Bangladesh lost the opening game against England and now staring at elimination when they take on Australia in their Group A game this Monday, 05 June 2017 at The Oval Cricket Stadium in London. Its a massive game where Australia can all but book their place in the semifinals with a win having already drawn against New Zealand. Bangladesh must win to stand a chance against in form Australian side. Game starts at around 10:30 uk time and we will have live links closer to the start of the match.
Bangladesh played relatively well in the opening game against England and they will be looking to catch Australia on their bad day to get somthing out of this match. When the groups were drawn not many predicted Bangladesh to win any group game let alone qualifying for semifinals but Tigers can take heart from their opening game performance where Tamim Iqbal scored his fifth century in less than two years.
Australia were underwhelming in their opening game against New Zealand and they will be the happier of the two after rain suspended play and game ended in a draw. However they need to put together a good performance and a win to ensure they have semifinal qualification chances in their own hands.
In their opening group game New Zealand had Australia in the corner but rain saved the day for Steven Smith men. Another rain soaked day or bad performance can put curtains on Australia’s Champions Trophy campaign. They must win to stand a chance for semifinals.
The game starts at the usual monday morning time at around 10:30 uk time and we will have live links as well as full match highlights after the game is over. So check back if you missed the live action to get full match highlights and replay the match.
Bangladesh are likely to go unchanged from their first match while Australia are also likely to keep the playing XI which took the field against New Zealand.