Bangladesh vs Afghanistan: Cricket World Cup live scores, blog

Bangladesh and Afghanistan will face off at The Rose Bowl today, as both sides are looking to secure a victory, but for different reasons. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 7:30pm (AEST).

Bangladesh have been solid throughout the 2019 World Cup thus far. They have secured two wins from six games, but they definitely have been in the majority of the games they have featured in.

It’s unlikely that they will progress to the knockout stages, but they won’t be giving up on their dream just yet.

Bangladesh are coming off a 48-run loss to Australia, but they definitely gave the reigning champions a game at Trent Bridge.

However, the reality is, Bangladesh leaked far too many runs, as Australia piled on 381 runs in the first innings.

Soumya Sarkar was the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers, as he finished with figures of 3-58 off his eight overs.

When it came to the chase, Bangladesh finished the 50 overs with 333 runs on the board, which does show that if they had of bowled a bit tighter, they perhaps could have snatched this game.

Mushfiqur Rahim was brilliant, as he compiled an unbeaten 102 runs from 97 deliveries. Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah both scored half-centuries, also.

As for Afghanistan, they are also coming off a good game of cricket, which was played at The Rose Bowl. Despite having not won a game from the six fixtures they have been involved in, they gave India a contest.

They restricted India to 224 from 50 overs. All the bowlers chipped in, but it was Mohammad Nabi who was the best of them, as he finished with figures of 2-33 off his nine overs.

When it came to the chase, unfortunately for Afghanistan, they just fell short. They were bowled out for 213, which resulted in an 11-run defeat. Nabi was also the pick of Afghanistan’s batsmen, as he compiled 52 runs from 55 balls.

Prediction
Afghanistan will no doubt fancy their chances after giving India a scare, but Bangladesh should have too much quality in this game.

Bangladesh are also coming off a longer break, which should ensure they are the fresher of the two sides.

Bangladesh to prevail.

Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 7:30pm (AEST).

Game Information
When: 7:30pm (AEST)
Where: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
TV: Fox Cricket
Betting: Bangladesh $1.22, Afghanistan $4.15

Bangladesh (squad)
Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Abu Jayed, Liton Das (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal.

Afghanistan (squad)
Gulbadin Naib (capt), Aftab Alam, Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ikram Ali Khil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.