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Jay Perry: Australia’s demolition of Bangladesh has been very impressive. It does bring into sharp focus just how good England were when they brushed the Aussies aside.
Australia's rapid victory boosts net run-rate in their pursuit of semi-final place
Bangladesh 73 all out: Zampa 5-19, Hazlewood 2-8
Bangladesh already eliminated
Amy Lofthouse and Callum Matthews
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Jay Perry: Australia’s demolition of Bangladesh has been very impressive. It does bring into sharp focus just how good England were when they brushed the Aussies aside.
Target 74
Just the 11 from that over.
Massive!
Aaron Finch moves his back leg and absolutely clatters Mustafizur into the back of the stands. Ouch.
Four!
Not timed from Aaron Finch, chasing a wide ball, but he's such a strong man that it goes fizzing away through cover and into the boundary rope.
Here's Mustafizur.
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
Australia will probably knock these off in six or seven overs.
Target 74
A thick outside edge gets Aaron Finch off the mark, and he benefits from a dreadful bit of backing up to steal an overthrow.
Finch is still determined to hit everything out of the ground but ends up shovelling it away for a single in rather ungainly fashion.
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special
I think we can be fairly certain Australia will go hard at this target; they need to sort out their net run-rate. South Africa's is currently much better and it could come down that for a place in the semi-final.
A single brings Aaron Finch on strike, with the Australia captain having a massive hoo-ha at his first two deliveries.
Target 74
Plonked into the covers by David Warner, and we're off.
Taskin Ahmed will open the bowling for Bangladesh.
Here we go...
After an interminable wait, we're going to have a run chase.
David Warner and Aaron Finch have come striding out to the middle.
Stuart Law
Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special
Bangladesh are very comfortable at home. They produce pitches for the way they play. When the big teams travel over there they do everything to get opposition out of their comfort zone. But that doesn't really set their cricket up to play in these tournaments.
Adam Zamapa's 5-19, incidentally, are the best figures by an Australian bowler at a Men's T20 World Cup.
Stuart Law
Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special
The loss to England was the wake-up call Australia needed. They had a couple days off to reflect. A couple of hard days training. They've got to finish it off now and do it in style.
I'll be honest, I can't stop thinking about Adam Zampa's hair.
Stuart Law
Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special
A brilliant effort from Adam Zampa. To take three wickets in a T20 game is big but to take five is outstanding.
Australia's Mitchell Starc, who took 2-21: "We set ourselves out to improve on our last fixture. We started really well and then Adam Zampa taking five wickets is outstanding. To get some swing early is something I try and do. Hopefully that continues for the rest of the tournament."
For net run rate enthusiasts...
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Cheers, Callum.
Well. That was dismal, wasn't it?