ICC World Cup 2023 | AUS vs BAN: Hridoy hits 74 to power Bangladesh to 306/8

Towhid Hridoy slammed a fifty as Bangladesh produced their best batting effort to post a competitive 306 for 8 against Australia in their final World Cup match here on SaturdayThe 22yearold Hridoy smashed a 79ball 74 studded with five fours and two sixes but none of the other Bangladeshi batters could convert their starts after being invited to take first strikeAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 ENG vs PAK Jos Buttler wins the toss and elects to batJosh Hazlewood 021 was on the money with the new ball while Adam Zampa 232 scalped two to take the top position in the list of most wicket takers in this World Cup and Sean Abbott 261 playing his first game also took twoWhile Australia have already sealed their semifinal berth the match holds significance for Bangladesh as a spot for the 2025 Champions trophy is on the lineBangladesh showed the right intent with openers Litton Das 36 and Tanzid Hasan 36 giving them a good start on a belter of a wicket as they were 76 for no loss at one stage However both frittered away their startsAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Pakistan living on hopeHazlewood began the proceedings with a maiden over but Pat Cummins sharing the new ball in the absence of Mitchell Starc gave away 10 runs in his opening over Cummins was taken to the cleaners by Tanzid in the sixth over with two foursLitton joined the party with three boundaries in the eighth over off Sean Abbott as Tanzid brought up the team fifty with another four off Mitchell Marsh in 49 ballsMarsh then conceded 13 runs but Abbott produced the first breakthrough with a short ball which Tanzid topedged to hand the bowler a caught and bowl chanceNajmul Hossain Shanto 45 also looked in fine fettle producing two hits to the fence off Marsh as Bangladesh scored 100 for one in 151 oversHowever Zampa came on board to have Litton caught by Marnus Labuschagne at longonHridoy smashed two sixes en route to a 63run alliance with Shanto off 66 balls but Labuschagne produced a terrific throw after a superb fielding to run out the standin skipperMahmudullah 32 clobbered three sixes and a four during his 44run stand with Hridoy as 200 was up for Bangladesh in 32nd over But he fell for another unnecessary runout with Labuschagne once again in actionHridoy picked up his fifty in 39th over but Mushfiqur Rahim 21 became the second victim of Zampa after adding 37 Mehidy Hasan Miraz then blasted four boundaries before Abbott sent him backHridoy was out in the 47th over when he swung at a fulltoss from Stoinis only to be caught by Labuschagne at midwicketAbbott was in action as he dismissed Mehidy off his own bowling and then ran out Nasum Ahmed as Bangladesh could add just 67 in the last 10 oversThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever