• Australia has won 18 of its previous 19 ODIs against Bangladesh, a five-wicket defeat in Cardiff in 2005 the only blemish in this run.
  • The only previous Champions Trophy encounter between these sides came in Colombo in 2002, Australia winning that one by nine wickets having bowled out Bangladesh for 129.
  • Australia won six consecutive ODIs at The Oval between 1999 and 2010 but have subsequently lost their most recent two games there.
  • Bangladesh have played at the Kennington venue just twice, losing both of those fixtures against England.
  • Australia has claimed victories in seven of its last 10 outings (L3); two of those defeats coming in their last two matches however.
  • This game will be Australia’s 900th ODI match; their record stands at 554 wins, 303 defeats, nine ties and 33 no results so far.
  • David Warner (currently 92 innings) is 36 runs away from reaching 4,000 in ODI cricket; only two men will have ever got their quicker, provided he picks up those runs in this match (Amla & Richards, Kohli reached it in 93).
  • Josh Hazlewood (Australia) comes into this game having just become only the second bowler ever to take six wickets (6/52 v New Zealand) in a Champions Trophy innings (MF Maharoof, 6/14 v West Indies, 2006).
  • Tamim Iqbal posted 128 against England at the Oval last time out; six of the nine highest ever ODI scores for Bangladesh have in fact been recorded by Tamim Iqbal.
  • Mashrafe Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan are both set to equal Mohammad Ashraful’s Bangladesh record of 175 ODI appearances in this match.