Australia v Bangladesh Report Card
Featuring annoying rain at the start of the match, cans of Pringles and annoying rain at the end of the match
Annoying Rain At The Start of the Match
Grade: CÂ
Rain briefly delayed the toss for Australia and Bangladeshâs first match in the Super Eight stage. Frankly, it was an unwelcome sight. Antigua needs to sort itself out. It should know that the rain is only properly funny when it threatens to wash England out of the tournament.Â
But this wasnât serious rain. In fact, so unserious was it that in the pre-match analysis, Ricky Ponting went umbrella-less, standing in conspicuous contrast to his cowering canopy-clutching co-commentators.Â
The whole thing very much gave off a vibe not dissimilar to Pontingâs famous verbal counterpunch to Kevin Pietersen during the 2023 Ashes.Â
âWhatâs brilliant here is the rain,â claimed one of the English commentators on duty (probably Alison Mitchell, but letâs say it was KP for the purposes of the bit). âItâs just owned the game, itâs just run the game. Itâs pure quality, and itâs got this lot scratching their heads going âwhat do we do?â.âÂ
Ponting: âWell, itâs stopped now.â
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