Tag: Adam Zampa

  • IND vs AUS: India ought to play Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj in 1st ODI, says Aakash Chopra

    Former India batter Aakash Chopra has mentioned that India ought to play Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj within the first ODI of the three-match collection towards Australia on the PCA Stadium in Mohali.

    ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023: Full Coverage

    Speaking on his Youtube channel, Chopra mentioned Shami ought to play because it could be a flat pitch, insisting that each side have goof batting line-ups. India is coming off a triumph in Asia Cup 2023, having defeated hosts Sri Lanka by 10 wickets within the remaining.

    “I feel Shami should play without any doubt. When you play on a very flat pitch, batting generally tends to cancel each other out. Both sides have good batting line-ups. You might not need the No. 9. You will have [Ravichandran] Ashwin or [Washington] Sundar at No. 8. At least at No. 9, play a proper bowler,” mentioned Chopra.

    He went on to say that India wants bowlers who can bounce again if they’ve a nasty spell. India is at present ranked second in ODIs, whereas Australia occupies the third spot.

    “I am not saying that Shardul is not a proper bowler, but play Shami, Siraj, Bumrah – go with your three proper fast bowlers. If this is a 325-350 pitch, you will need bowlers. If you don’t play Tilak Varma, which is a possibility, then you won’t have the sixth bowling option. You need five bowlers, who do not have a chance of having a bad day. If they have a bad spell, they can actually bounce back,” Chopra added.

    India have had the room to relaxation their 4 key gamers, together with captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, for the primary two ODIs of the 3-match collection and provides alternatives to gamers who could be potential backups on the World Cup. KL Rahul has acquired a chance to steer the aspect after his sensational return to the aspect within the 2023 Asia Cup.

    India squad for 1st ODI:

    KL Rahul (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

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    Rounaq Sehrawat

    Published On:

    Sep 22, 2023

  • Adam Zampa’s 420 jersey quantity for LA Knight Riders takes MLC by storm

    There normally is an effective purpose behind the quantity a cricketer wears on their again. Chris Gayle’s 333 was a tribute to his highest rating within the format. Likewise, Muttiah Muralitharan’s 800 was an ode to his Test wickets. What does 420 imply for Adam Zampa?

    That’s been the query for a lot of because the Australian spinner donned the quantity on his again within the opening week of the primary Major League Cricket (MLC) for Los Angeles Knight Riders.

    It isn’t the primary time Zampa has worn this quantity. Last 12 months on the International League T20, the Aussie had the identical quantity on his again however there’s been no phrase from Zampa on the explanation behind the identical.

    In US’s new franchise league’s first week, it induced a variety of speculations. One of them was a doable reference to April 20 or 4/20 as it’s written in America – known as the 420 Day – a vacation celebrated by many marijuana shoppers within the United States and elsewhere world wide.

    That LA Knight Riders performed their first MLC recreation towards Texas Super Kings on the opening night time compounded additional speculations, given the current hearings within the US state to look at legalizing marijuana for leisure use.

    After their first two outings within the MLC 2023, LA Knight Riders lie on the backside of the six-team factors desk with back-to-back defeats and can subsequent face San Francisco Unicorns on Tuesday, July 18.

  • IPL 2023: Royals flex powerplay muscle

    SYNOPSIS: It was Rajasthan Royals all one of the simplest ways, from the second Yashasvi Jaiswal teed off to the bowlers strangling CSK’s batsmen

    This was a contest that was completed and dusted inside the powerplay. If their openers laid a platform for Rajasthan Royals whereas batting first, their bowlers under no circumstances truly allowed Chennai Super Kings to get off the blocks inside the chase of 203. The end consequence was that Rajasthan grew to turn out to be the first group inside the ongoing Indian Premier League to make it two out of two in the direction of Chennai—which isn’t any easy feat considering their sort – as they moved excessive of the desk with a convincing 32-run victory.

    If their spinners had given them a well known win in Chennai whereas defending a par full, on Thursday, their batting unit returned the favour. Winning the toss, Sanju Samson study the circumstances utterly and batted first. With dew not a take into consideration Jaipur, as humidity was decrease than 50 % inside the night time, on a pitch the place it was getting slower by the use of the night, Samson knew he would possibly monetary establishment on their spin trio of R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and Adam Zampa to tie down any full that is above par on an enormous outfield.

    A 32-run win over #CSK propels @rajasthanroyals to the 🔝 of the Points Table 👏 👏@ybj_19 is the Player of the Match for his crucial knock 👍 👍

    Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/LoIryJ4ePJ#TATAIPL | #RRvCSK pic.twitter.com/uupcVq82mT

    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 27, 2023

    The pacers too did their half. Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav and Jason Holder denied Chennai’s in-form openers Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad a flying start by giving away solely 25 runs inside the first overs. The job was half completed after which the spinners took over. By the time Conway was dismissed off the ultimate ball of the powerplay to Zampa, Chennai had solely 42 on board – their lowest full inside the powerplay this season – as they desperately sought momentum.

    Spinners do the trick

    However, inside the subsequent six overs, 4 of which have been bowled by the spin trio, Rajasthan conceded solely 43 runs. Vitally, after Zampa nailed Ruturaj Gaikwad – who was beginning to loosen the screws with a 29-ball 47— Ashwin took over. Having already been on the receiving end of Ashwin inside the first spherical in Chennai, the Super Kings weren’t ready to take any risks in the direction of him, preferring to work spherical for singles and twos. There have been 5 doubles and just one boundary inside the 19 runs he conceded off his first two overs.

    But Chennai have been prepared the place they wanted to shift gears. Forced by circumstances, Ajinkya Rahane jumped out, nevertheless Ashwin slowed it down a bit and made the ball drift into him. Just a fragile variation inside the air, nevertheless okay to account for Rahane, who managed to hunt out Jos Buttler at long-on. As Ambati Rayudu obtained right here in, Ashwin started with a quick one sooner than delivering one exterior the off-stump, making the batsman fetch for the ball. The ball being full, Rayudu’s eyes lit-up and he went for a slog sweep, solely to hunt out the fielder at mid-wicket. CSK reeled to 85/4 on the end of the twelfth, and it was an extreme quantity of for the middle and lower-order to tug off a heist. Even though Shivam Dube and Moeen Ali tried to revive the company with a 51-run partnership off merely 25 deliveries, Zampa had the latter as his third sufferer, and efficiently assured two elements for his group.

    No stopping Yashasvi

    With every passing outing this season, Jaiswal is shifting ahead inside the pecking order amongst openers prepared inside the wings for India’ call-up. After smashing centuries in Duleep Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup, the left-hander has been displaying by the use of the IPL that switching codecs isn’t tough for him. On Thursday, it was his carnage that set the tone for Rajasthan’s win. After starting the innings with successive boundaries off the first two deliveries, he had six fours and two sixes by the tip of powerplay as he positioned on 64 inside the agency of Buttler, who was able to play second fiddle.

    This was not merely one different knock, nevertheless one that will give him extra confidence. With Jaiswal being cozy in the direction of pacers, MS Dhoni turned to spinners and though he confirmed just a little little bit of respect to Maheesh Theekshana, he greeted Ravindra Jadeja with a reverse-hit that sailed over degree. At that stage, Rajasthan have been going at 10 runs an over ( 85/0 after eight). It was moreover the interval that Dhoni would rue in the long term.

    CSK made a comeback of sorts—conceding 61 runs inside the subsequent eight overs and accounting for 3 wickets, as Theekshana eradicated Shimron Hetmyer off the first ball of the seventeenth over. With Samson moreover gone, and Matheesha Pathirana nonetheless having two overs up his sleeve, Chennai fancied limiting Rajasthan spherical 180 and avoid being the first group to concede 200 runs in an IPL fixture on the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. At the start of the 18th over, the score at 153/4, the first 200-score appeared distant.

    Instead, Devdutt Padikkal managed to get some part of the bat to Pathirana’s yorkers as he picked two boundaries by means of exterior edge and inside edge. Then Dhruv Jurel – considered one of many finds of the season having fun with ahead of Riyan Parag – supplied the precise completion, pillaging 34 runs off 15 balls. And how important these runs turned out to be.

  • IPL 2023, RR v CSK: Yashasvi Jaiswal, spinners help RR dethrone CSK from prime of things desk with 32-run win

    By Akshay Ramesh: Rajasthan Royals overcame a strong Chennai Super Kings batting unit and a sea of yellow on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium to notch up their 2nd win of the IPL 2023 season in the direction of the 4-time champions. After posting the first 200-plus full on the enduring venue in Jaipur throughout the historic previous of the IPL, Rajasthan defended the general with relative ease, driving on superb spells from two of their spin-bowling masters — R Ashwin and Adam Zampa and a disciplined effort from Yorker skilled Sandeep Sharma on Thursday, April 27.

    Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 77 and R Ashwin and Adam Zampa’s blended tally of 5 wickets have been the highlights of a dominant 32-run win as Rajasthan Royals dethroned Chennai Super Kings from the very best of the IPL 2023 components desk.

    Both CSK and RR are tied on 10 components each after 8 video video games nonetheless the 2008 champions took the very best spot because of their larger Net Run Rate. While snapping their two-match dropping streak, Rajasthan Royals moreover ended Chennai Super Kings’ 3-match worthwhile run in Jaipur.

    IPL 2023, RR v CSK: Highlights

    SAMSON’S CAPTAINCY SHINES

    Sanju Samson’s tactical astuteness was on present as a result of the Rajasthan Royals captain marshalled his troops splendidly successfully. He did not miss a single various to decelerate the game when the Super Kings batters managed to find a sequence of boundaries.

    It was a daring title from Samson to win the toss and determine to bat on batting ground nonetheless Rajasthan flaunted their defending talents with an array of smart bowlers of their ranks.

    YASHASVI EXPLOSIVE AT TOP

    Earlier throughout the day, Yashasvi Jaiswal notched up his career-best score in T20s, inserting on a gift of big-hitting in the direction of the Chennai Super Kings new-ball bowlers. Even as his further established batting confederate, Jos Buttler, was struggling to hunt out the large ones on the fixed cost that he is acknowledged for, youthful Jaiswal carried out spherical with the sphere collectively together with his good strokeplay.

    It was Jaiswal, who took on the onus of scoring large runs throughout the powerplay as Rajasthan Royals raced to 62 for 0 on the end of 6 overs. Jaiswal’s face-off in the direction of his former U19 teammate Akash Singh was a delight to look at as he carried out spherical with the sphere, selecting up the lengths from the left-arm pacer pretty early.

    Akash, who had made it a habits to get the large wickets throughout the powerplay, was taken to the cleaners as Jaiswal was driving and pulling the left-arm pacer with ease. He scored 32 runs throughout the first 2 overs of the left-arm pacer, hitting 6 boundaries and a six as Chennai Super Kings have been shocked by the big-hitting start that Jaiswal gave the Rajasthan Royals.

    After a strong powerplay, Rajasthan Royals appeared to kick ahead nonetheless Ravindra Jadeja gave Chennai Super Kings the much-needed breakthrough when he eradicated Jos Buttler. The England white-ball captain was getting aggravated at his incapability to get a switch on and he paid the price by hitting one straight to the throat of the long-on fielder throughout the ninth over.

    While Jaiswal saved going after the Chennai Super Kings throughout the middle-overs, Sanju Samson, their captain, was not getting used to the tempo of the pitch along with he would wished to. The scoring cost dipped a bit and Tushar Deshpande, who was launched into the assault for a second spell throughout the 14th over, obtained a double blow as he eradicated Samson (17) and the large scalp of Yashasvi (77).

    JUREL BLITZ GIVES RR 202

    Just when it appeared like CSK would put the brakes on the RR scoring cost after conceding merely 21 runs throughout the subsequent 3 overs, Rajasthan upped the ante throughout the remaining 3 overs.

    Rajasthan scored 49 runs throughout the remaining 3 overs, due to some nice big-hitting talents from Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal. Rajasthan did the correct issue by sending their best batters elevated up the order and they also moreover overcame a unusual Shimron Hetmyer failure (8 off 10) to push the throttle throughout the closing 3 overs.

    Jurel hit 2 sixes and three boundaries whereas Padikkal bought right here up with 5 boundaries to take the workforce earlier 202, the first time a 200-plus was achieved on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium throughout the historic previous of the IPL.

    Jurel’s fearless methodology was thrilling to look at as Rajasthan seem to have lastly found a potent lower-order batter who can hit them large after a sequence of failures from Riyan Parag.

    For CSK, youthful Matheesha Pathirana obtained it correct on the demise nonetheless luck favoured the Rajasthan batters as a result of the Super Kings’ private mannequin of Lasith Malinga, gave 33 runs in his remaining 2 overs.

  • Drama ensues in Big Bash League as Adam Zampa’s run out at non-striker’s finish is deemed not out

    Melbourne Stars skipper Adam Zampa was on the centre of drama towards Renegades within the Big Bash League Melbourne derby as his run out of batter Tom Rogers on the non-striker’s finish was deemed not out by the third umpire.

    The incident occurred in the course of the closing over of the Renegades innings as Rogers was dismissed by Zampa whereas he tried to depart the crease early earlier than the latter bowled the supply.

    In the video shared by Cricket Australia, Zampa whereas bowling was seen to take off the bails after he accomplished his follow-through on the bowling finish.

    Woweee 😱

    Rogers survives the Mankad try however solely as a result of Zampa’s bowling arm was previous vertical #BBL12 pic.twitter.com/JUZqK6S7zK

    — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 3, 2023

    However, the third umpire deemed the act as not out. “Rogers survives the Mankad attempt but only because Zampa’s bowling arm was past vertical”, tweeted Cricket Australia.

    Per part 38.3 within the MCC ebook of regulation, “If the non-striker is out of his/her ground at any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be Run out. In these circumstances, the non-striker will be out Run out if he/she is out of his/her ground when his/her wicket is put down by the bowler throwing the ball at the stumps or by the bowler’s hand holding the ball, whether or not the ball is subsequently delivered.”

    The non-striker will be run out if he/she is out of his/her floor up till the second the bowler would usually have been anticipated to launch the ball.

    That means when the arm will get to its highest level. (1/2)#MCCLaws | @BBLpic.twitter.com/fWtdJAtIh1

    — Marylebone Cricket Club (@MCCOfficial) January 3, 2023

    MCC took to Twitter to clarify the incident, “The non-striker can be run out if he/she is out of his/her ground up until the moment the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball. That means when the arm gets to its highest point.”

    Further including, “The bowler is *not* entitled to go all the way around in the bowling action and then run the non-striker out.”

    During the innings break talking, former Australia pacer Brett Lee defined on Fox Sports, “If he goes past where he’s meant to let go of the ball there…..it’s deemed you can’t actually Mankad the batsman.”

    “Listen, I don’t like that rule, I don’t like the Mankad rule whatsoever, I reckon they should take it out of their hands,” he added.

    He additional prompt, “The best way to do it is to say to the batsman, if you leave your crease, you get docked five runs. Take it away from the bowler….I just don’t like seeing that in the game of cricket.”

    Adam Zampa had a very good outing with the ball as he registered bowling figures of 1/18 in his quota of 4 overs, with Renegades ending their innings at 141/7. Trent Boult was the choose of the bowlers for Stars, selecting two wickets and conceding simply 23 runs.

  • IPL Auction: Adam Zampa or Adil Rashid may full Mumbai Indians’ hunt for leg spinner, says Sanjay Manjrekar

    Sanjay Manjrekar stated that Mumbai Indians may goal Adam Zampa or Adil Rashid on the Indian Premier League 2023 Auctions, which can happen on December 23.

    New Delhi ,UPDATED: Dec 19, 2022 15:07 IST

    Sanjay Manjrekar named Adil Rashid as one of many choices Mumbai Indians can contemplate. (Reuters Photo)

    By India Today Web Desk: With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 Auction lower than every week away, franchises can be seeking to goal a few of the massive names so as to add high quality to their groups.

    Ahead of the IPL Auction, which can happen on December 23 in Kochi, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar stated Mumbai Indians can be aiming for his or her Rashid Khan or a Sunil Narine as a leg spinner performs an important function in T20 cricket.

    “Now every IPL team needs somebody like Rashid Khan. So, they are looking for their Rashid khan or a Sunil Narine,” Manjrekar stated on Star Sports present ‘Game Plan – Auction Special’.

    “That is where somebody like an (Adam) Zampa or an Adil Rashid can come into the equation to find the leg spinner. So, all three aspects seems okay despite their performance last season.

    “So, sure a wrist spinner, they’ve let go of M. Ashwin, they’ve a historical past of spinners, there was Markande with them, Rahul Chahar, they need to by no means have let him go, he has gone, so perhaps an abroad spinner any individual like a Zampa or an Adil Rashid will probably be excellent for them.”

    Manjrekar further said that Mumbai Indians’ bowling woes have been resolved, with Jofra Archer and a fit Jasprit Bumrah coming in. The former India cricketer added that Rohit Sharma’s form can take care of the team’s batting department.

    “You know while you take a look at their bowling assault, and final time round they suffered, however now they’ve Jofra Archer, Bumrah is match, they’ve Jason Behrendorff, so that could be a high quality assault which they’ve, so that isn’t an issue. Batting additionally, Rohit Sharma comes again into type, that takes cares of stuff, so they are going to be hoping that he will get going too,” Manjrekar stated.

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    Dec 19, 2022

  • Coach Andrew McDonald fears extra COVID circumstances inside their squad

    Australia head coach Andrew McDonald fears there’s extra COVID-19 circumstances of their T20 World Cup squad after Adam Zampa and Matthew Wade contracted the virus halfway into their title defence.

    Wade, the one wicketkeeper within the squad, is the second Australian cricketer after leg-spinner Zampa to have examined optimistic on Wednesday night.

    Wade was nonetheless scheduled to play of their rained out blockbuster conflict towards England on Friday.

    “That’s highly possible (more COVID cases) really the way it’s gone. I suppose the strong point around that was that Matthew Wade was going to play tonight (Friday). So each individual is affected differently by the virus,” McDonald mentioned after the match was deserted with no ball being bowled.

    Zampa had examined optimistic for COVID earlier and needed to miss Australia’s win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

    “Obviously, Zampa wasn’t fairly proper. We had a warning there to verify he was able to go for this recreation whereas Wade responded completely in a different way, much less signs and he was able to go tonight.

    “(Zampa) Had to be isolated from the group. That was probably the only thing where we had to communicate separately from him, which is a little bit unique. But yeah, it’s a real possibility for all teams,” he added.

    Ireland’s Geroge Dockrell is the opposite cricketer to have examined optimistic for the virus within the event up to now, however took the sphere within the nine-wicket loss towards Sri Lanka on Sunday.

    The Australian authorities lifted the necessary isolation necessities for COVID optimistic circumstances earlier this month.

    As per the present ICC laws, a optimistic take a look at doesn’t cease a participant from taking part in within the ongoing T20 World Cup or coaching together with his teammates.

  • Australia vs Zimbabwe: Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa bulldoze previous guests to seal collection

    Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa mixed to smash Zimbabwe within the 2nd ODI recreation of the three match collection. The two bowlers picked three a chunk to skittle the opposition for simply 96 runs.

    File picture of Mitchell Starc celebrating a wicket. (Courtesy: Reuters)

    HIGHLIGHTSAll Australian bowlers have been amongst wickets barring Marcus StoinisSteve Smith scored a brisk 47 off 41 balls together with 8 boundaries and 1 sixZimbabwe pacer Richard Ngarava seemed in good contact as soon as once more cleansing up the openers

    Hosts Australia took an unassailable lead within the ODI collection towards Zimbabwe on Wednesday, 31 August, successful their second match by a giant margin of 8 wickets. The Aaron Finch led aspect marched to victory after the duo of Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa went by way of the guests’ batting order, bundling them out for simply 96 runs within the first innings of the sport.

    Zimbabwe have been unable to repeat their respectable efficiency from recreation one, crumbling for 96 all out in 27.5 overs. In reply, Australia peeled off 100-2 in 14.4 overs earlier than a modest weekday crowd.

    “Pretty clinical today,” Starc mentioned within the post-match information convention.

    “Some guys are coming off some cricket, others are coming off a few weeks of no matches. I think everyone’s finding a nice rhythm.”

    Starc began off the proceedings on the high, knocking out the whole high order. The left arm-pacer has been in good kind off late within the choose few matches constructing on to the T20 World Cup. Australia stay favourites to win the trophy as defending champion, however should type out their batting order to provide them the perfect probability at exploring their explosive finest. One of the purpose of competition has been the presence of Steve Smith as a floater within the center order, a job that was explored within the T20 World Cup in UAE.

    On the day, the previous Australia captain performed a brisk knock of 47 off 41 balls to take the crew over the road, with out losing a lot time. Albeit towards Zimbabwe, the knock is vital for Smith to make a push for the World Cup squads, each in Australia and in India (2023).

    Australia would now face Zimbabwe within the third ODI match scheduled to be performed on 3 September.

    — ENDS —

  • Watch: Steve Smith’s jaw-dropping catch to dismiss Zimbabwe’s Tony Munyonga in first ODI

    Australian star cricketer Steve Smith has began off the summer time in model as he took a diving catch to dismiss Tony Munyonga within the first ODI between Australia and Zimbabwe in Townsville on Sunday.

    It was the twenty fifth over of the innings when Adam Zampa’s supply was smacked excessive into the air by Munyonga and Smith took a screamer. Smith, who returned to Aussie aspect after battling accidents on the Sri Lanka tour in June, confirmed unimaginable ability to guage this excessive ball whereas operating backwards at full tilt, diving to snare the catch simply above the Townsville turf. Smith needed to run onerous simply to get inside the vary of the place the ball would land. He stored his eyes on the ball and produced the blinder.

    What a begin from Steve Smith! The gun fielder begins off the summer time with a stunner in Townsville! #AUSvZIM pic.twitter.com/IXEw75XsXw

    — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) August 28, 2022

    Having gained the toss, Australia selected to discipline first. Munyonga exited for 7. It was Adam Zampa’s second wicket of the sport having clean-bowled Zimbabwean opener Tadiwanashe Marumani who departed simply shy of a half century. With Marumani’s 45 and Wessely Madhevere’s 72, the guests have been 190/7 in 45 overs of the innings. Zampa, who returned to the aspect after the start of his first baby,  scalped 3 for 57 in his 10-over quota.

    Zimbabwe will probably be taking part in a three-match ODI collection in Australia. Australia hasn’t hosted Zimbabwe for an ODI collection since January 2004, after they have been a part of a tri-series that included India.

     

     

  • ‘We are wary of what they are able to do’: Adam Zampa on Bangladesh

    After their demoralising defeat to England, Australia would wish to shortly choose themselves up as they face Bangladesh in virtually a must-win match within the T20 World Cup.
    Australia have gained two of their three matches and can now play Bangladesh and the West Indies of their remaining Group 1 matches.
    Speaking about Bangladesh, leg spinner Adam Zampa, who went for 37 runs in his three overs towards England, mentioned on Sunday that the Aussies are “wary of what they can do” – with regards to the 4-1 loss Australia suffered in Bangladesh in a latest five-match T20 internationals sequence.
    However, Zampa identified the “wicket in Dhaka for that series was probably one of the worst international wickets that we’ve come up against.”
    The leg spinner additionally mentioned the Bangladesh batters pose a special set of challenges in comparison with say the large hitting gamers like Jos Butler of England, who single handedly demolished the Australian bowling on Saturday.
    Bangladesh are but to win a recreation having misplaced all three matches and are nearly out of reckoning for a semifinal spot.Australia will play Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday.