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00:00Hello everyone. Welcome to Straight Back with Gulf News. It's day 3 of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
00:12And today, we had Bangladesh playing Netherlands and Zimbabwe playing Africa.
00:17Bangladesh beat Netherlands rather handsomely. Although the margin of win was a 9-1.
00:25But there was never a doubt of a Bangladesh victory. In fact, they were first in the Super 12 in the T20 World Cup.
00:32Zimbabwe and South Africa tried their best to finish a rain-affected match which started late with a couple of interruptions.
00:40And finally, the match was rained off and there was no result, which means the teams unhappily split their point each.
00:47I think Zimbabwe would be glad to gap that point, but South Africa definitely would miss that point.
00:53We have with us Satish, our Gulf News Sports Editor. Let's discuss the match today.
00:59Satish, what do you make of today's match?
01:00It's a bit of a dampener, Shyam, especially for South Africa. Because rain is continuing to affect South Africa's chances in the World Cup.
01:11This could also prove crucial because now South Africa have to beat India or Pakistan to have any chance.
01:20Whatever little points they could have got from Zimbabwe would have helped them, even if they had lost one of those matches.
01:27But that's not to be because now they have split points. They have got only one point from Zimbabwe game.
01:34And they were so close. Basically, they were only about two or three shots away from getting those runs.
01:41True. But still, it's a sad state of affairs for South Africa. On the other hand, Bangladesh, who have been meticulously preparing.
01:52And when I spoke to the coaches, they were saying that they lost very narrowly to the teams.
01:59Now they are at least getting their first victory, albeit against an associate country.
02:04But at least a win is a win. So, they must be happy as well.
02:09In fact, when you say that about Bangladesh, one of the things I noticed today was Shakib Al Hasan saying that…
02:17Shakib Al Hasan is maybe one of the four players to have played all the World Cups. That is from 2007 onwards, he has played 10 World Cups.
02:26But he still hasn't had a World Cup or a Super 12 victory under his belt until today.
02:33So, he was happy to put that away. But having said that, Netherlands didn't do too badly because they restricted Bangladesh to 144, which again is a subpar score.
02:45So, I think there is reason enough for Bangladesh to be worried about their batting, wouldn't you say, Salish? Because only Afif Hossain made any runs there.
02:54Correct. Absolutely, Shyam. I think towards the end, Mossadegh came and got some runs finally.
03:03So, that's well their total. Otherwise, they would have been in real trouble.
03:06Yes, again, we have to also take into consideration that the Bangladesh team is again an young team.
03:11They are in the rebuilding process. Only about three or four of them are experienced.
03:15So, in that sense, they should be happy that they have won a close game.
03:20Yes, moving forward, Bangladesh need to play a better game.
03:23Especially, you know, again, as we keep talking about Australian wickets, Australian grounds, they need to play a better game.
03:31Just the way, Shyam, there are enough games for them to understand and learn from these.
03:37What Kohli did yesterday, what Aditya Pandya did yesterday. If they watch these matches,
03:41they can pretty well find out and figure out a particular way of approach, how they need to go about in the batting.
03:49Yes, it's an young team. But they should learn faster.
03:52I think they have had enough matches under the belt to say that they are now getting the experience.
04:00When you made that reference to Kohli's escape act yesterday.
04:04I mean, the Netherlands did something very similar to that, isn't it?
04:08Because they had lost the first two wickets in the first two balls. Then they lost two more wickets.
04:14So, they were pretty much looking down the battle at one point before Akerman and Van Meekeren pulled them out back into the game.
04:29So, for an associated nation, that is a steep learning curve, isn't it?
04:35This is precisely why we need associated nations in the main draw.
04:39Absolutely. These are, again, a great effort from Akerman.
04:44But again, maybe, you know, like Paul, Van Meekeren in the final.
04:48But what is happening is, like, this is exactly the problem with the associated nations because of the lack of experience.
04:54They allow the match to drift away from them. And then they finally try to scamper something.
04:59But still, they fall short by a little margin. That should not be the case.
05:04They should be, you know, like, at least in the top four or five, one more batsman should have been with Akerman so that they could have come.
05:12They could have probably crossed the line.
05:14But again, Bangladesh is a very good bowling site.
05:18So, to come this far itself is a big credit to them. Yes.
05:22But again, I think that we need to find a way how these associated nations can play better and get more experience as they come for the World Cup.
05:33Yeah. One of the positives which Shakib Al-Hassan said that they take out of the match is the performance of Tashkent Ahmed who came away with four wickets and also was his supporting act, Hassan.
05:46So, between them, they did most of the damage.
05:50This Hassan Mahmud got 2 for 15, whereas Tashkent Ahmed came away with 4 for 25.
05:56Good performances for a side rebuilding and to see some youngsters put their hand up.
06:01Correct. Correct, Cham.
06:03Tashkent is a quality player. I think he had some experience that maybe he was not there for a while and then came back.
06:09But yeah, Tashkent is one of those who had some experience under his belt.
06:14And he showed that he also came in to use that to full effect.
06:19So, that way, they were able to get that extra effort which, you know, like that needed for Bangladesh to win.
06:29He scored about 45-50 matches in one day and 40-plus matches in T20s, 50 matches in one day.
06:37And so, he has been an experienced guy.
06:39And he has got some good runs also under his belt.
06:42But he can come in handy with the bat as well.
06:45Yeah, it's positive for Bangladesh.
06:48Now, going out to the other match.
06:51South Africa seems to have a love affair with rain.
06:54Tell me more about it, Shastri.
06:56Cham, seriously.
06:5830 years, their luck has not changed.
07:02Right from the time when they played the semi-finals against England in the 1992 World Cup.
07:07Of course, that's a 50-over World Cup.
07:09Where 23 needed of 13 balls.
07:12And there was a rain interruption.
07:14When they came back, I still remember that scoreboard reading,
07:1722 of one ball and…
07:19I think it's a…
07:21I am forgetting the all-rounder, the Burley all-rounder.
07:25He came and defended the last ball…
07:27Lance Kloosner.
07:29No, no, no. It was not Lance Kloosner.
07:31Yeah, I am forgetting the name.
07:33Or McMillan.
07:35No, Cham. No, no.
07:37I think when they came back, it was…
07:43He was on the exercise…
07:45Jack Curliss.
07:47Not Curliss, right?
07:48He was not the express pace guy.
07:50But he could bowl a fairly decent bounce and pace.
07:56And I think, I will tell you.
07:58It is a…
08:02I think it's McMillan. Brian McMillan.
08:04Yeah, Craig McMillan.
08:06Brian, sorry. Craig is New Zealand, yes.
08:09Yeah, Brian McMillan. He came and defended the last ball.
08:12To make it a point that it's a farce.
08:16Those were the early days of Duckworth Lewis.
08:19So, a lot more refinement has happened.
08:23And I think it's a lot better now.
08:25Now, having said that, they really made a match of fit.
08:28Because they had Simbabwe on the hop.
08:34Basically, Simbabwe were restricted to 79 for 5 in the 9-0.
08:42Wesley Madbure doing much of the scoring there.
08:4535 on 18 balls.
08:47And Milton Shumba adding 18.
08:49That means they put on 53.
08:51I think it's about 16 in partnership, Shyam almost.
08:56Because 19-19 for 4.
08:58They were 79 for 5.
09:0016 in partnership they made, yeah.
09:02Yeah, you are right.
09:04They were 19 for 4 and they hauled them to 79.
09:06You are right. So, 16 runs partnership there.
09:09So now, what is more…
09:13What struck me in that match is the way South Africa went about it.
09:19Specifically, how Quinton Decock went about it.
09:23First over, he had 4-4, say 6.
09:26And say single of the over.
09:28That is 23 runs on the over.
09:30What a start that was. Tell us more about it.
09:32Shyam, Quinton Decock is a treat to watch.
09:37He is a brilliant player in world cricket today.
09:41And he showed why he is such a talent.
09:44And what differentiates between him and the rest.
09:47He was hitting 4s at will.
09:49It was not a slog.
09:52Excepting maybe one shot, he played a shot where it got the top edge and went.
09:56But other than that, he was playing perfect cricketing shots.
09:59And he was literally toying with the bowling.
10:02But sadly, his knock-off of 47 in 18 balls had to be consigned as a no result.
10:11That didn't come off well.
10:16Anyway, what struck me there was…
10:19Do you agree that Tim Babu Ma should have opened with Quinton Decock?
10:25Especially because Babu Ma has been struggling for runs.
10:29Especially in a game where you need to score quickly.
10:34Because when the revised target was set for 7 overs, they need something like 64.
10:39Babu Ma played only 2 balls and scored 2 singles of each other.
10:44But I would have seen somebody like Miller come along with Quinton Decock.
10:49Do you agree with me?
10:51In a way, yes, Shyam.
10:53In a way, what has happened is, when they started the innings, they were looking at the 9-over mark.
10:57After the first 1.1 over, the rain came and it became a 7-over game.
11:04Even then, you would rather close out the match early, isn't it?
11:10And you have somebody like a finisher in David Miller, who is one of the most feared finishers in the game today.
11:17I would have expected him to come out.
11:19No, maybe what the thought process must have been is, keep one end up and then attack the other end.
11:24Because they don't want to lose the game also.
11:26Instead of chasing 2 points, you shouldn't be losing 2 points as well.
11:29So, they must be keeping Babu Ma as a…
11:31That's a very negative way of approach, actually.
11:34But in the net, Babu Ma only played 2 balls.
11:39So, at best, if Miller had been there, he could have even got those 2 fours of those 2 balls as well.
11:44That way, they could have come closer to that.
11:48No, what I was struck there, it was not those 2 balls and 2 runs there.
11:54It was the mindset. I thought that was more of a defensive mindset.
11:57Absolutely. It's more of a defensive mindset. Correct. Absolutely.
12:00I fully agree with you on that count. Yes.
12:03So, that's it for today.
12:06We have a big game coming up tomorrow.
12:09It's a pretty big game for Australia.
12:12They have to find their winning ways back.
12:14They are playing against Sri Lanka.
12:16So, hopefully, we will see the true Australian team that will turn up tomorrow.
12:20But again, if they don't, then they will be in deep trouble.
12:23Because they have a minus 4 point something.
12:27Yes, they are the only team with a minus run rate. Yes.
12:31So, it's very, very true. In fact, I had tipped Australia to win the cup.
12:36And I think they might have said, they should win it for me at least.
12:39And they are playing in the fastest pitch in the world, Perth.
12:42Perth Stadium at 3pm tomorrow. That is the match against Sri Lanka.
12:46And Sri Lanka are tricky customers. See.
12:49The bigger the match, they seem to do well, in fact.
12:54Because they might struggle against the associated nations.
12:57But when it comes to the bigger teams, they put out their best performance.
13:00So, I think Australia better watch out for.
13:02Especially when coming of a loss, it might not help them.
13:07And Chama, I was talking to Tom Moody recently.
13:10And he was a coach of Sri Lanka.
13:12And he said, Sri Lanka are known to punch above the weight in the ICC events.
13:19So, they have always done this historically.
13:21So, coming from an Australian, they should be wary of what they are coming up against tomorrow.
13:27So, who is your pick for tomorrow's spin?
13:30In this rate, I would even go with Sri Lanka, Shyam.
13:34Because they are quality spinners.
13:37And the way Australia play, unless they change their approach,
13:40it becomes very difficult for them to even beat Sri Lanka.
13:44But against Sri Lanka, there are some very good talents who can take the match away from you.
13:48On their day.
13:50I want to agree with you, Satish.
13:53But I would stay with Australia.
13:55Because I picked them to win the cup.
13:57So, I would stay with them.
13:59Of course, Australia has a quality in them.
14:02It's just that they need to get their act together.
14:04I hope they do that tomorrow.
14:06We all wanted that to happen, Shyam.
14:09Because we want to see a good World Cup.
14:11And I think Australia going out wouldn't help.
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