Bangladesh ride on Tamim’s 95 but Starc fourfor peg Australia back

Tamim Iqbal offered Bangladesh’s lone resistance with a valiant 95 as Australia restricted his side to 182 all out.

After hitting 128 against England, Tamim was the main man once again, but this time he lacked support and was unable to stop Australia taking control at The Oval.

While Tamim was rock solid, hitting his 95 off 114 balls with six fours and three sixes, Shakib Al Hasan was the next highest scorer on 29.

Pace bowler Mitchell Starc was Australia’s most effective force with four wickets from his 8.3 overs. Australia were the victims of one of the all-time great upsets when Bangladesh beat them by five wickets in a one-day international in Cardiff in 2005.

The main threat to Australia’s ambitions could come from the weather, with rain forecast for the latter part of the day.

Beaten by England last week, Bangladesh must win to keep their last four hopes alive.

Tamim’s initial flurry of boundaries was very good. Having put England’s bowlers to the sword, Tamim was back in the groove, skipping down the pitch and driving the ball back past Hazlewood for an emphatic four.

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.

Pat Cummins tempted Imrul Kayes to flick a short ball to Aaron Finch and, with Tamim taking a more cautious approach after those wickets, Bangladesh didn’t score a boundary for 11 overs.