The beginning of the day is good but the end is sad. Bangladesh got a chance to narrowly tie Australia on Thursday morning. Despite picking up 4 wickets for 48 runs, the Australian women’s cricket team managed to set a target of 214 runs in the end. In a team that has a bowling attack like Alyssa Perry, Ashley Gardner, Alana King, it is not going to be easy for Bangladeshi batters to fight against them. That’s what happened in the end. Bangladesh’s innings stopped at 95 runs in the first ODI. And the host’s series started with a big loss of 118 runs.
The series is historic for Bangladesh. They face Australia for the first time in the ODI series against the top ranked team in ODI cricket. Naturally, in terms of skill, Australian girls are much ahead of Bangladesh. There was not much expectation from the team’s cricketers from that point. Still, Bangladesh’s 96 all out in response to 214 runs is quite disappointing. Negara Sultana Jyoti lost the last 8 wickets for 25 runs.
Bangladesh invited Australia to bat after winning the toss in the first match of the series at Mirpur Sher Bangla Stadium. An already spin-friendly wicket, including the effect of the previous night’s rain. All in all, the wicket was quite slow. In this situation, the decision to send Australia to bat was positive. Bangladesh also started well. They were indicating great things by destroying Ajid’s top order for just 48 runs. The pair of Beth Mooney and Ashley Gardner overcame the initial upset with a 30-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Mooney played a struggling innings of 25 runs off 64 balls. However, Annabel Sutherland took the lead. Especially in the eighth wicket, he made a pair of unbroken 67 runs with Alana King.
Sutherland played an innings of 58 runs off 76 balls. On the other hand, Alana hit Fahima Khatun with four sixes and a four in the last over to get 29 runs. And in that Ajira scored 213 runs by losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. An innings of 32 runs came from Gardner’s bat. The role of Bangladesh’s fielders is not less for Australia to score so many runs. A number of runs went away due to their misfielding. They also missed three catches.
Among the Bangladeshi bowlers, Sultana Khatun and Nahida Akhtar took two wickets each. Apart from this, Marufa Akhtar, Swarna Akhtar and Fahima Khatun took one wicket each.
In response to 214 runs, Bangladesh lost the team’s best batsman Farzana Haque in the first over. Then Morsheda Khatun made a 20-run partnership with Sobhana Mostari. After Morsheda was dismissed for 10 runs off 24 balls, Nigar Sultana Jyoti paired with Sobhana. They tried to overcome the disaster with a pair of 49 runs off 61 balls. But after Sobhana was dismissed for 17 runs, the batters began to lose hope. Three batters returned in run outs. Among them, captain Jyoti was brain fried for a while! He forgot to bat to avoid run out! Jyoti played the highest innings of 27 runs from 64 balls for the team. Bangladesh’s innings stopped at 95 runs in 36 overs after the Bangladesh captain got out.
Among Australian bowlers, Gardner has taken three wickets for 22 runs. Besides, Kim Garth and Megan Shutt took two wickets each. Allan took a wicket.
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