Poor Bangladesh Hridoy was given out lbw by the umpire, which he reviewed successfully as it was clear the ball was going down the leg side and missing the stumps. The ball had in fact clipped his pad and run away for four leg byes. The rule is that when there is a review and the decision is overturned, a dead ball is declared, so the four leg byes didn’t count. Bangladesh lost by four runs
So England will qualify if Australia beat Scotland and England beat Namibia. What odds are there on Australia throwing the last game? Even at the cost of topping the group?
With the comments made by some in the Australian camp, notably Hazlewood, there will be a lot of questions for them to answer if they do lose. Perversely, saying those things puts pressure on them to win to avoid any controversy. They don’t want a cloud over them for the rest of the tournament.
11 overs per side now in England’s must-win game. Hopefully, no more rain. It would be a travesty if England went out having played only one game - effectively a knockout v Australia.
