AUS VS BAN - 34th Match, Super 12 Group 1, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021

Bangladesh have ended empty handed in the Super 12s and will go back as wooden spooners in the group of death! They just couldn't put the pieces together and fell apart completely in their last 2 games. They have to go back to the drawing board as another T20 WC ain't too far away. Australia on the other hand have accomplished everything they wanted. Their openers got a good hit in the middle. Their pacers bowled as well as they ever have and Zampa mesmerised some decent players of spin bowling. They take on Windies and would want to continue their A game. That is it from game number 34. The next game is between the finalists of the 2012 WC. One of them already has booked a return ticket and the other are on the verge! Windies vs SL next! Bye bye from here. And Happy Diwali to everyone, switch tabs to enjoy some prospective fire-cracking stuff in an hour's time.

Aaron Finch: Starc in the first over and Hazlewood in the second set it up for us. You never plan in T20s. If you get the plan wrong, you can be on the other side. At the halfway mark we knew the equation and tried to finish it off as soon as possible. You need to take your opportunities in this format. The ball did swing for Mitch. Zampa did well in the middle as well. We have to play well against West Indies. We need to control what we can. The four day break came at the right time for us after the thumping we had.

Mahmudullah: You can't say a lot of things when you performance like this. We need to look at a lot of things. One of the best wickets that we played. We need to figure out our batting. T20 game, you need to have a good PP. You need to have proper power players at the top. Before coming to this WC, we needed some wins under our belt. As professional cricketers though we need to adapt to any conditions. Especially in Super 12, we did come close against WI and SL. We did some silly mistakes and lost. Hope our fans keep supporting us and we will bring them some results.

Adam Zampa, Player of the Match: First 5-fer it is always a pretty nice feeling. I have been playing for 5-6 years and that's one eluded me for a while. I think I had three overs between that over and the hat-trick ball, I thought I was the only one who knew (about the hat-trick ball).. but if it wouldn't have been for Wadey's hands I wouldn't be getting so many wickets, he's been keeping beautifully well, tough catch but just happy with the win. I think it (wrist spinners being successful) is a bit of both (conditions and skill). The quicks have been tough to score off in the powerplay, also guys like Maxwell doing well which gives me a chance to pick wickets in the middle overs. There have been some really good wrist spinners and they are getting wickets because teams are coming harder in the middle overs. It does change my role (when I'm the lone spinner) but I don't feel any added pressure, even when Ash (Agar) plays my role is to pick wickets in the middle. Sometimes you bowl in the powerplay and sometimes in the back end, but the overs I bowled today were purely to take wickets. We needed to chase down a low score today and we tried to be aggressive.

Winning with most balls to spare in T20 World Cups
90 SL v Net Chittagong 2014
82 Aus v Ban Dubai 2021 *
77 SL v Net Sharjah 2021
74 NZ v Ken Durban 2007
70 Eng v WI Dubai 2021

16:13 Local Time, 12:13 GMT, 17:43 IST: The ignominy has ended. It has been an abysmal tourney for Bangladesh and it has ended. If their collapse against SA was termed as an aberration, this one stamped the claim that it wasn't. They went down like a lead balloon and were decimated for 73. Australia had one eye on the NRR and they indeed have done well to overpower Bangladesh in no time at all. Bangladesh had routed the Aussies a few days back at home but Australia have retorted back in style. Zampa spun a web after the pacers triggered an early collapse to pass on the baton to the leggie. Zampa's fifer laid the foundation for an early chase and the openers - Finch and Warner - closed it off in style by getting their team off to a flying start. Both fell towards the end of the chase but the mission was accomplished.

Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, and a thumping hit for a thumping win! Australia have done this in a canter. They have won by 8 wickets with 82 balls to spare. Australia go ahead of SA on NRR! That was short, Mitchell Marsh jumped on that and hammered the pull over deep mid

Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, wide, too short, two more needed as this one has been wided. Banged in short and Mitchell Marsh let it go

Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, stand and hammer! That was a length delivery outside off, Mitchell Marsh stands tall and wallops that drive past the flying attempt from the man at mid-off

Glenn Maxwell, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Shoriful Islam to Warner, out Bowled!! And timber! Another one goes in search of a quick finish. That was a length delivery, Warner looks to slog across the line and misses to be clean bowled. Was a little early into the whack and ended up missing the line. Warner b Shoriful Islam 18(14) [4s-3]

Shoriful Islam to Warner, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, stays upright and punches the ball away into the off-side to find the man at cover point. They get a single as the fielder dived to stop it

Shoriful Islam to Warner, 1 run, charges down and jams the ball down to mid-on for a single. Got too close to the pitch of the ball

Shoriful Islam to Warner, no ball, short, outside off, Warner drags the pull down to find short mid. The bowler fell down in his followthrough but not before he had overstepped. Free-hit coming up

Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, stabs the ball out with soft hands into the off-side for a single

Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, wow! He had good outings against Bangladesh before the WC and this shot off the first ball is an example. That was little short, Mitchell Marsh picks the length up so very quickly and pulls it well past deep mid for a four

Shoriful Islam to Warner, 1 run, gets a little cramped up and tucks the ball down to mid-on for a single

Shoriful Islam, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Mitchell Marsh, right handed bat, comes to the crease