Australia boosted their hopes of qualifying for the Men’s T20 World Cup semi-finals with an eight-wicket thrashing of already-eliminated Bangladesh in Dubai.
Reporters understood that Bangladesh was bowled out for just 73 and Australia chased the target in 6.2 overs to significantly improve their net run-rate and climb above South Africa into second place in Group 1.
Aaron Finch made 40 and David Warner 18 before Mitchell Marsh pulled for six to win the game with 82 balls to spare. Adam Zampa took a career-best 5-19.
Reports show that if South Africa beat England, then Australia must beat West Indies to progress to the final four.
Thursday’s second game sees defending champions West Indies, who can mathematically still qualify for the last four, face the already-eliminated Sri Lanka from 14:00 GMT in Abu Dhabi.
