BAN vs AUS Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! He's done it, has Xavier Bartlett, and Australia win by 4 wickets. Short of a length and around off, sits up nicely for the batter. Bartlett presses back on his toes and punches it with a vertical bat. The ball goes through extra cover and rolls away into the fence, beating the chasing fielder.

OUT! CAUGHT! Matt Renshaw fails to finish things off for his side and his sluggish knock finally comes to an end. Abdul Saqlain serves it just back of a length and slants the ball into the pads. Renshaw gets cramped for room and just wrists it across into the leg side. He fails to keep it down and Saif Hassan at short mid-wicket springs to his left, taking a sharp low catch. Australia still need 3 for the win.

Nagging length, on off and middle, Davies blocks it off. Just 3 more needed for the win.

Good length on middle and leg, Renshaw rocks back and punches it with a closed bat face down to long on and turns the strike over.

Nice and full at the stumps, Davies goes down to slog sweep but gets an inside edge towards backward square leg for another run.

A round-armer, flatter and on middle. REnshaw rocks back and punches it through mid on for one more.

Fullish length around middle, holds up a bit. Davies chips the drive a bit and gets it down to long on for a single.

Good running. Round arm delivery, darted down leg. Matt Renshaw looks to play the lap sweep but gloves it down to deep fine leg and picks up three runs.

FOUR! Joel Davies takes a bit of a risk and it does pay off for him. Tossed up on the stumps, Davies brings out the reverse sweep and manages to get it up and over the leaping fielder at backward point for a crucial boundary.

Flighted ball just outside off, Davies squirts it away to backward point.

Tossed up, fuller and on leg. Matt Renshaw leans on and smothers the ball down to long on for a single.

Dragged length on middle, angling across. Joel Davies shuffles across to get inside the line and helps it around the corner on the leg side for one. There's half an appeal for LBW, but it is turned down.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The keeper seemed too excited with the caught behind appeal, and he's missed the stumping opportunity here. The umpire turns down the initial appeal but Parvez Hossain Emon seems certain and a review is taken. Nagging length, just sliding it down leg. Nikhil Chaudhary sits down and looks to play a fine paddle but misses and the keeper gobbles it up nicely to his left. The third umpire is called in and checks UltraEdge first, which confirms that the ball did brush the gloves. The umpire then also checks the legality of the catch and it is all fine.

A slider, angled well across off and stays low as well. Renshaw pushes it out through cover and picks up a single.

Renshaw simply cannot get one ball out of the middle of the bat right now. Good length in the channel, Matt looks to play on the up but gets an outside edge down to deep third for a single. 17 needed now off 24 balls.

On the pads this time, worked away towards mid-wicket.

Excellent hustle from the batters. Fuller now, on middle and leg, Nikhil Chaudhary bunts it to the left of covers and sets off for the single. Renshaw isn't too keen but both batters hustle through as the fielder fires in a wide throw at the keeper's end.

Just back of a length, grips and comes back in. Renshaw looks to flick it away but gets squared up a bit and gets an outside edeg through the gully region for a run.

That's a beauty! Good-length delivery, the quick off-cutter and this one comes back in sharply. Renshaw has a poke at it but gets beaten past the outside edge. He's having a torrid time out there, 9 off 19 so far.

Slower one, fuller and angled in from wide outside off. Matt Renshaw waits on it and eases it to backward point.

On a length and on middle, Matt Renshaw gets squared up as the ball goes off the leading edge through point for one more.

Hard length and on off, pace on, Nikhil Chaudhary guides it away but this time finds short third. Just one.

FOUR! Deft touch! Back of a length and around off, takes pace off. Nikhil Chaudhary lets the ball come to him, opens the bat face and uses the pace to steer it past short third for another boundary.

Pitched up and around off, Matt Renshaw drives it square through point for a run.

Fuller one and on middle, Nikhil Chaudhary steps across and drills it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Up and over! Good length and just around off, Nikhil Chaudhary extends his arms to reach out and carves it over extra covers for a boundary.

Slows it up, full and on off, Matt Renshaw fends it to the off side.

Appeal for caught behind, but turned down! Arm ball, short and angling down the leg side, Matt Renshaw fails to glance it away as the ball brushes his thigh pad on its way to the keeper. Parvez Hossain Emon thinks the batter got an edge but Bangladesh do not take the review.

Floated, full and on off, Matt Renshaw looks to push it away but gets an inside edge onto his pads.

Flatter, short and on off, stabs it off the bottom edge down the pitch.

Flighted, full and on middle, Nikhil Chaudhary eases it o long on for a single. 100 up for Australia!

Tossed up, full and on middle, Nikhil Chaudhary goes down on one knee and reverse sweeps it through point. Rishad Hossain in the deep runs to his left and stops it with his foot. Two taken.

Slower one, full and on off, Nikhil Chaudhary taps it towards point for one more. 35 needed in 42 balls now!

On a length and around leg, Matt Renshaw clips it through square leg for one.

Hard length, on middle, Nikhil Chaudhary pats it down onto his boot as the ball rolls to point. The batters scamper across for one.

Back of a length and on off, Matt Renshaw runs it down to third man for a run.

Good length and on off, gets behind the line of it and blocks it out.

Fuller one and on off, Nikhil Chaudhary pushes it through covers for a single.

Goes short and on off, Matt Renshaw nudges  it off the back foot through mid-wicket for a brace.

Flatter, full and on leg, Nikhil Chaudhary clips it through square leg for one.

Slows it up, full and on middle, Nikhil Chaudhary knocks it back to the bowler.

OUT! TAKEN! Mahedi Hasan has the last laugh here. He drags his length back and around middle. Tim David rocks back to swat it down the ground but his bat turns in his hands. He ends up slicing it up in the air towards long on, where Tanzid Hasan runs forward and takes a good running catch. Australia are 89/4, chasing 132 runs.

SIX! Clean strike! Flighted, full and on middle, in the slot as well. Tim David clears his front leg away and tonks it over the bowler's head for a biggie.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Matt Renshaw drills it to long on for a single.

Flatter, full and on leg, Matt Renshaw clips it through mid-wicket for one.

Drops it short and on off, Tim David punches it through covers for another run.

Tossed up, full and around off, Matt Renshaw gets down and across and paddles it through backward square leg for a run.

Floated, full and on leg, Matt Renshaw clips it to short fine.

Flighted, full and outside off, Tim David reaches out and bunts it to long off for a single.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Tim David goes deep inside his crease and blocks it out.

A string of dots to finish the over, 10 runs and a wicket off it. Back of a length, at the batter, Matt Renshaw nudges it down into the leg side. Australia need 54 runs off 60 balls.

Good length in the channel, the extra bounce take aback Renshaw, who hangs back and dabs it late behind point.

Pitched up fuller on off, angled in. Matt Renshaw leans forward and blocks it off the inside edge.

OUT! CAUGHT! The debutant has his revenge and Bangladesh see the back of the in-form Cooper Connolly. Abdul Saqlain bowls it into the pitch, a heavy ball and angles it into the left-hander. Connolly hangs back and looks to swing it across the line but gets it high on the bat. The ball goes high up in the air and towards cow corner. Shoriful Islam runs to his left from long on and takes a fine running catch. Australia are now 78/3.

FOUR! Pace off again, back of a length and angling in. Connolly backs away and swats it down the ground, to the right of long on and picks up a boundary.

SIX! What a shot! Slower one, back of a length and outside off. Cooper Connolly stands tall and just lays into it, lifting it handsomely over wide long off for a biggie.

Dragged shorter on middle and leg, wristed away in front of mid-wicket for a single.

Short and around off, Tim David punches it through covers for a single.

Dragged back, on off, Cooper Connolly forces to long off for one.

SIX! Oh, a valiant effort but goes in vain. Tossed up, full and on middle. Cooper Connolly clears the front leg and swings through the line of the ball but gets a lot of height on it. The ball sails down to long on, where Soumya Sarkar takes it brilliantly over his shoulders but seems to be falling over, so he flicks it back in. Replays show that before Sarkar flicked the ball back in, his foot was on the rope and it will be a six.

That's well bowled! Rishad holds the length back a bit and slides it across from the front of the hand. Connolly looks to cut but is beaten on the inside edge and the ball misses the off stump by a whisker as well.

Fullish length wide outside off, quicker too. David stays back and slaps it away in front of point for a single.

Full and on off, hit away straight back to the bowler. Just 6 off the over, despite the boundary, tidy start from Abdul Saqlain.

Oh, another swing and a miss! Slower one, on a fullish length and just outside off. Connolly opens the hips to slog it away but fails to connect.

FOUR! Up and over! Hard length in the channel, Connolly stays leg side of the ball, stands tall and slams it over mid off for a boundary.

Good change-up from Saqlain. Full and slow, at 113.1 kph, outside off. Cooper Connolly frees his arms to swing across the line but he is undone by the lack of pace and bounce.

Back of a length, jammed back into the batter. David looks to walk down the track but has to adjust and block, and gets an outside edge down to deep third for one more.

Slightly uppish but through the gap. Good length, on the fifth stump line, Connolly presses back on his toes and eases it to the left of the point fielder for a single.

Fuller one, darted in just outside off. David stays low and angles it late towards short thiord. Just 5 runs off the over.

Gets away with that one, does Rishad. Dragged well short and outside off. Tim David backs away and slams it down, straight to the short cover fielder.

A touch fuller on off and middle, punched away uppishly but through the vacant mid off region for a run.

Another one on the shorter side, sits up nicely for Connolly. He waits well and punches it well to the right of long off for a couple of handy runs.

Fractionally short around off, David hangs back and scythes it down to deep cover for one more.

Nagging length, on off and middle, Connolly punches it off the back foot down to long off and picks up a single.

Back to over the wicket now. Quick and flat outside off, cut away hard but straight to point. Australia are 47/2 after the Powerplay, needing 85 more off 84 balls.

SIX! That's begging to be hit. Mahedi comes around the wicket and floats the ball right into the swinging arc around middle. Tim David clears the front leg and smokes it for a 98-meter six beyond the mid-wicket fence.

Length ball on off, sits up a bit. David shovels it between cover and mid off and picks up a couple of runs.

A bit of a slider, full and into the pads, Tim David whips it across to short mid-wicket.

Flatter, darted into the batter again, Cooper Connolly rocks back and punhces it past the bowler, down to long off for a single.

Floated up, into the pads, Connolly makes room and drives it back to the bowler.

Hard length and on middle, Tim David pats it towards mid on.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Mustafizur Rahman gets rid of the Aussie skipper. He bangs this into the pitch, just around off, angling it away. Mitchell Marsh looks to cut it away but this is too close to his body for that shot. It takes the outside edge and flies to short third, where Shoriful Islam takes a good reverse cup catch near his head. Both the openers are back in the hut now.

Fuller and on middle, angling in, Cooper Connolly heaves it off the inner half of the bat to deep mid-wicket for another run.

Good length and on middle, Cooper Connolly pushes it to short cover.

Fuller and outside off, Mitchell Marsh slices it towards deep point for a run.

On a length and on middle, Cooper Connolly pats it down the pitch, between mid on and mid off for a single.

Slower through the air, full and on middle, Mitchell Marsh makes room and pushes it to cover.

Another short delivery, on middle, Cooper Connolly stabs it down to long off for one.

Flatter and shorter, on middle, Mitchell Marsh forces it to long on for a run.

FOUR! Gets it through! Shorter in length again, on middle. Mitchell Marsh backs away and exposes all his stumps. He punches it with sweet timing through covers for a boundary.

Drops it short and on middle, Mitchell Marsh pats it to short mid-wicket.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Cooper Connolly looks to push it away but gets an inside edge towards mid on for a single. The fielder hits the stumps at the bowler's end but Cooper is well in.

Fuller one and on off, Cooper Connolly drills it wide of mid off for one. 15 runs and one wicket off the over!

SIX! BANG! Cooper Connolly has picked up from where he left off in the ODI series. Shoriful Islam bangs this into the pitch, just outside off. Connolly gets on top of the bounce and swats it powerfully over the long on fence for a biggie.

FOUR! Another one! Short of a length and on middle, Cooper Connolly picks up the length early and pulls it away between mid on and mid-wicket for another boundary.

FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! A half-volley and around off. Cooper Connolly leans onto his drive nicely this time and creams it through covers for a boundary.

Fuller and around off, shaping away, Cooper Connolly drives it to cover.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Shoriful Islam strikes. He rolls his fingers to take pace off and delivers this at 122.8 kph, lands this on a good length and on middle. Josh Inglis changes his stance for the reverse scoop but goes through the shot a bit early due to the lack of pace. The ball goes through and hits the top of the middle stump. Australia are 13/1, chasing 132 runs.

FOUR! Sheer power! Short of a length and on middle, Mitchell Marsh makes a bit of room and muscles it past the bowler and to the long on fence for another boundary.

Fuller delivery, on middle, shaping in, Mitchell Marsh clips it to short mid-wicket.

Back of a length and around off, Josh Inglis cuts it late through backward point for a run.

FOUR! That's just a gift! Mustafizur Rahman serves a juicy full toss, around off. Josh Inglis moves to the leg side and makes the most of it, thumping it over mid off for a boundary.

Touch fuller and around off, Josh Inglis backs away and tries to drive it a bit too hard and ends up stabbing it off the toe-end towards short cover.

Mustafizur Rahman begins with a short-of-a-length delivery, outside off, Mitchell Marsh cuts it to deep point for a single.

Pulls his length back a bit, on middle, shaping in, Mitchell Marsh uses his feet to push it away but gets an inside edge through mid-wicket for a run. 3 runs off the first over!

Pitched up and around off, Mitchell Marsh drives it away but straight to cover.

Much fuller and on middle, Mitchell Marsh knocks it towards mid on.

Hard-length delivery, on leg, nips back in too, Josh Inglis backs away to play at it but misses as the ball goes off his pads towards point. A leg bye taken. There is also a shout for LBW, but turned down.

Australia are up and running in the chase! This is a fuller delivery, on middle, shaping in, Mitchell Marsh flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

Play and a miss! Shoriful Islam starts with a back-of-a-length delivery, just outside off, gets some extra bounce. Mitchell Marsh has a slash at it but fails to connect.