Australia's captain Steve Smith, right, walks off the pitch after rain started falling ©Getty Images

Australia were left frustrated for a second time in three days as rain brought a premature end to another of their International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy matches.

On Friday (June 2), Australia saw their match against New Zealand abandoned during their run chase because of rain interruptions and today at The Oval in London, they suffered the same fate against Bangladesh.

After bowling out the Asian side for 182, rain started falling just before the Australians were about to begin their innings.

They got back out of the pavilion soon enough to not lose any overs, but after racing to 83/1 off 16 overs, the poor weather returned.

At one stage, it seemed like Australia would get the chance to chase down a reduced score via the Duckworth-Lewis method, but another spell of rain prevented them from making it back out to the middle.

As Australia had not faced 20 overs in their innings, the match was abandoned with no result with both sides earning a point.

It means if England beat New Zealand tomorrow at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff tomorrow, they will qualify for the semi-finals.

Mitchell Starc is congratulated by his team-mates after picking up one of his four wickets ©Getty Images
Mitchell Starc is congratulated by his team-mates after picking up one of his four wickets ©Getty Images

Bangladesh’s captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat, but soon found the Australian bowlers dominating proceedings.

Seamers Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Moises Henriques all picked up wickets inside the first 17 overs to put Bangladesh on 53-3.

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan managed to steady the Bangladesh innings before the latter fell leg before wicket (LBW) to Travis Head for 29.

This was the beginning of the end as Bangladesh went from 122-3 to 182 all out in 14.4 overs.

Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up four wickets for 29 runs.

All his wickets came in the space of nine balls, including three scalps in four deliveries.

Tamim, who hit a century in Bangladesh’s opening match against England, ended up with more than half his side’s runs as he scored 95 from 114 balls, with six fours and three sixes.

With a relatively small total to chase, Australia batsmen looked confident heading into their run chase before the rain came.

Aaron Finch was the one man Bangladesh got out when he fell for 19 when Rubel Hossain got him LBW.

David Warner had reached 40 and captain Steve Smith 22 when the final rain interruption arrived.