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A possible return for Stoinis could give Australia the balance as they look to surge closer to the semi-finals

Daniel Brettig19-Jun-20193:14

Hussey: Bangladesh will certainly not be pushovers for Australia

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The tournament has so far run more or less to the expectation of organisers wishing to see as much of the game’s biggest financial drawcards as possible. Bangladesh’s presence as the most likely usurper of an otherwise entrenched top four teams has been underlined by their beatings of South Africa and the West Indies. To now face Australia is a tantalising prospect, for it is likely that the Tigers will need to beat one of either Aaron Finch’s team or India, alongside Afghanistan and Pakistan, to be able to progress to the semi-finals.It was 14 years ago in Cardiff that Bangladesh pulled off one of their most celebrated early victories over Australia in an ODI infamously remembered for Andrew Symonds’ ouster after too big a night out beforehand.More recently, each of the past two ODI encounters between the teams have been abandoned due to poor weather, at the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2015 World Cup. This means that both teams will circle each other a little uncertainly, although Bangladesh will have an element of something to prove against opponents who cancelled a scheduled Test series against them at home last year for reasons known best to Cricket Australia and its broadcasters.At the same time, Australia are still seeking their best balance and form, having rather struggled through so far without playing in a complete manner. They came close against Sri Lanka, save for an underwhelming final 10 overs with the bat, and with Marcus Stoinis close to returning to full fitness may also be able to find the sort of team line-up that caters more evenly in terms of batting, pace and also spin bowling. Victory for Australia would more or less seal a semi-finals berth.

Form guide

Bangladesh WWWWL (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Australia WWLWW

In the spotlight

As the tournament’s leading run-maker Shakib Al Hasan is a clear threat to the Australians, and his left-arm spin bowling will also be a source of concern, as evidenced by the call-up of Ashton Agar to bowl to Finch’s team in the nets at Nottingham ahead of the match. Though his qualities are well known and appreciated by the Australians both at international and BBL levels, it is Shakib’s ability to bring others into the game, whether tightening up his end to bring wickets at the other or forming partnerships such as that with Liton Das against West Indies that makes him a still greater danger to any opponent.So far Glenn Maxwell has arguably played a more critical role for Australia with the ball than with the bat, taking up a great deal of responsibility as the fifth bowler and only spinner after Adam Zampa was dropped following an expensive outing against India. Bangladesh may look to attack his spin as they did Chris Gayle for the West Indies, while Maxwell can also expect to face pace early in his innings, something that Pakistan waited too ling to do at Taunton and Sri Lanks did not get right at the Oval.Bangladesh fans had a great time in Taunton•Getty Images

Team news

Liton Das should hold onto his spot after a match-clinching turn against the West Indies.Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Liton Das, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 11 Mustafizur RahmanAustralia have a few variables in their selection, including Marcus Stoinis’ imminent return to fitness and also the question of whether a spin bowler is included – Nathan Lyon has enjoyed Test match success against Bangladesh in the past. Nathan Coulter-Nile is also in line for a recall after being rested against Sri Lanka.Australia (possible) 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Shaun Marsh/Marcus Stoinis, 6 Glenn Maxwell, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Kane Richardson/Nathan Lyon

Pitch and conditions

The Trent Bridge surface was on the dry side for England versus Pakistan and West Indies versus Australia, but rain in the interim caused India versus New Zealand to be abandoned and may also have freshened up the square somewhat. Forecast weather is cool and cloudy with scattered showers.

Strategy punt

• Australia will have noted how Bangladesh attacked the West Indies’ short-pitched assault with relish but also plenty of good fortune on a small ground at Taunton. Given Trent Bridge’s somewhat bigger dimensions there may be the temptation to try it once more in the expectation that Mashrafe’s men will not be quite so fortunate again. Equally, a liberal diet of bouncers would help push the Bangladesh batsmen back on the crease, where they will be still more vulnerable to Mitchell Starc’s yorkers.
• Bat or bowl first is another conundrum, given Bangladesh’s recent penchant for chasing with increasing confidence and brio, while the Australians have shown themselves very adept at defending even a mediocre target with their pace bowling power and alert fielding. Bat-first teams have won the majority of matches at the tournament to date, despite the impression that early orning conditions will suit fast bowlers.

Stats and trivia

• Bangladesh are yet to win an ODI at Trent Bridge, having twice lost to England in 2005 and 2010.
• Tamim Iqbal (281 runs in eight matches) needs nine runs to surpass Habibul Bashar (289 in 11) as the highest run-maker for Bangladesh in ODIs against Australia. Adam Gilchrist is the leading Austrlaian run-maker with 444 from 12 games.

Quotes

“We said at the start of the tour that we’ve got lots of options, very adaptable and that’s our strength, not our weakness. I get the sense some people think that’s our weakness. I actually think it’s our strength that we can play according to our opposition, we can play accordingly to grounds, we can play accordingly to managing players. That’s a strength, not a weakness.”

Mark Stoneman’s unbeaten hundred gave Durham hope of an escape after they were made to follow on by Yorkshire

Paul Edwards at Chester-le-Street30-Jun-2015
ScorecardMark Stoneman’s unbeaten hundred gave Durham hope of an escape•Getty Images

Romans, Vikings, Normans. Imperialists from across Europe have recognised Durham’s importance and sought to make the county bend its knee to them. Over the past 125 years Yorkshire has been beyond serious question the most consistently powerful team in English domestic cricket, so perhaps it is just a little apt when the White Rose’s search for yet another outright championship – and this would be their 32nd – takes them to Durham: the old imperialists taking on the side that has won three titles of its own since 2008.There is no doubt about which team has dominated this contest. Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan’s 366-run stand on the first and second days of the game saw to that. That hegemony was maintained on the third morning when Durham were dismissed for 208, thus conceding a huge first-innings lead of 349 and prompting one frivolous rapscallion to enquire whether Yorkshire might invite them to follow-on for a second time should Durham not get to 200 in their second innings.Such impudence received a proper response from the Durham openers Mark Stoneman and Keaton Jennings, whose careful 116-run opening partnership in 33 overs revealed the home side’s determination to bat until deep into Wednesday afternoon in order to save the game. The prize, should Paul Collingwood’s men succeed in their objective, is that Durham would remain at the top of the Division One table, albeit with their lead reduced to five points; if Yorkshire win, however, the champions will go 11 points ahead of their current opponents with a game in hand. It would be an ominous statement of power and intent.By the close of day three the odds were that Yorkshire would return to the top of the table. Jennings, having resisted stoically for 134 minutes in making 41 was caught by Alex Lees at a position between silly point and silly mid-off – silly cover? – off the bowling of legspinner Adil Rashid, who had begun an unbroken 24-over spell from the Lumley End in mid-afternoon. Stoneman was still there, though, undefeated on 116 and the home side’s hopes of achieving a remarkable draw surely rest on the opener’s increasingly assured technique and good judgement.Three more of Stoneman’s colleagues were dismissed in the afternoon and evening sessions, most notably Collingwood himself, who was caught by Bresnan at slip for a mere 20 when attempting a drive at Rashid. Scott Borthwick offered a passable impression of his first-innings foolishness when he tried to drive an unusually wide ball from Steve Patterson but only nicked a catch to Bairstow but Michael Richardson was tougher to dislodge. Durham’s No. 5 batted 54 minutes for his 29 before a good ball from Jack Brooks caught the edge of his bat ten overs from the close.Durham were 213 for 4 when Richardson trooped off the already shadowed outfield but Gordon Muchall survived until the close and it is upon the Novocastrians Stoneman and Muchall that the home supporters will be placing their hopes on the last day.Yet the description of dismissals, two in the afternoon session, two in the evening, does little to convey the intensity of the battle between two of the best sides in England when it was properly joined after lunch on the third day. On the first truly very warm afternoon of the season a large crowd gave its full attention to the struggle as Rashid and the Yorkshire seamers probed away for weaknesses in Stoneman and Jennings’s techniques. The flag of St George fluttered atop Lumley Castle but there was stillness and little breeze in the Riverside as the openers began the enormous task of saving the game. Inside the ground the atmosphere was steamy and some spectators fidgeted a little in the heat. Yorkshire had bossed matters until now but Durham’s batsmen were at least intent on trying to save the game.There was nothing they could do about the morning’s cricket when Ryan Pringle’s career-best 63 not out and Borthwick’s 54 had been the only pleasant features of a session in which Collingwood’s side had lost its last five wickets for 39 runs inside 11 overs, Bresnan and Brooks taking two wickets apiece. There was, though, everything the batsmen could do to repair the situation and scrap for the draw even though their objective must have seemed as distant as the Karakoram.It is distant still but the challenge will not deter Muchall and Stoneman on the fourth morning. After all, the destiny of yet another County Championship may depend in large part upon the outcome of the struggle.

Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu and Kurtis Patterson, three of Australia’s upcoming cricketers, will train under Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Jun-2013Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu and Kurtis Patterson, three of Australia’s upcoming cricketers, will train under Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, where he is a director, in a bid to prevent a repeat of Australia’s poor tour to India early this year.”India is so different to Australia in nearly every way – the climate, the conditions, the sheer amount of people there, the food, and then the playing conditions as well.” McGrath told the . “It’s going to be high 30s, early 40s every day. It’ll be pretty warm.”Hopefully when and if they do move up to play for Australia, they’ve had a little bit of experience in India and it’s not such a shock culturally and the transition is a bit smoother.”Hazlewood, the 22-year-old fast bowler, has already tasted international cricket, having come close more than once in the past three years to earning a Test debut. But injuries – to back and foot – have limited his representation in the one-day format.His 20-year-old team-mates at New South Wales, Patterson and Sandhu, have got off to sensational starts in their domestic careers. Patterson became the youngest centurion in Sheffield Shield history when he scored 157 off 189 balls, with 22 fours and three sixes, also his debut knock.Sandhu, a fast bowler of Indian origin, has 14 wickets in two first-class outings at an average of 11.85, including a five-wicket haul on debut. He was awarded the Steve Waugh Medal, given to the best New South Wales player in a domestic season, for 2012-13.Sandhu is excited to be working with the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. ”I’m treating it as a massive learning opportunity,” said Sandhu. The players will train in Chennai till June 26.

Sri Lanka’s new selection panel has put the onus firmly on development, as they named two young captains and a Test squad brimful of youth for the series against Bangladesh

Andrew Fidel Fernando14-Feb-2013Sri Lanka’s new selection panel has put the onus firmly on development, as they named two young captains and a Test squad brimful of youth, three months after Sri Lanka fielded their oldest ever Test side in the second home Test against New Zealand. The 20-man squad for the two-Test series against Bangladesh features nine players who are 25 or under – five of whom have never played a Test – and only seven over the age of 30.The youngest player in the squad is 19-year-old offspinner Tharindu Kaushal, who has only played two first-class matches in his debut domestic season, but has reaped 19 wickets at 8.89, including three five-wicket hauls. Already gaining renown as a big turner of the ball, Kaushal also had an impressive List A season, in which he collected 22 wickets at 18.63. He had been part of Sri Lanka’s squad for the home Tests against New Zealand in November, but did not play a match.Opening batsman Ashen Silva, 22, has been among the most secure young batsmen in the domestic setup since making his first-class debut in 2011, and will be the reserve opener, after Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dimuth Karunaratne. Silva has had a quiet start to the first-class season, after a disappointing end to the List A competition, but had been earmarked for Test duty even 12 months ago, when he played in the tour match against the visiting England side. He made 66 and 0 in that match.Kithuruwan Vithanage, 21, is a middle-order batsman who has been picked largely on current form, having made 122, 21 not out and 85, in his three first-class innings so far this season. Legspinning allrounder Jeevan Mendis has also been picked on the back of a strong first-class performance, after he made an unbeaten 206 over the weekend. Mendis has become a limited-overs regular for Sri Lanka in the last six months, but had not earned a place in a Test squad before this occasion.Kushal Perera, 22, who had an impressive first foray into international cricket during the limited-overs leg of the Australia tour, has also been named, and will be the reserve wicketkeeper after Dinesh Chandimal. Dushmantha Chameera, 21, is the only fast bowler under 25 in the squad. He has been marked out for his promising pace, but is yet to make an impact in any format at domestic level.The selection panel, headed by Sanath Jayasuriya, had expressed a desire to use a sparse 2013 schedule to develop the next generation of cricketers for Sri Lanka. Apart from the series against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka only have a Test series against Zimbabwe in October, before their next major assignment, which will be an away tour against Pakistan beginning in December.

A preview of the second South Africa-New Zealand T20 in East London

The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran22-Dec-2012

Match facts

December 23, 2012
Start time 1800 (1600 GMT)New Zealand will have to rethink their approach with the bat•Gallo Images

Big Picture

Being “aggressive” is easier said than done. New Zealand found out the hard way at Kingsmead on Friday. It was a risky approach from a side fielding four debutants. They wanted to make a statement with a positive approach with the bat, but by the end of nine overs, six were back in the pavilion. Brendon McCullum, the captain, admitted it was a flawed approach, and that New Zealand needed to respect the fundamentals first and earn the right to be aggressive. The cricket was of low quality, compounded by shambolic fielding. That South Africa won with 47 balls to spare only highlighted the gulf between the two sides. South Africa too went in with an experimental line-up with three debutants, but they weren’t tested. With just 87 to chase, the South Africa captain-coach duo of Faf du Plessis and Russell Domingo couldn’t have asked for an easier beginning to their new leadership roles.McCullum said the pitch at Kingsmead was two-paced, with the odd ball keeping low. It needed some patience from the batsmen before launching their shots. The teams will hope for better batting conditions at East London. New Zealand have shown the resilience to bounce back after a horror defeat – most recently in the Test series in Sri Lanka – so South Africa should guard against complacency. From New Zealand’s perspective, they would want to wipe the slate clean and treat this as the first game of a two-match series.

Form guide (Completed games, most recent first)

South Africa WLLLW

New Zealand LTLTL

In the spotlight

Doug Bracewell was among only three New Zealand batsmen to get into double figures on Friday, but in his primary role as a fast bowler, he had a poor outing, giving 21 off two overs before being taken off the attack. Bracewell was a familiar face in a largely unrecognisable attack, and he will need to rediscover his best.Rory Kleinveldt didn’t have the happiest tour of Australia, but back in familiar home conditions he was the best bowler at Kingsmead with figures of 3 for 18. He struck with his first ball, and then removed the dangerous McCullum with a short ball pulled to fine leg. He later spoke of using the bouncer as a dot ball or a wicket-taking option.

Team news

The South Africa allrounder Chris Morris limped off the field after aggravating a quad injury that has ruled him out of the two remaining games. It leaves the hosts with only 12 players to pick from, since no replacement has been named for Morris. South Africa had already decided to rotate their senior seamers in this short series, with Dale Steyn getting a break before the Tests. Morne Morkel comes in for the remainder of the series so he should take Steyn’s place.South Africa: (likely) 1 Richard Levi, 2 Henry Davids, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 Quinton de Kock (wk), 5 Farhaan Behardien, 6 David Miller, 7 Robin Peterson, 8 Ryan McLaren, 9 Justin Ontong/Aaron Phangiso, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Rory KleinveldtNew Zealand will need some experience in their batting and bowling. Martin Guptill and Trent Boult, who missed the first match due to illness, should walk in to the line-up if they recover in time.New Zealand: (likely) 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Peter Fulton/Martin Guptill, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), 4 James Franklin, 5 Colin Munro, 6 Corey Anderson, 7 Nathan McCullum, 8 Jimmy Neesham, 9 Doug Bracewell, 10 Ronnie Hira, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan

Stats and Trivia

• This will be the first T20 to be held in East London.
• Of the ten completed domestic day-night T20 games at this venue, seven were won by the team batting first.

Quotes

“We 100% believe that we can win the next game, we’ve just got to fine tune a couple of areas. I can’t fault people for being overly keen to want to get into a series.”
“We put a lot of emphasis that we’re a young side, so we want to have a lot of energy and we want to have a good presence.”

Shanan Stewart is in line for his one-day international debut if Ross Taylor is ruled out of Tuesday’s game in Hamilton

Cricinfo staff08-Mar-2010Shanan Stewart has never been so interested in Ross Taylor’s leg. The chances of Stewart making his ODI debut on Tuesday depend largely on how Taylor feels ahead of the third match in Hamilton but the captain Daniel Vettori is in no doubt that Stewart can handle the step up to international cricket if required.”He’s scored runs for a long time now for Canterbury and he’s a very good player of spin bowling,” Vettori said. “He’s quite aggressive in those middle stages. I think Twenty20 cricket has really helped his game, and of late he’s in form. Whilst it’s four-day cricket he’ll still be feeling good about himself.”Vettori was speaking of the 227 that Stewart made over the past week in the Plunket Shield match in New Plymouth, after which he got a call-up to the one-day squad. Vettori believes Taylor is a 50-50 chance to overcome the leg problem that kept him out of the second ODI.New Zealand will consider playing Taylor even if he is not fully fit, such is his importance to the team. But after nearly a decade in the domestic system, Stewart, 27, is looking forward to the chance to step out for his country and test his skills against the No. 1 one-day team in the world.”It’s a dream and if you want to make your debut you may as well make it against the best and see where you’re at,” Stewart said after joining the squad in Hamilton. “It’s just having a clear mind, being confident in yourself and being aggressive, hopefully I can carry that on.”Australia will be keen to make Stewart’s introduction to international cricket as tough as possible, although the visitors know their bowling is not the main concern in their camp. In both games, Australia have batted first and made totals they felt were sub-par, and it is a trend the coach Tim Nielsen wants to rectify in Hamilton.”I don’t think we’ve made as many runs as we would have liked,” Nielsen said of the Napier and Auckland matches. “Both the grounds were the size and setup for big scores. We feel that we’re close to playing well but we’re certainly not playing anywhere near our best at the moment. It is a big game. It’ll be hard to win the last two knowing that you’re 2-1 down.”