New Zealand vs Bangladesh, ICC Champions Trophy 2017, live cricket score: Williamson slams 31st fifty

Both New Zealand and Bangladesh have had a no result and a loss in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 so far, making Friday’s encounter a must-win for the two teams. Both are stranded at just one point from two games. The winning team will at least have a chance of qualifying for the knockouts keeping in mind the England vs Australia game. Get live cricket score of New Zealand vs Bangladesh here. (Live scorecard)

1808 hrs IST: FOUR! Shakib with a rare bad ball pitched outside leg, and Taylor swivels and hits him for a four to bring him closer to a half century of his own.

1807 hrs IST: Bangladesh need a wicket, and soon. Mashrafe’s 6th over is a good one and yields only the one run. NZ are 148/2 after 29 overs.

1802 hrs IST: Given how he’s bowled, surely it’s only a matter of time before Shakib gets a wicket? Another good over for him sees NZ end the 28th over at 147/2.

1800 hrs IST: New Zealand’s strategy seems to be to hit the bad balls to the boundary, rotate the strike and also conserve wickets to go hard in the final 10 overs. They are 144/2 after 27 overs.

17:56 hrs IST: Shakib, who short of getting a wicket has been solid, bowls another good over. NZ are 138/2 after 26 overs.

1753 hrs IST: NZ are 134/2 after 25 overs.

1752 hrs IST: FOUR! Taylor smacks Rubel through the leg side. He will no doubt be looking to get a big score of his own.

1751 hrs IST: 50 for Kane Williamson! The skipper brings up his half century with a single off Rubel. Can he kick on and make another big score today?

1747 hrs IST: Shakib’s 5th over goes for only 4 runs. NZ are 126/2 after 24 overs.

1745 hrs IST: New Zealand end the 23rd over at 122/2.

1743 hrs IST: FOUR! Williamson drives Mustafizur down the ground to inch closer to his 31st half-century in ODI cricket.

1742 hrs IST: Shakib continues to keep things tight, giving only 4 runs. NZ are 116/2 after 22 overs.

1739 hrs IST: Mustafizur pulls things back with an over that only yielded 3 runs. NZ are 112/2 after 21 overs.

1736 hrs IST: NZ are 109/2 after 20 overs.

1733 hrs IST: Mustafizur goes for another expensive over; his current economy rate is 8.33. NZ are 105/2 after 19 overs.

1729 hrs IST: FOUR! Williamson drives Mustafizur through the off side for a boundary. New Zealand are looking to get going once again.

1728 hrs IST: An expensive over from Shakib which saw him get hit for a boundary by Ross Taylor. NZ are 99/2 after 18 overs.

1725 hrs IST: Rubel’s 4th over yields only 4 runs. NZ are 91/2 after 17 overs.

1721 hrs IST: Shakib’s firs over goes for 6 runs. NZ are 87/2 after 16 overs.

1717 hr IST: Shakib Al Hasan is in to the attack.

1714 hrs IST: Rubel Hossain with another good over. NZ are 81/2 after the end of the 15th over.

1709 hrs IST:FOUR AGAIN! Ross Taylor ends the 14th over with an exquisite straight drive. NZ are now 79/2.

1708 hrs IST: FOUR! Ross Taylor gets off the mark with a well-driven shot that goes for 4.

1704 hrs IST: New Zealand are 70/2 at the end of the 13th over.

1702 hrs IST: Ross Taylor joins his skipper in the middle.

1700 hrs IST: WICKET! The dangerous Martin Guptill is given out lbw. Excellent ball from Rubel. NZ are now 69/2.

1659 hrs IST: FOUR! You knew that would come eventually. Williamson with a well-timed shot through the leg side and he finally ends Bangaladesh’s short spell of tight bowling.

1657 hrs IST: Taskin Ahmed follows it up with another over that yields just one run. NZ are 62/1 after 12 overs.

1652 hrs IST: Good first over from Rubel. NZ are 61/1 after 11 overs.

1649 hrs IST: Rubel Hossain to bowl his first over.

1648 hrs IST: The end of the 10th over sees New Zealand at 60/1.

1646 hrs IST: FOUR! Kane Williamson is no mood to stop the runs flowing. He hits Taskin for his second four of the game so far.

1644 hrs IST: Another good over sees NZ steady at 54/1 after 9 overs.

1640 hrs IST: NZ are 48/1 after 8 overs.

1635 hrs IST: Kane Williamson is the new man in.

1634 hrs IST: WICKET! Ronchi tries to slog Taskin on the leg side but is caught by Mustafizur at wide mid-on. NZ 46/1 after 7.1 overs.

1632 hrs IST: Another good over for New Zealand. They are 46/0 after 7 overs.

1629 hrs IST: FOUR! Short and wide from Mortaza and Guptill rightfully punishes him with a strong shot through the off side.

1628 hrs IST: New Zealand are 38/0 with 6 overs played.

1626 hrs IST: FOUR! It’s that man again; Martin Guptill didn’t take long to attack Taskin Ahmed, who’s bowling his first over. The opener looks like he means business today.

1624 hrs IST: Mortaza’s 3rd over yields 11 runs. New Zealand are getting a move on here, and are 31/0 after 5 overs.
1619 hrs IST: Guptill is done waiting, and promptly hits Mortaza for a six and a four off consecutive balls.

1617 hrs IST: FOUR! Mustafizur’s second over – which was going ell – ends with another boundary from Martin Guptill’s bat. NZ are 20/0 after 4 overs.

1614 hrs IST: Maiden over from Mortaza, who is bowling quite well so far. NZ are 12/0 after 3 overs.

1610 hrs IST: New Zealand are clearly here to play some attacking cricket, and it showed in the way Guptill went after Mustafizur. New Zealand are 12/0 after 2 overs.

1607 hrs IST: ANOTHER FOUR! More of the same from Mustafizur, who is bowling too far outside the off stump. Guptill duly punished him.

1606 hrs IST: FOUR! Mustafizur starts with a wide-ish delivery and Guptill promptly dispatches him to the boundary.

1605 hrs IST: Good first over for Mortaza, only one from it. NZ are 1/0 after the first over.

1601 hrs IST: And we’re underway at Cardiff.

1559 hrs IST: Luke Ronchi and Martin Guptill will open the batting for New Zealand. Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza will take the new ball.

1549 hrs IST: Here’s something Bangladesh fans will love to see – in their only previous appearance at this venue, they beat Australia by five wickets back in 2005.

1544 hrs IST: Stat attack – New Zealand and Bangladesh have met before in the Champions Trophy, with the Black Caps recording a 167-run win during the 2002 edition of the competition. Will history repeat itself today?

1538 hrs IST: Bangladesh XI: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman.

1535 hrs IST: New Zealand XI: Martin Guptill, Luke Ronchi(w), Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Neil Broom, James Neesham, Corey Anderson, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.

1532 hrs IST: New Zealand win toss, choose to bat first.

1521 hrs IST: Good news. We’ll have the toss in 10 minutes. Play begins at 1600 hrs with no overs lost.

1515 hrs IST: Umpires are out for inspection. We’ll get an update soon.

1500 hrs IST: We are 15 minutes away from the inspection

1454 hrs IST: The sun is coming out in Cardiff so it is a positive sign

1447 hrs IST: No rain though, just a wet outfield

1440 hrs IST: The start has also been delayed because of the same

1435 hrs IST: It rained last night and the ground was kept under covers

1430 hrs IST: The toss has been delayed. There is will be an inspection at 1515 hours

1420 hrs IST: The toss is coming up in about 10 minutes

1416 hrs IST: For the updated points table of the ICC Champions Trophy, click here.

1410 hrs IST: Meanwhile if you want to see the video highlights of India vs Sri Lanka, click here.

1405 hrs IST: Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) comes into this match having posted scores of 65, 128 and 95 in his last three ODI innings

1355 hrs IST: Kane Williamson (1795 runs) needs 93 more to go 2nd in the list of most ODI runs scored as New Zealand skipper (currently Stephen Fleming is on top and Brendon McCullum in second).

1345 hrs IST: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has recorded scores of 100 (vs Australia) and 87 (vs England) so far from his two innings in the 2017 Champions Trophy.

1340 hrs IST: Tim Southee (currently on 157) needs two more to go 6th in the all-time list of leading ODI wicket-takers for New Zealand, leapfrogging the great Richard Hadlee.

1335 hrs IST: Bangladesh beat Australia in their only previous appearance at Sophia Gardens, claiming a historic five-wicket win in 2005.

1330 hrs IST: New Zealand have lost successive ODIs at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff — both against England, having previously won their three games played there — vs Australia, West Indies, Sri Lanka.

1324 hrs IST: New Zealand and Bangladesh have faced each other earlier in the ICC Champions Trophy with the Black Caps recording a 167-run win during the 2002 edition of the competition.

1318 hrs IST: New Zealand have won five of the last six meetings against Bangladesh. However, they lost the most recent encounter.

1314 hrs IST: If, however, Australia beat England, then the two Ashes rivals will go through to the last four!

1310 hrs IST: If hosts England, who have already qualified for the semis with 2 wins, beat Australia in the last Group A match in Birmingham on Saturday, only then will either New Zealand or Bangladesh qualify for the semis.

1308 hrs IST: However, a victory does not mean a guarantee of a semi-final spot

1305 hrs IST: As it stands, the winning team between New Zealand and Bangladesh will have a chance of qualifying for the knockouts. The losing team will, without doubt, go back home.

1302 hrs IST: This will be the penultimate match of Group A

1300 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog of a crucial ICC Champions Trophy Group A game between New Zealand and Bangladesh

If England beat Australia then the winner between New Zealand and Bangladesh will go through. But if Australia win, then the two Ashes rivals will progress to the semi-finals.

Both Bangladesh and New Zealand had lost to hosts England while their match against Australia was abandoned due to rain.