warner, who is the tournament top scorer.

The bowling, however, is their undoing, as Bangladesh have conceded scores in excess of 320 in each of their last three completed games and the bowlers will have to step up to make life easier for their batsmen.

On the other hand, Afghanistan, still in search of victory in the tournament, will be drawing a lot of positives from their previous game against India.


Playing XI

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (c), Samiullah Shinwari, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil(w), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Liton Das, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman

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