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Tigers sink World Cup 2019 standings Team Played Won Lost Tied No rate Points 6 5 1 0 0 0.849 10 All-round Shakib takes to win over Afghanistan to keep alive New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 1.591 9 India 5 4 0 0 1 0.809 9 World Cup semi-final hopes England 6 4 2 0 0 1.457 8 AFP | Southampton Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 6 2 2 0 2 -1.119 6 6 2 3 0 1 -1.265 5 angladesh boosted West Indies 6 1 3 0 1 0.272 3 their bid to reach the 7 1 5 0 1 -0.324 3 BWorld Cup semi-finals Afghanistan 6 0 6 0 0 -1.634 0 as ’s superb all-round display inspired a 62-run win over Afghanistan Today’s match yesterday. Shakib’s 51 laid the founda- tions for Bangladesh to score England vs Australia 262-7 and made him the lead- ing run-scorer in this year’s Lords . Ground - London The 32-year-old then 12:30pm ripped through the Afghan line-up with his ca- reer-best ODI figures of 5-29 from 10 overs. Shakib is only the second player in World Cup history to take five and hit Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan celebrates taking the of » Australia is under very little pressure in this match and can play freely a 50 in the same match after » England has a lot more at stake and does not want to lose this match. The loss India’s against put on 49 for the first wicket, Aggressive hitting of has continued to hurt them. Ireland in 2011. giving Afghanistan hope of a » David Warner, , and are in supreme form for Australia Bangladesh, winners surprise win. Liton was promoted ahead and could make the difference against England as well against South Africa and the But Shakib’s introduction of to open West Indies earlier in the brought the breakthrough as along with Tamim for Bang- England Australia tournament, are up to fifth the spinner weaved his magic. KNOW WHAT ladesh, with the pair manag- place in the 10-team group Rahmat carelessly flicked ing a brisk 23 from the first Wins against the West Indies, South Afri- David Warner and Aaron Finch are in prime stage. a flatter to Tamim four overs. ca, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan showed form for Australia and showing just how dan- They sit one point behind Iqbal at mid-on and departed Shakib became the But Liton fell for 16 in the one side of England’s cricket while the gerous their side can be. The return of Marcus fourth-placed England, who for 24. first Bangladeshi next over after being fooled losses to Sri Lanka and Pakistan showed Stoinis to the playing eleven also means that face Australia on Tuesday, in Just 10 runs came from the into a miscued drive by spin- another. England does not need any extra overall balance for the side is better. They can the race to seal a semi-final next five overs and Hash - batsman to score ner , who motivation for this match against Australia now play at number three berth via a top-four finish. matullah Shahidi perished 1000 runs in a World finished with 3-39. but now that the stakes are high, it will be without having to accommodate Shaum Marsh ’s side when he tried to accelerate, Cup when he scored That brought Shakib to the interesting to see how they turn up. in the lower order. play India and Pakistan in by 51 off 69 against Af- crease and he upped the tem- Everyone expects England to win and they Warner, Finch, Khawaja, and Smith are a very their final two group matches. off for 11. ghanistan po even further with some are playing at home so it is understandable strong top-4. They look stronger than England Afghanistan became the Bangladesh had victory in aggressive hitting that main- the amount of scrutiny they are under. at the moment and that is something that first team to be eliminated their sights after Shakib took tained his fine World Cup should scare all the other teams. after an agonising 11-run loss two wickets in the space of when he had Najibullah Zad- form. With , , and Alex Probable XI against India on Saturday, four balls. ran stumped. When Shakib, who has two Carey in the middle-order, there is no shortage when ’s Gulbadin was removed for Earlier, Shakib became the centuries already in the tour- , Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin of six-hitting power in this team either. final-over hat-trick denied 47 after driving low to Liton leading run scorer in this nament, pulled Naib to the Morgan (c), , (wk), them a famous upset. Das at short extra cover be- year’s World Cup so far as , it moved him above , , , Probable XI ’s team have fore was his side posted a solid score Australia’s David Warner’s , lost all seven of their matches, bowled through the gate for after being put into bat. 447 runs. David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Usman leaving with two games to a . Shakib’s 51 took him to 476 Tamim and Shakib put on Khawaja, , Glenn Maxwell, avoid finishing the tourna- Shakib became the first runs in the tournament, while their fourth successive fifty Marcus Stoinis, (wk), Nathan ment without a single point. Bangladesh player to take Mushfiqur top-scored with partnership in one-day inter- PITCH Coulter-Nile, , Mitchell Starc, and Gulbadin five wickets in the World Cup 83 from 87 balls. nationals. REPORT

The weather has improved considerably in the United Kingdom but some rain has been forecast in London on match day. We don’t think there is going to be enough rain to affect the match but we may get some delays. The pitch at Lord’s was excellent for batting in Younis hails Pakistan’s ‘fearless the match between the West Indies and New Zealand. We expect the same in this match and plenty of runs to be scored. These are two strong batting sides and we expect a score of 330 to be par. cricket’ against South Africa Head to Head | London Australia beat England in one of the warm-up matches for this tournament, but in official ODIs England have been dominant in this fixture recently. They won all five games against Australia at home last summer, including smashing their own world record when they akistan’s brand of “fearless cricket” posted 483/6 at . It followed a 4-1 series win in Australia in their previous series to beat South Africa by 49 runs in P against their old enemy too. their World Cup match on Sunday at Lord’s was exactly the response they needed after losing to India last week, former fast bowler has said. After being humiliated by India in a South Africa must rebuild like one-sided contest at Old Trafford, which took their World Cup win-loss record England did, says Kallis to 0-7 against their arch rivals, Pakistan were stung by criticism and backlash Reuters | London aggressive players led by Eoin Mor- from pundits and fans. gan catapulted them to the top of However, a convincing win over South Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq celebrates with team mates after taking a catch to dismiss South Africa’s outh Africa must look to emulate the ODI rankings. Africa — which ended the Proteas’ Quinton de Kock SEngland as they look to rebuild “South Africa need to take in - chances of qualifying for the semi-fi- their squad and change their one- spiration from England as they nals — kept alive their own chances of coming out of that and producing such a game’s turning point by Sarfaraz day international (ODI) mentality rebuild their team for the next reaching the knockout stages with three performance was particularly pleasing... Ahmed. following a premature exit from World Cup,” Kallis wrote in a col- more matches to go. I’d really like to see them play the same “He played magnificently well, and the World Cup, former all-rounder umn for the International Cricket “It was all about the positive intent for way in the coming matches.” ultimately, his innings... was the dif- has said. Council. Pakistan against South Africa,” Younis Pakistan’s was adjudged ference,” Younis added. “Pakistan have The Proteas lost by 49 runs to Pa- “Four years ago, England were wrote in a column for the International the player of the match for his 89 off 59 needed someone to come in at five or kistan on Sunday, ruling themselves perhaps one of the lowest ranked Cricket Council. balls, which included nine boundaries six and up the ante. out of contention for the semi-fi- teams in the world after really “They played fearless cricket and and three sixes, and Younis reserved “Haris has always been a very conserv- nals in the process having won only struggling at the World Cup in Aus- weren’t really worried about losing special praise for the middle-order bats- ative and technically sound batsman but one of their seven matches at the tralia and New Zealand. the match, which in turn gave them man, saying his innings was a “breath of against South Africa, he took the mantle tournament — a win over minnows “They used the disappointment the freedom to pay their natural game. fresh air”. and played in a very different fashion. Afghanistan. of their performances in 2015 to re- Coming after the disappointment of Old Sohail, who had not played in the “For me, he’s my number four bats- England had similarly failed to build their team and totally change Trafford, Pakistan badly needed such a World Cup since Pakistan’s open - man in the team... and you can give him qualify for the quarter-finals in their mentality and approach to win. ing-match defeat to West Indies, built more overs to build that innings. He and 2015. The humiliating exit prompt- one-day cricket. England now play “They have been criticised a lot and an 81-run partnership with Babar Azam could really complement ed them to rethink their strategy without fear and aren’t afraid to the last week has been hard on them, so (69), and his knock was hailed as the each other.” and it bore fruit as a new core of make mistakes.”