DHAKA: All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took 4 wickets as Bangladesh skittled out Australia for his or her lowest ever Twenty20 Worldwide complete of 62 to seal the collection 4-1 on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Chasing 123 for victory, the guests crashed out in 13.Four overs with Shakib returning figures of 4-9 together with his left-arm spin within the 60-run rout in Dhaka.
Australia’s earlier lowest was 79 all out in opposition to England at Southampton in 2005.
Bangladesh, who had secured their first collection win over Australia after successful the opening three matches, bounced again from their earlier loss to flatten the opposition batting.
“The boys showed a lot of character and hunger to win a series against a team like Australia,” house skipper Mahmudullah stated after the triumph. “We executed our plans really well. Obviously it was hard for the batters, but we did well to keep getting 120-130. All the bowlers worked really well together.”
He added: “We always felt that in our backyard we are a very good team. We can’t let anything go past. Though the ranking doesn’t show it, I have always felt we have very good potential to be a very good team in T20 internationals.”
Tempo bowler Mohammad Saifuddin mixed with Shakib to rattle Australia with twin strikes in a single over and ship again Alex Carey and Moises Henriques, each for 3.
Shakib, who turned the second bowler to take 100 T20 wickets, after Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga when he bought Ashton Turner out, wiped off the tail with the wickets of Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa as Bangladesh celebrated.
The 34-year-old Shakib, a veteran of 58 Assessments, 258 One-day Internationals and 84 T20 Internationals, stated he’s ‘still enjoying the game’.
Spinner Nasum Ahmed had carried out the early injury when he bowled Dan Christian for 3 after which trapped the in-form Mitchell Marsh for 4 in successive overs.
Skipper Matthew Wade (22) and Ben McDermott fought again with a 21-run stand for the third wicket however Mahmudullah broke the partnership. He bought McDermott caught and bowled for 17.
“I’ve played for a few years now, certainly the toughest conditions to play T20 cricket in,” stated a dissatisfied Wade. “Great learning for youngsters.”
Earlier Mohammad Naim made 23 in Bangladesh’s 122 for eight after electing to bat.
Christian, who took a global scalp after seven years, and seamer Nathan Ellis took two wickets every.
Scoreboard
BANGLADESH:
Mahedi Hasan c Agar b Turner 13
Mohammad Naim c Agar b Christian 23
Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Zampa 11
Soumya Sarkar c Turner b Christian 16
Mahmudullah c and b Agar 19
Nurul Hasan b Ellis 8
Afif Hossain c Marsh b Ellis 10
Mosaddek Hossain not out 4
Mohammad Saifuddin run out 0
Mustafizur Rahman not out 0
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1, W-11) 18
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 20 overs) 122
FALL OF WKTS: 1-42, 2-57, 3-60, 4-84, 5-96, 6-110, 7-114, 8-118.
DID NOT BAT: Nasum Ahmed.
BOWLING: Turner 2-0-16-1 (5w); Agar 4-0-28-1 (1w); Zampa 4-0-24-1 (1w); Ellis 4-0-16-2 (3w); Christian
4-0-17-2 (1w); Swepson 2-0-14-0.
AUSTRALIA:
D.T. Christian b Nasum 3
M.S. Wade b Shakib 22
M.R. Marsh lbw b Nasum 4
B.R. McDermott c and b Mahmudullah 17
A.T. Carey b Saifuddin 3
M.C. Henriques c Nurul b Saifuddin 3
A.J. Turner c Mahmudullah b Shakib 1
A.C. Agar b Saifuddin 2
N. Ellis b Shakib 1
M.J. Swepson not out 1
A. Zampa c Mahmudullah b Shakib 4
EXTRAS (LB-1) 1
TOTAL (all out, 13.Four overs) 62
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-17, 3-83, 4-48, 5-53, 6-54, 7-54, 8-56, 9-58.
BOWLING: Mahedi Hasan 3-0-20-0, Nasum Ahmed 2-0-8-2, Mustafizur Rahman 1-0-3-0; Mohammad Saifuddin 3-0-12-3; Shakib Al Hasan 3.4-1-9-4; Mahmudullah 1-0-9-1.
RESULT: Bangladesh gained by 60 runs to win five-match collection 4-1.
UMPIRES: Sharfuddoula Saikat (Bangladesh) and Tanvir Ahmed (Bangladesh).
TV UMPIRE: Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh).
MATCH REFEREE: Neeyamur Rashid (Bangladesh).
PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH: Shakib Al Hasan.
PLAYER-OF-THE-SERIES: Shakib Al Hasan.
Printed in Daybreak, August 10th, 2021
