Nannes wrecks Bangladesh hopes
Fast bowler Dirk Nannes took four wickets as Australia beat
Bangladesh by 27 runs here at the Kensington Oval here on Wednesday to
advance into the second round of the World Twenty20.
Bangladesh, who needed to win this match convincingly to knock either
Group A rivals Australia or Pakistan out on superior run-rate, reduced
Australia to 65 for six inside 13 overs after Aussie captain Michael
Clarke won the toss.
But man-of-the-match Michael Hussey held firm with an unbeaten 47 and
was well-supported in a seventh-wicket stand of 74 in seven overs by
Steven Smith (27) as Australia finished on 141 for seven.
And on a pitch full of pace and bounce, Bangladesh - who’ve often
struggled against fast bowling - collapsed to 15 for four inside overs
as they failed to cope with Nannes and fellow quick Shaun Tait. Left-armer
Nannes finished with figures of four for 18 - an Australian Twenty20
international record as Bangladesh were bowled out for 114 with eight
balls to spare.
“It’s a very satisfying win,” said Clarke. “Our top order didn’t
perform as well as we would have liked today (Wednesday) but to scrape
our way to 140, ‘Huss’ played a wonderful innings as he always seems to
do when we are under pressure and young Steven Smith batted really
well.” Barbados, AFP
AUSTRALIA
D. Warner c Ahmed b Shakib 16
S. Watson c Ahmed b Mortaza 4
M. Clarke c Jahurul b Ashraful 16
B. Haddin c Shafiul b Razzak 6
D. Hussey c Rahim b Mortaza 9
C. White b Shakib 8
M. Hussey not out 47
S. Smith run out (Rahim) 27
R. Harris not out 2
EXTRAS (b1, lb1, w4) 6
TOTAL (7 wkts, 20 overs) 141
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Watson), 2-21 (Warner), 3-37 (Haddin), 4-52 (Clarke),
5-57 (D Hussey), 6-65 (White), 7-139 (Smith)
Bowling: Mortaza 4-0-28-2; Shafiul 4-0-34-0 (2w); Shakib 4-0-24-2;
Razzak 4-0-29-1 (1w); Ashraful 4-0-24-1 (1w);
BANGLADESH
Imrul Kayes c D Hussey b Tait 0
Mohammad Ashraful c Tait b Nannes 0
Aftab Ahmed c Warner b Nannes 1
Shakib Al Hasan c M Hussey b Smith 28
Mahmudullah c M Hussey b Nannes 2
Mushfiqur Rahim c M Hussey b D Hussey 24
Naeem Islam c Smith b D Hussey 7
Jahirul Islam c Clarke b Nannes 18
Shafiul Islam b Smith 16
Mashrafe Mortaza b Harris 6
Abdur Razzak not out 3
EXTRAS (lb4, w5) 9
TOTAL (all out; 18.4 overs) 114
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kayes), 2-4 (Ashraful), 3-13 (Ahmed), 4-15 (Mahmudullah), 5-63 (Shakib),
6-70 (Naeem), 7-81 (Rahim), 8-100 (Shafiul), 9-106 (Jahirul), 10-114 (Mortaza)
Bowling: Tait 4-2-15-1 (4w); Nannes 4-0-18-4; Clarke 1-0-12-0; Harris 3.4-0-28-1;
Smith 4-0-29-2 (1w); D Hussey 2-0-8-2
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