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14th over: Bangladesh 56-1 (Sharmin 14, Jhelik 31)

Sutherland continues her spell where she left off, with a dot ball. She is hitting a great line and length and making it very difficult for them to score off her. She varies it up with a short ball, but Sharmin is ready for it, getting on top of the bounce and pulling it away for four. Those are the only runs from the over, but any runs scored from a Sutherland over are valuable.

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13th over: Bangladesh 52-1 (Sharmin 10, Jhelik 31)

Gardner comes back for her second over and the batters immediately look more comfortable, with Sharmin able to work the first ball away for a single. Gardner gets Jhelik edging through the slips again, it falls just wide of Mooney, but it’s good signs from her. Sharmin plays a lovely steer past third for her second boundary, showing great awareness of the field to find those runs.

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12th over: Bangladesh 45-1 (Sharmin 4, Jhelik 30)

Annabel Sutherland comes into the attack for her first over. She was Australia’s best bowler by far against India the other day, so they will be hoping she brings that form into this match. She has been bamboozling batters with her variations so far this tournament and she keeps Jhelik guessing with a couple of full and straight deliveries, before offering up a short ball. It’s a maiden for her – a good start to her day.

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11th over: Bangladesh 45-1 (Sharmin 4, Jhelik 30)

We get our first look at spin for the match, with Gardner coming into the bowling attack. Jhelik starts the over with a boundary – Gardner doesn’t quite hit her line, just drifting the ball on to the legside and Jhelik flicks it away past fine leg and over the boundary. There’s almost a mix up when Jhelik takes off for a run in the middle of the over, but she backtracks quickly when Sharmin sends her back. It’s a good over for Bangladesh, let’s see if they can keep building from here.

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10th over: Bangladesh 37-1 (Sharmin 4, Jhelik 23)

The first ball of the over sees an edge from Jhelik, which flies to Healy for a simple catch, but she puts it down. Brown looks to build the pressure on Jhelik and dots her up for the next few balls, but eventually she finds a gap through point for a single and Sharmin is on strike for the first time. She plays her first ball defensively, looking quite cramped by by Brown’s pace, but next ball she drives it beautifully down the ground for four to get off the mark – a really lovely shot.

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9th over: Bangladesh 32-1 (Sharmin 0, Jhelik 22)

Schutt to Farzana again and more defensive play to start the over. I think Schutt much prefers bowling to Jhelik who is more likely to attack the bowling and offer up some chances. It seems difficult to even create dot ball pressure on Farzana, as she doesn’t seem to feel any. She’s happy to just play conservatively and wait for opportunities at the moment. Of course, just when I say all that, Farzana edges one to Mooney and she’s gone on the last ball of the over.

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WICKET! Farzana c Mooney b Schutt 8 (Bangladesh 32-1)

It seemed like Jhelik was the player most likely to lose her wicket, but finally Schutt breaks through Farzana’s defence to get her edging to Mooney at first slip.

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8th over: Bangladesh 32-0 (Farzana 8, Jhelik 22)

A better start to this over from Brown, Farzana continues to be watchful and play defensively. Brown bowls a short ball midway through the over, that’s ruled a wide by the umpire, but she won’t mind that too much, as Farzana looks very uncomfortable as she ducks under it. It’s probably worth giving away the wide to unsettle her.

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7th over: Bangladesh 30-0 (Farzana 7, Jhelik 22)

Schutt resumes and Farzana again starts the over by rotating the strike and getting Jhelik back into the action. Schutt gets the toe of her bat, it flies to Litchfield at first slip, but bounces off her hand to give Jhelik another life. There’s plenty of frustration in the Australian team at not being able to put these chances to bed.

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6th over: Bangladesh 29-0 (Farzana 6, Jhelik 22)

Farzana immediately gets off strike to start the over and then Brown again catches the edge of Jhelik’s bat, but again it flies in between first and second slip and down to the boundary for four. Australia tightens up its slips cordon, bringing Litchfield in to bolster it. It still looks quite spread out to my (very) amateur eyes, but let’s see if it brings them success. Jhelik decides not to edge it through the slips for her next boundary, instead working it on the front foot through deep midwicket.

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Updated at 05.57 EDT

5th over: Bangladesh 18-0 (Farzana 5, Jhelik 12)

Farzana gets her first look at the strike in a little while, continuing to offer up that strong front foot defence to Schutt’s bowling. She then plays a nice little flick off her pads down to fine leg that looks like it might go for four, but it’s again saved on the boundary, this time by Brown. It’s still quite cautious batting from Bangladesh here, they are keen to stay at the crease and aren’t being rattled by the dot balls accumulating.

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Updated at 05.55 EDT

4th over: Bangladesh 17-0 (Farzana 4, Jhelik 12)

Another over for Brown, she certainly created some chances in her first over. She starts with a dot, but on the next ball, Jhelik goes after it slashing and it flies straight up in the air. Fortunately for Jhelik, it falls safely and she continues on. She plays a lovely cover drive for two midway through the over, which Gardner saves with some good fielding at the deep cover boundary.

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Updated at 05.55 EDT

3rd over: Bangladesh 14-0 (Farzana 4, Jhelik 10)

Schutt continues her spell, bowling to Jhelik for the first time. Healy comes up to the stumps to keep this over, trying to unsettle Jhelik and keep her cramped up in her crease. It’s a good start to the over from Schutt, the swing is getting Jhelik playing and there are a few that just miss the edge of her bat. Eventually Schutt catches the edge of the bat, but it trickles in between first and second slip to the boundary for four.

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Updated at 05.55 EDT

2nd over: Bangladesh 9-0 (Farzana 4, Jhelik 5)

Brown opens from the other end and she’ll be keen to make up for that misfield with a strong over here. The first ball is quite wide, flirting with the wide line, but not quite pushing wide enough that she has to bowl it again. She adjusts her line and gets Jhelik playing at it – twice in a row it just misses her outside edge. Then she gets that edge she was chasing, but it falls just short of Mooney at first slip and jags up off the ground and bounces over Mooney’s head to run away for four. There’s an appeal for LBW late in the over, but the umpire isn’t interested and Brown isn’t really too keen either, so they decide not to review.

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Updated at 05.55 EDT

1st over: Bangladesh 4-0 (Farzana 4, Jhelik 0)

Megan Schutt takes the new ball for Australia, as she so often does. Farzana gets off to a great start, with Farzana guiding the ball around the corner and a misfield from Darcie Brown at deep fine leg offers up the first boundary of the match. Schutt fights back with five consecutive dot balls, with Farzana playing a strong front foot defence, staying cautious and watchful in this first over.

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Updated at 05.55 EDT

The teams are on the field now for the anthem after that always impressive flag unfurling. Not long now until the first ball is bowled!

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Don’t forget, you can send me an email with your thoughts about the game, predictions for the tournament or something completely random – I’m open to hearing whatever you want to chat about! The email link is at the top of the page.

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News from the ground is that the weather is looking perfect. It’s hot out there – around 32 degrees at the moment. It looks unlikely that the rain that crushed Pakistan’s hopes in Colombo yesterday will travel up north to Visakhapatnam to put a dampener on this game.

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Bangladesh XI

1. Rubya Haider Jhelik

2. Farzana Hoque

3. Sharmin Akhter

4. Nigar Sultana Joty (c) (wk)

5. Sobhana Mostary

6. Shorna Akter

7. Fahima Khatun

8. Rabeya Khan

9. Ritu Moni

10. Nishita Akter Nishi

11. Fariha Islam Trisna

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Updated at 06.19 EDT

Australia XI

1. Alyssa Healy (c) (wk)

2. Phoebe Litchfield

3. Ellyse Perry

4. Beth Mooney

5. Annabel Sutherland

6. Ash Gardner

7. Tahlia McGrath

8. Georgia Wareham

9. Alana King

10. Megan Schutt

11. Darcie Brown

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Updated at 05.11 EDT

Bangladesh wins the toss and elects to bat

Nigar Sultana wins the toss for Bangladesh and decides that pitch looks perfect for batting. She’s confident that her team can put on a good total and defend it.

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And Bangladesh’s close call against England is worth reviewing before this match begins as well.

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If you want a reminder about Australia’s record run chase to secure the win over India, we’ve got that match report for you as well.

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While we’re waiting for the toss, why not catch up on last night’s excitement? Unfortunately literal rain rained on the parade of Pakistan, who came within a whisper of their first ever ODI victory over England. If you missed the action, we’ve got you covered with this match report from Raf Nicholson.

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Preamble

Megan Maurice

Hello and welcome to match 17 of the Women’s Cricket World Cup! Today we’ve got the undefeated Australia taking on Bangladesh, who are hunting for their second win of the tournament.

It has been a fascinating World Cup so far – while Australia indeed are yet to lose a match, they have looked shaky at times. Their batting against Pakistan was far from its best, while against India they struggled to find the answers during their bowling innings. Both times they were able to get over the line, but opposition teams will be watching closely to note these vulnerabilities and make plans to exploit them.

Bangladesh’s sole win of the tournament so far came against Pakistan – a decisive, seven-wicket win with strong contributions across the bowling attack. However, they also put on very good showings against South Africa, which came down to the final over, and England, who looked in trouble at 5/78 chasing Bangladesh’s 178. While neither of those games finished with a win, they will have offered the team plenty of confidence that they have the ability to match it with some of the world’s best teams.

If Bangladesh can bring that form into this match, we might be in for another exciting finish. While Australia are very much the favourites here, let’s not write off the underdogs. There’s plenty to discuss, so let’s get into it!

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