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Match Details
AUS vs BAN 5th Match, AUS vs BAN 2021
AUS
62-1013.4
Bangladesh won by 60 runs
BAN
20.0122-8
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Player of the Match
Shakib Al Hasan
Bangladesh4/9
11(20)
AUS - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 37 | 31 | 10 Over | 55 | 51 | 15 Over | 80 |
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BAN - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 35 | 46 | 10 Over | 71 | 60 | 15 Over | 87 | 102 | 20 Over | 140 | 122 |
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Milestone
That brings our coverage of this series to an end. This is me Arjun Bhalla signing off on behalf of my colleagues Kingshuk Kusari and Akshay Bhide. Do join us for the coverage of Hundred tonight.
Mahmudullah: I am very happy for the boys. The team management have helped us. The boys have showed a lot of hunger. We have executed our plans really. We have kept our nerves. The bowlers have done well. Credit to them. I think the development has been increasing nicely. If you look at the Zimbabwe tour and here, they have kept their nerves really well. In international cricket, you need to keep your calm. Before the series, I had a chat with the bowlers. They needed to be more proactive and will have to take the responsibility. The ways the boys thought in every game, that was very pleasing. We can't go anything pass our way in our conditions because I think we are a very good side at home. Our team has very good potential in T20s despite the rankings not showing it. We would want to dedicate this series win to the Father of our nation and his family.
Shakib Al Hasan: I am still enjoying my game. Thanks to my team mates, this achievment wouldn't have been possible. The wicket was tough but we held our nerves. All in all, a very good series for us. To be honest, if you look at the last game, we scored 104 or 105 and got momentum towards the defence of the chase. It wasn't easy for the batters in this series but the bowlers did well. We are trying to improve all our areas. Our fast bowlers have been improving really well. They have been bowling brilliantly. It has been a good combination of spin and fast bowling. Sometimes I do keep track of the records.
Shakib Al Hasan bags both Man of the Match and Man of the series awards.
Matthew Wade: It is hard to say that there are more positives. These are the toughest conditions to play international cricket in. Had a lot of challenges. But wasn't our series. There are no excuses to play enough cricket. We are professional cricketers. The Bangladesh batters found a way in their home conditions. Our spinners were exceptional. Some guys got exposure. Mitch Marsh continues to grow in these conditions. Batting in spinning conditions is our biggest take away. We were not getting beaten by big margins barring today. Well done to the Bangladesh team.
It was nothing, but an embarrassing defeat and Bangladesh have crushed the hosts away tonight. To be fair, the pitches and conditions in the series weren't adequate for the Australians. Having said that, it is never an excuse in international cricket. At the end of the day, it is Bangladesh who take the final glory as they win this series by 4-1. Hang in for the award ceremony.
From Wade's wicket, the tables completely turned as the home team got on top and were roaring out loud. And the visiting batters perished one after the other. McDermott gave his wicket to Mahmudullah. Carey was knocked out by Saifuddin and scalped a couple more. Although the biggest moment in the chase came when Shakib bagged the wicket of Ashton Agar to mark his 100th T20I wicket. The veteran spinner then cleaned up the tail and sealed the game for his country and ended with four wickets to his name.
Just like Bangladesh, the Australian think-tank experimented and gave a chance to Dan Christian to open and unleash from the word go. The veteran could not repeat the wonder's of the last game and got out to Nurul Ahmed. The left-spinner then started to tease Mitchell Marsh and got him plumb LBW in the powerplay itself. The only Australian batter who showed some intent here against the daunting Bangladesh bowling was Matthew Wade. The skipper played two handsome sixes in his innings of 22, but it was bowled by Shakib Al Hasan.
I am literally speechless with this Australian display. This is Australia's lowest total in T20Is as they get tumbled for 62. They had a target of paltry 123 runs. However, it turned out to be a mountain for the visitors. This is not the first time in the series, when Australian batters have kneeled down to the Bangla spinners. But this was a better pitch for batting, as the earlier ones, but the untested and unexperienced fell prey to the Tigers.
With this wicket, the game is done and dusted. Bangladesh win this match by 60 runs with 38 balls remaining.
13.4 Hasan to A Zampa
W That's it. Australia have been knocked over for their lowest T20I score. Shakib finishes with four wickets as he removes Zampa. Bowls it shorter around off, Zampa punches it off the backfoot straight in the hands of Mahmudullah at covers. With this, they beat the Aussies by 60 runs.
13.3 Hasan to A Zampa
2 Flighted on the stumps, Zampa slog sweeps and gets an inside edge past his stumps for another brace.
13.2 Hasan to A Zampa
2 Tossed up outside off, Zampa lifts it over covers and has enough time to come back for the second.
13.1 Hasan to N Ellis
W BOWLED' EM!!! Shakib picks his third of the night as he cleans up Ellis. Drifting in on leg, Ellis tries to work it in the leg side but the ball sneaks between his bat and pad to knock over the stumps.
OVER 13
Australia
58/8
Mitchell Swepson
1(1)
Nathan Ellis
1(6)
Mohammad Saifuddin
3-12(3.0)
12.6 M Saifuddin to N Ellis
1 On a length outside off, Ellis square drives it towards the sweeper in the off side for a single.
12.5 M Saifuddin to N Ellis
0 Slower ball on the stumps, Ellis shuffles and works it to short mid wicket.
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