Australia beat Bangladesh by three wickets in 4th T20
August 7, 2021 09:45 PM
Dan Christian smashed 39 and spinner Mitchell Swepson returned figures of 3-12 as Australia edged out Bangladesh by three wickets for a consolation Twenty20 victory on Saturday.
Chasing 105 for victory, Australia depended on Christian's 15-ball blitz and Ashton Agar's 27 to achieve their target in 19 overs in Dhaka.
Bangladesh, who sealed their first ever series win over Australia after winning the third match on Friday, lead 3-1.
Christian, who came in at number three ahead of the in-form Mitchell Marsh, hit five sixes off a Shakib Al Hasan over to set the chase in Australia's favour in a low-scoring contest after Bangladesh managed 104-9.
Bangladesh hit back after Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets including Christian's key scalp and Mahedi Hasan bowled Marsh for 11.
Number eight Agar then hit a crucial cameo off 27 balls and after his dismissal Ashton Turner and Andrew Tye took the team home.
Australia's decision to include leg-spinner Swepson and Tye in the team reaped results with the bowlers sharing six wickets between them.
Pace bowler Josh Hazlewood did the early damage after sending back Soumya Sarkar for eight and star batsman Shakib caught behind for 15.
But it was Swepson's successive strikes to dismiss skipper Mahmudullah Riyad and wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan, both on nought, in the 11th over that rattled Bangladesh.
Afif Hossain (20) and Mahedi Hasan (23) helped take the total past 100 but Tye struck thrice with his medium-pace bowling to keep Bangladesh in check.
Shoriful Islam, who has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Committee for his aggressive celebration after dismissing Mitchell Marsh in his team's previous match, was out on the final ball of the Bangladesh innings.
The fifth T20 is on Monday.
Bangladesh v Australia 4th T20 scoreboard
Bangladesh
Mohammad Naim c Wade b Swepson 28
Soumya Sarkar c Carey b Hazlewood 8
Shakib Al Hasan c Wade b Hazlewood 15
Mahmudullah Riyad lbw b Swepson 0
Nurul Hasan lbw b Swepson 0
Afif Hossain c Henriques b Agar 20
Shamim Hossain c Carey b Tye 3
Mahedi Hasan c Carey b Tye 23
Nasum Ahmed not out 2
Shoriful Islam c McDermott b Tye 0
Extras (lb1, w3, nb1) 5
Total (9 wickets, 20 overs) 104
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Soumya), 248 (Shakib), 3-51 (Mahmudullah), 4-51 (Nurul Hasan, 10.6 ov), 5-68 (Naim), 6-78 (Afif), 7-83 (Shamim), 8-104 (Mahedi), 9-104 (Shoriful)
Did not bat: Mustafizur Rahman
Bowling: Turner 4-0-22-0 (w2), Hazlewood 4-0-24-2 (nb1), Agar 4-0-22-1 (w1), Tye 3-0-18-3, Swepson 4-0-12-3, Henriques 1-0-5-0
Australia (target 105)
Ben McDermott lbw b Nasum Ahmed 5
M. Wade b Mahedi Hasan 2
D. Christian c Shamim Hossain b Mustafizur Rahman 39
M. Marsh b Mahedi Hasan 11
M. Henriques run out (Shakib Al Hasan) 4
A. Carey lbw b Mustafizur Rahman 1
A. Turner not out 9
A. Agar c Shamim Hossain b Shoriful Islam 27
Andrew Tye not out 4
Extras (lb1, w2) 3
Total (7 wickets, 19 overs) 105
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Wade), 2-47 (McDermott), 3-49 (Christian), 4-60 (Henriques), 5-63 (Carey), 6-65 (Marsh), 7-99 (Agar)
Did not bat: M. Swepson, J. Hazlewood
Bowling: Mahedi 4-0-17-2, Shakib 4-0-50-0 (w1), Nasum 4-0-17-1 (w1), Mustafizur 4-1-9-2, Shoriful 2-0-8-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-3-0
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: Australia won by three wickets