Summary

  • Bangladesh won by 105 runs

  • Afghanistan 162 all out (42.5 overs)

  • Bangladesh 267 (50 overs) after winning toss

  • Pool A match in Canberra

  1. Postpublished at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Neil Manthorp
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Mahmudullah with the catch. It was low, I think it squirmed out of his fingers at first grab, but then he managed to hold on with a bit of a roll. That's real trouble now for Afghanistan."

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  2. WICKETpublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    And another one falls - Asghar Stanikzai, tantalised by a good over of line and length from Mortaza, hangs his bat out at the last ball and edges to first slip, who grabs it at the second or third attempt. Afghanistan are reeling at 3-3, or as they say in Australia...

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    Mashrafe Mortaza celebrates the wicket of StanikzaiImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Neil Manthorp
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Afghanistan do bat deep. They all fancy their chances with the bat and even numbers eight, nine and 10 can play a decent hand."

  4. Afg 3-2 (target 268)published at 07:57 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Bangladesh post three slips for Ashar Stanikzai, and he manages to guide his first ball between the keeper and first slip for a single. That brings former captain Nawroz Mangal - who came in at the fall of the first wicket but hadn't faced yet - on strike, and he sees off the over.

  5. Postpublished at 07:57 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Neil Manthorp
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Consultation there when he was on his way and the non-striker called him back and said let's think about using the review. It's the first time Afghanistan have played in a game using the review system. But, then it looked like Zazai said I think it was hitting, so he made the decision himself and decided not to use up the referral."

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  6. WICKETpublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Now Rubel Hossain has a wicket first ball - slinging the ball in and getting it to cut back at Afsar Zazai, he's hit on the knee-roll and umpire Davis is quick to lift the finger. Afghanistan are 2-2 - or as the Aussie commentators would say it, 2-2. The ball-tracker shows the ball just clipping the top of off stump - it would have been an "umpire's call" had Afsar reviewed it, so he'd have lost the review.

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    Rubel dismisses ZazaiImage source, AP
  7. Postpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Neil Manthorp
    BBC Test Match Special

    "It was a leading edge. He was trying to play it away on the on side, closed the face of the bat too soon and popped the ball in the air."

  8. WICKETpublished at 07:50 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza strikes in the first over as Javed Ahmadi tries to work him to leg and pops a leading edge into the air for the grateful bowler to catch. He and fellow right-hander Afsar Zazai both looked a bit nervy about getting off the mark - understandable in their first World Cup innings.

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    Mashrafe Mortaza takes Bangladesh's first wicketImage source, AP
  9. Postpublished at 07:49 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Neil Manthorp
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Like many teams, the Afghan batting order has been built around staggering the stroke players and those who compile an innings. Javed Ahmadi is more the stroke maker and Afsar Zazai more an accumulator. But Afghanistan's problem in the past has been too many shots too often."

  10. Javed Ahmadi - the Afghan Glenn Maxwell?published at 07:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Afghanistan coach Andy Moles places great faith in Javed Ahmadi, likening the 23-year-old opening batsman and occasional off-spinner to Australia's Glenn Maxwell.

    Ahmadi, who grew up in a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, moved to Afghanistan as a 15-year-old and has played in 17 ODIs since his debut in 2010.

    "He opens the batting, he is very positive, hits the ball and wants to take the game to the opposition, bowls good off-spinners and is a good fielder, so he's always in the game," Moles said.

    "He's probably a bit like Maxwell to a certain degree - he bowls off-spin and gives it a whack, and he always plays with a smile on his face. He's a good character."

  11. Postpublished at 07:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    If you're only halfway through your breakfast, get ready - Afghanistan are about to begin their innings. Javed Ahmadi and Afsar Zazai are their opening pair, and Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza gives himself the first over.

  12. Postpublished at 07:46 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    England captain Eoin Morgan on TMS, on James Taylor's best position in the batting line-up:

    "He has batted at three a lot for us this tour, and in Sri Lanka, but I still don't think it is his best position. I think five or six is his best position. He will stay there - to have someone who scores the volume of runs at the rate he does is very valuable in the middle order."

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  13. Postpublished at 07:42 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    England captain Eoin Morgan on TMS, on not captaining England against Ireland in May when he will be playing in the Indian Premier League:

    "The chairman of selectors and the director of cricket have allowed the guys who have got picked up in the IPL, or went into the auction, to miss that Ireland game in order to expose themselves to opportunities in the IPL and learn more about their game."

  14. Postpublished at 07:36 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Canberra

    "An innings of three halves, if you will. Afghanistan started and finished well, only slightly losing their way in mid-innings when Shakib and Mushfiqur rebuilt, then accelerated. On a slow pitch that 268 is within reach, but Afghanistan will have to bat very well to mark their World Cup debut with a win."

  15. Postpublished at 07:30 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    England captain Eoin Morgan on TMS, on his recent run of poor form:

    "I don't understand it. I've done the same things that I've been doing since the start of the tour and I started the tour with a hundred. That's only five games ago."

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  16. Live nowpublished at 07:25 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    Plenty to listen to on TMS during the interval - you can hear from England captain Eoin Morgan who's spoken to BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew following their arrival in Wellington.

    They'll also be hearing from Sarah Taylor from the England women's team, Notts stalwart Paul Franks who's now part of the UAE coaching staff, and Afghanistan coach Andy Moles who's spoken to our man Stephan Shemilt about life with Afghanistan, this exciting newcomer on the world stage.

  17. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Shohidur Rahman: Worried that 268 isn't going be enough to beat Afghanistan.

  18. Postpublished at 07:22 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    So, a good comeback by Afghanistan at the end there - Bangladesh's innings was built around that one partnership from Shakib and Mushfiaur.

    A look at the bowling figures still leaves a slight curiosity or two - in that Mirwais Ashraf, who took 2-32 from nine, wasn't recalled for his final over, and that Shapoor Zadran only bowled seven overs, despite taking 2-20.

  19. End of innings scorecardpublished at 07:20 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Bangladesh 267 (50 overs) after winning toss

    Batsman: Rubel Hossain 0*

    Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Tamim 19), 2-52 (Anamul 29), 3-102 (Soumya 28), 4-119 (Mahmudullah 23), 5-233 (Shakib 63), 6-241 (Sabbir 3), 7-247 (Mushfiqur 71), 8-263 (Mominul 3) 9-263 (Mashrafe 14), 10-267 (Taskin 1)

    Bowling figures: Hamid Hassan 10-0-61-2, Shapoor Zadran 7-1-20-2, Aftab Alam 9-0-55-2, Mirwais Ashraf 9-3-32-2, Mohammad Nabi 9-0-58-1, Javed Ahmadi 4.5-0-32-0, Samiullah Shenwari 1.1-0-2-0

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  20. Postpublished at 07:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "This is exactly what Afghanistan would have wanted, it will be a huge boost to them to bowl a team out."

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