Australia Cruising in Chase After Marsh and Inglis Start Strong

Overs6.6 Score74 - 1 Nahid Rana to Cooper Connolly, Yorker length ball on off. Connolly squeezes it through the gap at point for a single. 20 runs off the over. Australia are cruising.

4 Overs6.5 Score73 - 1 Nahid Rana to Cooper Connolly, FOUR MORE! Top shot! On a hard length, around off. Connolly steers it through the gap at the backward point region for back-to-back boundaries.

4 Overs6.4 Score69 - 1 Nahid Rana to Cooper Connolly, FOUR! Glorious! Overpitched around off. Connolly leans into this and creams the drive through the extra cover and mid off region for a lovely boundary.

1 Overs6.3 Score65 - 1 Nahid Rana to Mitchell Marsh, Fuller than a length around off. Marsh drives into the cover region and a fine stop from Hridoy keeps it to one.

4 Overs6.2 Score64 - 1 Nahid Rana to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Over the top! Slower ball on the full, around off. Marsh shimmies down the track, picks up the slower ball, goes through with his shot, and lofts it toward the long-off region. One bounce and over the ropes.

6 Overs6.1 Score60 - 1 Nahid Rana to Mitchell Marsh, SIX! Nahid Rana is greeted in style! Fuller than a length on the leg pole. Marsh picks it early and flicks it over the deep backward square leg fence for a biggie.

W Overs5.5 Score54 - 1 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, OUT! CAUGHT! INGLIS PERISHES! Drops it a tad short, on the middle stump line. Inglis stays back and looks to pull it out of the park, but miscues it off the cue end toward deep mid-wicket, where Shamim Hossain comes in and takes a good sliding grab. Australia lose their first after a solid stand.

0 Overs5.3 Score54 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Tad short, on the middle. Inglis goes back and pulls it on the bounce to mid on.

1 Overs5.1 Score53 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Tossed up full, on off. Inglis drives it toward the short cover fielder and calls for a quick single. Poor throw from the fielder at the keeper's end allows Marsh to get home safely.

4 Overs4.6 Score52 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Top shot! Short of a good length, outside off, Mitchell Marsh presses up on his toes and smacks it down between point and covers for yet another boundary. 18 off the over, 50 up for Australia as well.

4 Overs4.5 Score48 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Streaky, but Marsh won't mind it. Pitched up delivery around off, Mitchell Marsh looks to loft it straight but gets a thick outside edge that flies between short third and backward point for a boundary.

1 Overs4.4 Score44 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Slightly into the pitch, outside off and this one sits up a bit. Inglis crunches it square through cover-point and picks up a single.

1 Overs4.3 Score43 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, Hard length, in and around off, punched away wide of mid off for a quick single. Good running.

4 Overs4.2 Score42 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, MISFIELD AND FOUR! That's sluggish fielding. Back of a length and in the channel, punched on the up, sweetly timed but straight to cover. Saif Hassan lets it through his hands and the ball rolls away into the fence.

4 Overs4.1 Score38 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Stand and deliver! Length ball on off, Marsh punhces it on the up and hammers it over mid off for a boundary.

1 Overs3.4 Score33 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Inglis looks to advance but Nasum drags the length back and this is worked away towards square leg for a run.

2 Overs3.3 Score32 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Rishad Hossain uses the boot to good effect. Flighted up on off, Josh Inglis goes inside out and lofts it high over covers. The ball trickles to the fence but Hossain runs around from long off to his left and saves two runs for his side.

1 Overs3.2 Score30 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, Full and straight, angling in, driven on the up and dnown to long off for one more.

1 Overs3.1 Score29 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Fullish length on middle and leg, Inglis uses the depth of the crease and works it behind square leg for one.

1 Overs2.6 Score28 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Hard length, around middle, and staying a touch low. Inglis swivels and swings it down to long leg for one more. Australia are 28/0 after 3, needing 82 more off 102 balls.

1 Overs2.5 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, Taskin hits the length hard and bowls it around the top of off. Marsh swings across the line but gets an inside edge behind square leg for a single.

6 Overs2.4 Score26 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, SIX! The first maximum of the chase and that's a clean strike from Marsh. Overpitched around off, angling in. Mitchell Marsh hits through the line of the ball and whacks it straight back down the ground for a biggie.

0 Overs2.3 Score20 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, Back of a length and around off, Marsh stands tall and looks to bludgeon is through the off side but miscues it badly.

0 Overs2.2 Score20 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, Pitched up again, at the stumps, Mitchell Marsh comes down the pitch and smacks it hard but straight to extra cover. Marsh is looking to really go after every ball here.

1 Overs2.1 Score20 - 0 Taskin Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Taskin starts with a full ball at the stumps, Inglis jams it into the deck and Taskin gets a hand ocer his head, deflecting it to mid off. Single taken.

0 Overs1.6 Score19 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh, Good over from Nasum pulling things back after Shoriful's over. Good length, angled in at the stumps, Marsh hops back and keeps it out.

1 Overs1.5 Score19 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Floated up fuller on middle, Inglis looks to straight drive but gets it off the inner half of the blade to mid on for one.

0 Overs1.4 Score18 - 0 Nasum Ahmed to Josh Inglis, Three dots in a row now. Quicker through the air, fractionally and around off, Inglis cuts it but straight to point.

4 Overs0.5 Score13 - 0 Shoriful Islam to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Josh Inglis starts with a superb stroke. Good-length delivery, just angling across the right-hander. Inglis leans across and creams it through covers for another boundary.

1lb Overs0.4 Score9 - 0 Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, Pitched up around leg stump, Marsh looks to flick but the ball skids on and hits the pads. The ball rolls behind point and they get a leg bye. Half an appeal for LBW, nothing more.

4 Overs0.3 Score8 - 0 Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Down the pitch and gets enough on it, does Marsh.n Dug in shorter over off, Marsh comes down the track and slices it high behind point and over the infield for a boundary.

0 Overs0.2 Score4 - 0 Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, Play and a miss! Shorter in length, angled well across off. Marhs looks to slap it through the off side but misses.

4 Overs0.1 Score4 - 0 Shoriful Islam to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Mitchell Marsh is up and running. Overpitched delivery around off, looking for some swing. Mitchell Marsh just plants his front leg ahead and hammers it over mid off for a boundary.

Welcome back for the chase. The players return to the field. Bangladesh players take their positions while the pair of Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis makes their way to open the innings for Australia. Shoriful Islam will take the new ball for Bangladesh. Here we go!