Afghanistan v New Zealand: Cricket World Cup – live!Table: the latest standings | Listen to The Spin podcastAnd feel free to email Adam Rob with your thoughts 2.56pm BST 1st over: Bangladesh 1-0 (Tamim 1, Soumya 0) Target 387 Tamim fancies a quick single first ball but is astutely sent back. Can’t be having a run out first ball, fellas. He does get off the mark next ball with one to cover. Woakes gets a bit of movement back to Soumya first up, also a southpaw, finding the inside half of his bat. He defends the last few more convincingly with a nice, straight bat. Nice set.With it being Eid this week, a quick story from when I was in Chittagong in 2017 on a tour. Interviewing Tamim in his house that day, he had me stick around with his family for Eid lunch – essentially Christmas dinner. A wonderful cricketing family. 2.51pm BST The players are back on the field. England’s four-man pace attack (five if you count Stokes) is ready to roll. Woakes will get the first opportunity with the new Kookaburra. Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar are opening up for Bangladesh in their pursuit of 387. PLAY! Continue reading…
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