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Australians crush Bangladesh, sweep series

August 06, 2003 14:14 IST

Australia crushed Bangladesh by 112 runs in Darwin on Wednesday to win the third and final limited-overs international and complete a 3-0 series whitewash.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting smashed 101 and Michael Bevan chipped in with 57 as the world champions piled on 254 for seven from their 50 overs.

Bangladesh, in reply, collapsed to be all out for 142 in 47.3 overs, never threatening their victory target at Darwin's Marrara Oval.

Only three players made it to double figures with Alok Kapali top-scoring with 49 off 84 balls. Sanwar Hossain was second best with 27, while Javed Omar made 16.

Kapali struck four boundaries in a cautious display with the bat and was unlucky not to reach a half-century, hitting a return catch to left-arm wrist spinner Brad Hogg when he was trying to flick the ball down the legside and got a leading edge.

Kapali and Hossain had added 66 for the sixth wicket but once they departed the tourists quickly folded, losing their last five wickets for 40 runs.

Medium-pacer Ian Harvey was the main beneficiary, polishing off the tail to finish with four for 16, while Hogg got two wickets and fast bowlers Jason Gillespie and Andy Bichel one each.

BADLY BEATEN

Bangladesh, badly beaten in the two Tests against Australia and the two previous one-day internationals in Cairns, had no real hope of winning the match once Ponting and Bevan saved Australia from a minor batting collapse to post a formidable total.

Ponting, named player of the match and series, blazed 101 from 118 balls while Bevan crafted 57 at exactly a run a ball, sharing a 127-run partnership for the fifth wicket after Australia had lost three wickets for two runs in 14 balls.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Australia made a great start with Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden putting on 54 for the opening wicket before Gilchrist fell to spinner Mohammad Rafique for 31.

Rafique captured a second wicket when he took a return catch to get rid of Hayden for 42, triggering a minor collapse.

Damien Martyn departed for one when he played on to Kapali then Andrew Symonds was run out for a duck as the Australians slumped to 114-4 before Ponting and Bevan steadied the innings.

Ponting made a slow start on a pitch that was proving difficult to score on but quickly grew in confidence as his innings progressed, smashing four sixes and two fours to post his 14th one-day international hundred and his fourth this year.

Bevan also wielded the long handle, cracking two fours and two sixes, before he and his skipper threw their wickets away in the frantic final few overs.

Australia innings
AC Gilchrist c Hannan Sarkar b Mohammad Rafique 31
ML Hayden c & b Mohammad Rafique 42
RT Ponting c Tushar Imran b Tapash Baisya 101
DR Martyn b Alok Kapali 1
A Symonds run out (Sanwar Hossain)  0
MG Bevan b Mashrafe Mortaza 57
IJ Harvey c Mohammad Rafique b Mashrafe Mortaza 5 
GB Hogg not out 4
AJ Bichel
JN Gillespie
BA Williams
Extras (lb 7, w 5, nb 1) 13
Total: 254-7 (50 overs)

FOW: 1-54 (Gilchrist, 12.2 ov), 2-112 (Hayden, 24.4 ov), 3-113 (Martyn, 25.3 ov), 4-114 (Symonds, 26.5 ov), 5-241 (Bevan, 47.5 ov), 6-247 (Ponting, 48.5 ov), 7-254 (Harvey, 49.6 ov).

Bowling
Mashrafe Mortaza 10-2-41-2
Tapash Baisya 10-0-63-1
Khaled Mahmud 8-0-57-0
Mohammad Rafique 10-0-31-2
Alok Kapali 10-1-43-1
Sanwar Hossain 2-0-12-0

Bangladesh innings
Hannan Sarkar lbw b Gillespie 1
Javed Omar lbw b Harvey 16
Habibul Bashar c Ponting b Bichel 2
Sanwar Hossain c & b Hogg 27
Tushar Imran run out (Hogg) 1
Mohammad Ashraful b Harvey 4
Alok Kapali c & b Hogg 49
*Khaled Mahmud run out (Williams) 5
Tapash Baisya c Ponting b Harvey 11
Mohammad Rafique not out 8
Mashrafe Mortaza b Harvey 2
Extras (lb 11, w 5) 16
Total: 142 all out (47.3 overs)

FOW: 1-4 (Hannan Sarkar, 4.3 ov), 2-24 (Habibul Bashar, 13.2 ov), 3-27 (Javed Omar, 14.1 ov), 4-30 (Tushar Imran, 14.4 ov), 5-36 (Mohammad Ashraful, 16.4 ov), 6-102 (Sanwar Hossain, 32.3 ov), 7-119 (Khaled Mahmud, 36.6 ov), 8-119 (Alok Kapali, 38.1 ov), 9-136 (Tapash Baisya, 44.4 ov), 10-142 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 47.3 ov).

Bowling
Gillespie 10-6-16-1
Williams 10-2-32-0
Bichel 10-1-35-1
Harvey 6.3-0-16-4
Hogg 10-0-32-2
Symonds 1-1-0-0


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