Australia won the series by beating Bangladesh

Bangladesh lost the first ODI against Australia by a huge margin. The fate did not change in the second ODI. Failure of the batters again. Bangladeshi girls lost by a big margin again. As a result, Australian girls won the series with one match in hand.

SBS Desk

March 24, 2024

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Australia won the series by beating Bangladesh

Australia beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets in the second ODI of the series at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Batting first, Bangladesh were bundled out for 97 runs in 44.1 overs. In reply, Ajira reached the target with 157 balls in hand.

The ground in Mirpur was slightly wet due to rain the previous night. The weather was cloudy in the morning. After winning the toss, the captain of the Bangladesh team Nigar Sultana Jyoti chose to bat. But the host batsmen gave only disappointment by batting first.

Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular intervals from the beginning. As a result, there was no pair to speak of. Even a batter personally could not take responsibility. As a result, the Tigresses collapsed before a hundred years.

Sobahana Mostari and Farzana Haque scored 17 runs only in the opening pair among the recognized batsmen. Where the runs of these two batters are only 8. The remaining 9 runs came from the overs. After that, the rest of the 22 yards was a procession of Jyoti. However, after losing 9 wickets for 77 runs, Nahida added 20 runs to Marufa Akhtar in the tenth wicket pair. Which is the highest pair in the hosts' innings.

Only three batsmen managed to touch the double-digit quota. Among them, Fahima Khatun scored 11 runs and Ritu Moni scored 10 runs. The highest score of 22 runs came from the bat of Nahida Akhtar, who dropped to number nine. As a result, Team Tigress was reduced to 97 runs before 35 balls.

Auji spinners collapsed in the batting of Tigresses. Left-arm spinner Sophie Molyneux took 3 wickets for just 10 runs in 10 overs. Two leg spinners Alana King and Georgia Wareham got two wickets each.

In pursuit of the target, Ajid did not have to gain much momentum to win despite losing four wickets to Ellis Perry's responsible batting. Perry remained unbeaten on 35 off 50 balls with 3 fours. Ashley Gardner played an unbeaten 23-run innings off 23 balls.

However, Bangladesh got off to a good start by dismissing another opener, captain Alyssa Healy, after running out Phoebe Litchfield. They also quickly brought back Beth Mooney and Tahila McGrath. However, the Tigresses could not put up a fight due to the small capital.