CWC’19: Warner shines, Aussies beat B’desh by 48 runs

Nottingham: David Warner’s magnificent innings of 166 runs guided Australia to beat Bangladesh by 48 runs in the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at the Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Chasing a mammoth target of 382 runs, Bangladesh got off to a worst possible start as Australia skipper Aaron Finch found Soumya Sarkar short at non-striker’s end and threw a direct ball to run out Sarkar for 10. Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan rebuilt Bangladesh’s innings, adding 79 runs for the second wicket.
Bangladesh suffered a big blow as Marcus Stoinis dismissed Shakib (41), who gave a catch to David Warner at mid off, leaving Bangladesh at 102/2 in 18.1 overs. Mushfiqur Rahim joined Tamim and stitched a brief partnership of 42 runs. Soon after Mitchell Starc clean bowled Tamim for 62, reducing Bangladesh to 144/3.
Liton das could not stay longer at the crease as he got leg-before off Adam Zampa for 20. Mahmudullah came out to bat and along with Rahim formed a 127-run stand to take Bangladesh to a respectful position in the run chase. However, Nathan Coulter-Nile dismissed Mahmudullah for 69. On the next ball, Coulter-Nile got rid of Sabbir Rahman for a duck.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz survived Coulter-Nile’s hat-trick ball, but could not safeguard his wicket as Starc dismissed him cheaply for six, reducing Bangladesh to 323/7 in 48.2 overs. Rahim completed his century but it went in vain as Bangladesh folded up and fell 48 runs short. Rahim remained unbeaten on 102 runs.
Earlier, David Warner hammered Bangladesh bowlers to power Australia to post a competitive 381/5 after electing to bat first.