Tuesday 6 June 2017 07:06, UK
Australia were denied a near-certain victory over Bangladesh as rain saw the ICC Champions Trophy clash at the Oval abandoned.
Having bowled Bangladesh out for just 182, Australia looked to be cruising to victory, reaching 83-1 after 16 overs before the heavens opened and washed out the game.
Opener Tamim Iqbal had earlier narrowly missed out on back-to-back hundreds for Bangladesh, before his wicket triggered a collapse of four wickets for just one run to see the innings brought to an abrupt end after 44.3 overs.
Tamim followed up his 128 in the eight-wicket defeat to England on Thursday with 95 off 114 balls - his knock leading the way after Bangladesh opted to bat under leaden skies.
The 28-year-old looked vulnerable against the short ball as he compiled a watchful fifty off 69 balls, curbing his attacking instincts against an Australian attack bowling with greater discipline than they had in their abandoned match against New Zealand.
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.
Travis Head went seven overs without conceding a boundary before Tamim launched successive off-side sixes off the part-time spinner, who exacted revenge by trapping an advancing Shakib lbw.
Head's success delayed Zampa's introduction until the 34th over but the leg-spinner wasted little time making his mark as Sabbir Rahman drilled his second ball to Smith at short extra.
Zampa forced Mahmudullah to play on before the tail folded to Starc, who took three wickets in four balls after Tamim top-edged a short ball to Josh Hazlewood at fine leg.
Starc came within inches of claiming a hat-trick, almost bowling last man Mustafizur Raham with a yorker, before settling for a triple-wicket maiden and bowling Mehedi Hasan in his next over.
Rubel Hossain dismissed Aaron Finch (23) early in the reply but Australia remained in complete control with David Warner (40no) and Steve Smith (22no) at the crease.
The rain came down just as the players were about to take drinks and although Australia were comfortably ahead on DLS, they were four overs short of the 20 required in the second innings to constitute a game.
As such, when the decision was made that no further play would possible, a no result saw both sides leave with a point and means Australia must beat England at Edgbaston on Saturday to avoid an early exit.
