Desperate Bangladesh hope to surprise Oz at Oval

At this stage, the only thing that looked capable of preventing a win for the men in green and gold was the weather. You never know. Straightaway, we have to beat New Zealand and obviously we have to wait for a few results, as well.

They were also just four overs short of the 20 needed for the Duckworth-Lewis method to be activated, which nearly certainly would have ruled in Australia’s favour.

Shakib Al Hasan (29) was the only other batsman in the top seven to make double figures, the pair sharing a precious stand of 69 off 13.3 overs after coming together at 53-3 when Mushfiqur Rahim failed to review an lbw decision, unaware he’d got an inside edge. They were well ahead of the par score for 20 overs.

The players first went off just after 6.30, when a scheduled drinks break gave the umpires an avenue to leave the field.

After a lengthy delay and some improved conditions, a restart time was set for 8:30 p.m. BST. “We got a bit lucky and the Australians were a bit unfortunate”. I was happy to keep batting through the rain.

“I think they did the best job they could…you’ve got to do what the umpires say”.

Josh Hazlewood took six wickets against New Zealand, but fellow quicks Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins were much less impressive, managing just one wicket between them. “But to be fair it was raining reasonably hard when we came off”.

England have qualified from for semi-final.

The Oval cricket ground as it rains after the ICC Champions Trophy match between Australia and Bangladesh in London on June 5, 2017. This has happened after rain washed out their first match against New Zealand.

Tamim Iqbal’s 95 was the highlight for Bangladesh, who are winless and face New Zealand in their final group tie.

When asked whether Australia can save their Champions Trophy campaign, Starc pointed out that his country’s win-loss record in situations like this reads favourably as they have won eight out of 12 matches that have been bilateral series deciders or knockout games in major tournaments.

“I thought all our bowlers were a lot better today”, said Smith.

Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Upul Tharanga has been suspended for two matches due to his team’s slow over rate in Saturday’s Champions Trophy game against South Africa, the International Cricket Council said.

However, Hazlewood was in form as well after taking six wickets against New Zealand and he struck the first blow for Australia in the sixth over when he exposed Soumya Sarkar’s leaden footwork, inducing an edge behind to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade.