Australia beat Bangladesh, Australia won by 7 wickets (with 181 balls remaining)

and the crowd stream onto the field, just pre-empting any hint of a good mood from Steve Waugh

Steve Waugh is inaudible over the sounds of the crowd cheering, chanting andbooing. Make up your own cliches folks.

Man of the Big Tom Moody, with his favourite "Fly Emirates" hat on

so Australia trail the West Indies by 0.11 on the net run rate, which, assuming NZ lose to Pak tomorrow, means they have to beat WI by around 15 runs or 3 overs. If NZ win tomorrow, then it will be simply be down to the winner of WI v Aus going thru.

there are some other complications, such as the NZ RR, and what happens if Scotland beat NZ, but that is essentially the situation at the moment.

tomorrow is a 1-match day, NZ v Pakistan. Tune in to see how legs Shoaib Akhtar breaks. Play starts at 945 GMT. Until then, drive safely.

19.5

Khaled Mahmud to Moody, SIX runs

thru the mid wicket, looks heading for a catch, but too high, Australia clean up in style

19.4

Khaled Mahmud to Moody, 2 runs

driving thru the mid wicket, that's 50 off an amazing 28 balls

19.3

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Khaled Mahmud to Moody, no run

spears it in at his legs, hard back to the bowler, DROPPED!

19.2

Khaled Mahmud to Moody, FOUR runs

easily picked off the stumps, about a foot short of being a 6

19.1

Khaled Mahmud to Moody, FOUR runs

stands, cover drives, "catch it" was quite the optimistic call

Over19

18 runs

AUS 165/3CRR: 8.68 RRR: 0.45

RT Ponting 18 (10b 1x4 1x6)TM Moody 40 (24b 4x4 1x6)

Enamul Haque2/40 (5)

14 to win, this will possibly be the last over

18.6

Enamul Haque to Ponting, FOUR runs

what a slaughter, easily driven thru the covers

18.5

Enamul Haque to Ponting, 2 runs

pulled in front of square, just fielded in frontof the square leg rope

18.4

Enamul Haque to Ponting, SIX runs

dancing down the wicket, huge straight drive, over the stumps into the sightscreen

18.3

Enamul Haque to Moody, 1 run

driving down to the wide long on

18.2

Enamul Haque to Moody, FOUR runs

swung thru the mid wicket, YAB

18.1

Enamul Haque to Ponting, 1 run

sweeping hard, the mid wkt fielder dives and slows it down, they get a siungle whilst he regathers

Over18

14 runs

AUS 147/3CRR: 8.16 RRR: 1.00

TM Moody 35 (22b 3x4 1x6)RT Ponting 5 (6b)

Minhajul Abedin1/38 (3)

17.6

Minhajul Abedin to Moody, 2 runs

thru the mid wicket, Moody just going the slog, the wide long on fields

17.5

Minhajul Abedin to Moody, FOUR runs

down the leg side, the loft over the mdi wicket turns in the a bottom edge to fine leg

17.4

Minhajul Abedin to Moody, 2 runs

swipes over the mid wicket, looks good for a boundary, but Hasibul collects on the 1st bounce

17.3

Minhajul Abedin to Ponting, 1 run

flicking off the legs and behind square

17.2

Minhajul Abedin to Moody, 3 runs

nudged into the covers, one of the more comfortable 3s you'll ever see run, Bangladesh think outfielding isn't fashionable

17.1

Minhajul Abedin to Moody, 2 runs

worked well downthru the mid off

Over17

9 runs

AUS 133/3CRR: 7.82 RRR: 1.39

RT Ponting 4 (5b)TM Moody 22 (17b 2x4 1x6)

Enamul Haque2/22 (4)

16.6

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Enamul Haque to Ponting, no run

Enamul should get another couple of wickets, he's getting good drift and turn, the perfect weapon for attacking batting

16.5

Enamul Haque to Moody, 3 runs

gets it over the backward point, another mishit

16.4

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Enamul Haque to Moody, no run

pulling, bottom edge behind the body, lucky not to play on

Bangladesh vs Australia, 22nd Match at Chester-le-Street, May 27 1999 - Match Result