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31st over: Bangladesh 91-7 (Nahida 2, Rabeya 4) Garth continues with her spell and is delighted to pick up her first wicket to really expose the tail. Nahida comes to the crease and she is very cautious and defensive, knowing how dangerous these Australian bowlers are. A misfield from Garth from her own bowling helps Nahida get off the mark straight down the ground.

WICKET! Shorna c Litchfield b Garth 6 (Bangladesh 89-7)

Garth drew Shorna in and Shorna went after her, but mistimed the shot to send it pretty much straight up in the air for a pretty regulation catch from Litchfield.

30th over: Bangladesh 89-6 (Shorna 6, Rabeya 4) Two slips in for King now, Australia can sense another wicket coming and they’re keen to finish this game off quickly. She cramps Rabeya up, but then misses her line late in the over and Rabeya sweeps it away for two after King had done so well to build up the pressure.

29th over: Bangladesh 87-6 (Shorna 6, Rabeya 2) Garth gives up a wide early in the over – the extras are the main way the pressure is being released at present. Rabeya manages to get off the mark soon after and then Shorna adds another single. Garth tightens up and Rabeya can’t do more than defend, but manages to find another single next ball with a little flick off her pads.

28th over: Bangladesh 83-6 (Shorna 5, Rabeya 0) King is still going with her spell – she’s so accurate and so efficient. Her overs fly by – quick even compared to other spinners. It doesn’t give the batters a chance to settle, they’re always on their toes, never feeling comfortable. It’s another maiden from King.

27th over: Bangladesh 83-6 (Shorna 5, Rabeya 0) Garth returns to the attack – she was not in top form earlier today when she bowled her first spell, but after some time to consider her line and length in the context of this pitch she’ll hope to have a better second spell. The first ball is good, but on the second, Shorna manages to flick one away off her pads to send it nearly to the boundary at deep midwicket. There’s yet another run out midway through the over and it’s the all-important wicket of the captain Joty. Rabeya comes to the crease, but she’s got a huge task ahead of her to try to turn this game around.

WICKET! Joty run out Healy 5 (Bangladesh 83-6)

Very lazy running from Joty, she didn’t even attempt to ground her bat and Healy whips the bails off as her foot is poised over the crease.

26th over: Bangladesh 81-5 (Shorna 3, Joty 27) King bowls her sixth consecutive over, with more than half the overs of this innings bowled now and Bangladesh well behind the required run rate. A little bit more momentum for Bangladesh this over, managing four runs from it.

25th over: Bangladesh 77-5 (Shorna 0, Joty 26) Perry and King are relentless from both ends, what a nightmare for the Bangladeshi batters with no relief from this bowling onslaught. There’s nearly another run out in a Perry over, but Wareham’s throw is wide of the stumps and Healy can’t collect the ball to finish it off.

24th over: Bangladesh 76-5 (Shorna 0, Joty 25) King keeps on hitting an impeccable line and length and there’s not much Bangladesh can do in the face of this bowling. All their effort is going into defending and they can’t focus on trying to build the run rate. It’s another maiden from King, fantastic bowling from her today.

23rd over: Bangladesh 76-5 (Shorna 0, Joty 25) Perry starts with a short ball and it’s immediately ruled as a wide. She tidies up her length and it’s very frustrating for the batters. And once again, Perry builds this pressure, frustrates the batters into taking a run they shouldn’t and there’s a run out. Perry should get some credit for both of these run outs. Another very good over from her, despite two wides coming from it.

WICKET! Moni run out Mooney 1 (Bangladesh 75-5)

Again the pressure builds and Bangladesh take an ill-advised run. This time it’s Mooney with the direct hit, with only one stump to look at.

22nd over: Bangladesh 74-4 (Moni 1, Joty 25) King is getting really nice flight with the ball and comes very close to getting an edge two balls in a row, drawing Moni in. It’s a maiden from King – very nice bowling from her so far today.

21st over: Bangladesh 74-4 (Moni 1, Joty 25) Perry continues with her strangling line and length. Joty is facing up and eventually she manages to find a single. Moni is still trying to find a way to get off the mark. Eventually she manages it with a little flash outside the off stump and Joty looks for another single from the last, but she can only manage to defend.

20th over: Bangladesh 72-4 (Moni 0, Joty 24) Another over for King and Moni is playing very defensively to her after an early single from Joty. There’s still a lot of bounce in this pitch and it’s not in any way predictable.

19th over: Bangladesh 71-4 (Moni 0, Joty 23) Perry comes into the attack for the first time and gives us a little break from spin. Fahima faces up to her first ball and swings at it outside off stump but doesn’t make contact. The second ball crashes into Fahima’s pads, but the umpire is unmoved by Perry’s appeal. Perry then offers up a low full toss, but Fahima can’t capitalise and just gently plays it back to the bowler. It’s a fairly relentless line and length from Perry and Fahima is looking frustrated at not being able to get off strike – which then leads to the run out at the end of the over. Great pressure from Perry.

WICKET! Fahima run out Litchfield 1 (Bangladesh 71-4)

A terrible mix up sees Fahima well out of her crease and Litchfield picks up a direct hit run out with an excellent throw.

18th over: Bangladesh 71-3 (Fahima 1, Joty 23) King’s second over and she almost immediately picks up the wicket of Sobhana. Fahima gets off the mark straight away, the only run from the over.

WICKET! Sobhana b King 17 (Bangladesh 70-3)

Soon after the break, Sobhana gets down to sweep and King bowls her around her legs. A big breakthrough!

Drinks are on the field now, so a short break in proceedings.

17th over: Bangladesh 70-2 (Sobhana 17, Joty 23) Continuing the spin from both ends, Wareham resumes her spell and Joty gets down low for a nice sweep early, before Sobhana scores her first runs for a while with a beautiful cut shot to the boundary. A good over for Bangladesh after the runs drying up for the previous few.

16th over: Bangladesh 64-2 (Sobhana 12, Joty 22) King comes into the attack for the first time after her excellent contribution with the bat. Her first ball has near perfect length, but clips Joty’s pads for leg byes and the second is a similar length with a slightly straighter line that runs away for byes. It’s a decent first over from King.

15th over: Bangladesh 60-2 (Sobhana 12, Joty 21) Wareham resumes and she’s putting some nice flight on the ball – getting it up above the batters’ eyeline. However, a misfield from King releases some pressure and Joty picks up another boundary after waiting on the ball and guiding it through the field.

14th over: Bangladesh 56-2 (Sobhana 12, Joty 17) Another over for Gardner and the first ball is an obvious leave from Joty, but still it bounces up high and almost evades Healy. It’s so unpredictable out there, even when the bat is nowhere near the ball. There’s a big appeal for what looks like an inside edge late in the over, but the umpire isn’t interested.

13th over: Bangladesh 55-2 (Sobhana 12, Joty 16) It looks like an edge is caught from the first ball of Wareham’s over, but there’s no appeal and it appears to have missed the bat and gloves. That bouncy pitch is making it seem like there are more edges than there really are – and there have been quite a few edges as it stands! Sobhana picks up another boundary and Bangladesh are finding some momentum.

12th over: Bangladesh 51-2 (Sobhana 8, Joty 16) Gardner bowling in her sunnies, channelling Alana King here. Another edge pops up and flies over the keeper – there is so much bounce in this pitch. The commentators suggest the old Under 9s backstop fielding position and it’s honestly not a bad call with the way this pitch is playing…

11th over: Bangladesh 47-2 (Sobhana 8, Joty 12) Wareham comes into the attack for the first time with her legspin. She’s attacking the stumps from the start and she’s finding the edge, but Bangladesh are getting some luck with these edges so far and they’re often flying to the boundary.

10th over: Bangladesh 40-2 (Sobhana 8, Joty 9) Gardner resumes after her successful first over. Second ball of the over, Joty’s eyes light up as Gardner puts one in a little short. Joty pounces and slog sweeps it to the boundary to get off the mark. Next ball there’s a little outside edge, but it just evades Mooney in slips and again flies to the boundary. And then again next ball, she tries some kind of crazy paddle shot, doesn’t quite pull it off, but it doesn’t matter, it’s also off to the boundary, plus a wide given as well. Very expensive over from Gardner.

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9th over: Bangladesh 26-2 (Sobhana 8, Joty 0) Schutt continues – it has been a great spell from her so far, so no surprise Healy wants to see more from her while she’s up and about. The Bangladesh batters can’t do much else but defend their stumps. It’s not until the final ball of the over that they’re able to release some pressure through a leg bye.

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8th over: Bangladesh 24-2 (Sobhana 7, Joty 0) A strange thing about this YouTube feed is that we can’t hear anything from the ground – only the commentary. There’s something eerie about that. Gardner doesn’t mind that we can’t hear her though, she gets a wicket with her second ball and Murshdia, who has been the dominant batter of the pair, is gone. Joty comes to the crease and she looks confident early.

WICKET! Murshida c Mooney b Gardner 10 (Bangladesh 21-2)

Mooney makes no mistake with the catch this time and Gardner has a wicket with her second ball.

7th over: Bangladesh 21-1 (Sobhana 7, Murshida 10) Schutt is bowling very tidily, but would probably have hoped to have at least one more wicket by now. This over is a maiden from her – her tightest yet.

6th over: Bangladesh 21-1 (Sobhana 7, Murshida 10) A good ball from Garth to start this over and Sobhana wisely leaves it. So she bowls another in the same place and Sobhana decides to do the same thing and leave it again. And then again on the third ball. Is this some kind of game of chicken? How many times will we have the same ball replayed? YouTube cuts to a commercial and of course that’s the time that Garth and Sobhana change their dance and Sobhana picks up a boundary. Apparently it was an edge through deep backward point.

5th over: Bangladesh 16-1 (Sobhana 2, Murshida 10) Schutt again and Sobhana will get a few balls to show what she can do after Murshida having the most of the strike so far. She defends a couple of balls back to Schutt before finding space through third for a single. Schutt changes her angle and comes around the wicket to Murshida and she gets her defending – it’s another very tight over from Schutt.

4th over: Bangladesh 15-1 (Sobhana 1, Murshida 10) Garth resumes and her line is much better at the start of this over. But she slightly misses her length midway through the over and Murshida picks up her second boundary with a lovely cover drive. After a nervous start, Bangladesh have settled and both batters are starting to look comfortable at the crease.

3rd over: Bangladesh 10-1 (Sobhana 1, Murshida 6) Schutt continues her spell and Mushida looks more cautious, seeing the swing Schutt is continuing to generate. Another edge from Schutt’s bowling flies straight to Mooney at slip, but she can’t hold it – Schutt will be very disappointed with that drop. After that let off, Murshida gets herself off strike and Sobhana gets her first look at Schutt, safely defending the last ball of the over.

2nd over: Bangladesh 9-1 (Sobhana 1, Murshida 5) Garth with the new ball from the other end and she starts to Sobhana who hasn’t faced a ball yet. Garth beats her with an outswinger first ball and she’s probably happy she didn’t get bat on it because it likely would have flown straight to Healy. Next ball, Sobhana plays one nice and straight and dashes down for a single to get off the mark. Then we get one of the weird quirks of a wicketkeeper captain when Healy runs down to give Garth some pointers. Is it just me who feels ill at ease seeing the wicketkeeper and the bowler standing next to each other? Unfortunately whatever advice Healy had hasn’t done the trick – Garth bowls a wide and next ball Bangladesh pick up their first boundary through Murshida. This hasn’t been a brilliant start for Garth, she’s missed her line on a number of occasions.

1st over: Bangladesh 1-1 (Sobhana 0, Murshida 0) Schutt gets swing right from the start, but she begins with a wide before tightening up her line. Her third ball (the second of the over because of that wide) gets the edge she’s looking for and brings a new batter to the crease. It’s a very good over from Schutt – the wicket and just the one extra from it.

WICKET! Fargana Hoque Pinky c Healy b Schutt 0

Not the start Bangladesh were after, Schutt getting the wicket on just her third ball. The ball catches the edge of the bat and the opener has to go.

All the chat over on Twitter is about Alana King naturally. Sutherland was the anchor at the end, but King’s incredible late hitting in the last over might be the difference. What can she do with the ball? Teams are heading back out on to the field now and it looks like Megan Schutt has the new ball.

Don’t forget that if you’ve got questions, thoughts or some kind of thought-question combination, you can send me an email or tweet at me using the links above. I love hearing from you, especially when you have predictions for what’s to come in the match or especially complicated theories about some aspect of the game.

If you’ve been at work today and you’ve finally settled down on the couch to watch this game, welcome! You’ve got some time in the innings break to scroll back through Geoff’s wonderful prose and get yourself caught up. Another fun thing for you to do during this break is get yourself caught up on this series as a whole by reading my series preview from yesterday.

Megan Maurice

Megan Maurice

Thanks Geoff, I always love your work. Hello everyone, it’s a pleasure to be your host for the second innings this lovely Thursday evening (or morning, or afternoon depending where in world you’re joining us from). So far, the Bangladesh Cricket YouTube channel has served us well to guide you through this match, so please keep your fingers crossed it continues to do so as we make our way through this run chase.

Geoff Lemon

Geoff Lemon

That’s it from me, your friend for the run chase will be Megan Maurice.

Bangladesh need 214 to win

It feels safe to say that Bangladesh have blown that. They were all over Australia early, even with some dropped catches and misfields. Five down for 78, six down for 112 when Gardner was out. But Sutherland is playing so well that she found a way, Wareham gave support, then King finished in style. As they usually do when they have a bad start, Australia got away with thanks to depth.

Of course we’ll have to see what Bangladesh can do in reply, but they have never made as many as 214 to win a one-day chase, and they’ve only ever won twice when chasing more than 200.

Sheesh. Twenty nine runs from the final over.



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