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London, June 6: The match between Australia and Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 was abandoned as rain once again played spoilsport in the tournament.

Batting first Bangladesh were restricted to 182 and set a below-par target of 183 for Australia to chase.

In response, Australia scored 83/1 in 16 overs and required minimum of four more overs of the match to be bowled to reach the stipulated 20 overs Duckworth-Lewis Method be applied, but the rain gods had other ideas as it kept pouring.

Finally the on-field officials decided to call-off the match for the rain wasn't going to slow down and split the one point each between the two teams.

Tamim Iqbal (95) was top scorer for the Tigers after Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected bat at the Kennington Oval.
Both the teams haven't won a match in the tournament and would be searching for a win in the crucial encounter.

Australia would expect a better show from their bowlers when they clash with the ever-improving Bangladesh.

Here are the highlights from the match between Bangladesh and Australia:
# Bangladesh have won just one game against Australia from 19 ODIs played so far. The only instance Bangladesh defeated Australia was in Cardiff in 2005.
# Soumya Sarkar was the first wicket to fall. He was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood for 3.
# Bangladesh scored 37 for the loss of 1 in the first 10 overs.
# Imrul Kayes departed for 6 and became Pat Cummins' first victim.
# Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed LBW by Moises Henriques for 9.
# Television replays showed Mushfiqur Rahim had a faint edge with the bat, but failed to read it and walked back. Had he read the edge he could have been saved via DRS.
# Bangladesh scored 65/3 after 20 overs. It wasn't the best of starts they would have wanted.
# Shakib Al Hasan (13) was dropped by Glenn Maxwell at



point region in the 22nd over.
# Tamim Iqbal slammed fifty off 69 deliveries to follow up a brilliant hundred against England in the previous game at the same venue.
# Bangladesh accumulated 16 runs in the 22nd over which was bowled by Moises Henriques. It was costliest over of the innings till then.
# Last 5 innings of Tamim Iqbal: 47 v Ireland, 65 v NZ, 102 v Pakistan, 128 v England, 95 v Australia.
# Travis Head trapped Shakib Al Hasan for 29. The batsman went upstairs but his decision to take the DRS was wasted as Umpire's Call prevailed.
# Adam Zampa got rid of Sabbir Rahman in his very first over.
# Tamim Iqbal was dismissed for 95. He was caught at third man region by Josh Hazlewood on Mitchell Starc's delivery.
# Starc grabbed three wickets in a single over after dismissing Iqbal, Mashrafe Mortaza (0) and Rubel Hossain (0).
# Starc was the pick of Australian bowlers as he returned with the figures of 4/29.
# Zampa picked up 2 wickets from 4 overs he bowled and conceded just 13 runs, including one maiden over.
# Seven Bangladeshi batsmen failed to reach the double-digit figure in their innings.
# Aaron Finch was the only Australian wicket to fall. He was dismissed LBW by Rubel Hossain.
# Australia now have two points from as many matches and they will now have to win their last Group A match against England on June 10 to qualify for the semifinals.
# The 'no result' benefited Bangladesh as a loss today would have knocked them out of the tournament.
# Australian opener David Warner achieved the milestone of scoring 4000 runs in the ODIs, the fastest Australian to do so in his 93rd innings.
# Warner is now joint-third fastest overall with Indian captain Virat Kohli.
# With the match declared as 'no result', both the sides settled for one point each.
# This was the second consecutive 'no result' for Australia after their opening match against New Zealand was also washed out on June 2.
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