This Day That Year: Bangladesh registered their first ODI win over Australia
Bangladesh produced a stunning performance as they defeated
Australia for the first time in ODIs during the Tri-series tournament played at
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on 18th June 2005.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to
bat first. It was not an ideal start as Adam Gilchrist was dismissed by
Mashrafe Mortaza off the 2nd ball of innings. Tapash Baisya produced
another beauty to get the wicket of Ponting putting Australia under pressure at
9 for 2.
Matthew Hayden and Damien Martyn steadied the innings with attacking
stroke play. Hayden put the Bangladeshi bowlers under pressure. Nazmul Hossain
dismissed Hayden for 37. Hayden and Martyn added 48 runs for the 3rd
wicket.
Michael Clarke and Martyn came together rescuing the Australian
innings taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries. Martyn looked
composed to complete his fifty off 80 balls. Both batsmen kept on ticking the scoreboard.
Baisya got the breakthrough for Bangladesh dismissing Martyn for 77. Martyn and
Clarke added 108 runs for the 4th wicket. Clarke was sensible with
his stroke play as he completed his fifty off 82 balls. Mike Hussey and Simon
Katich increased the tempo of the innings with attacking stroke play as added unbeaten
66 runs for the 6th wicket to help Australia post 249 for 5 in 50
overs.
Chasing 250 runs to win, Nafees Iqbal and Javed Omar began
cautiously. Gillespie got the breakthrough for Australia dismissing Nafees
Iqbal. Tushar Imran played with positive intent putting the pressure against the top-quality pace bowling. Brad Hogg got the wicket of Imran for 24. Imran and Omar
added 34 runs for the 2nd wicket. Javed Omar struggled to time the
ball as he scored just 19 runs off 50 balls.
With the scoreboard reading 72 for 3, Mohammad Ashraful and
Habibul Bashar was superb with their stroke life tough for
Australian bowlers. Ashraful made the batting look easy to put Australian bowlers
under pressure and reached his fifty off 58 balls. A brilliant run out by
Gillespie ended a superb partnership of 130 runs for the 4th wicket.
Aftab Ahmed came to the crease and played a quickfire cameo. Ashraful kept his composure
to reach his century off 100 balls and was dismissed off the very next ball. Aftab
Ahmed and Mohammad Rafique hit some lovely shots to put Bangladesh on course
for a massive win.
Needing 7 runs to win off 6 balls, Aftab Ahmed hit a six off
Gillespie on the first ball itself and then took a single. Bangladesh defeated
Australia by 5 wickets with 4 balls to spare. Ahmed made 21 off 13 balls while Rafique made 9 off 7 balls.
For his superb 100 runs knock, Ashraful was named the man of
the match award.
Bangladesh 250 for 5 in 49.2 overs (Mohammad Ashraful 100,
Habibul Bashar 47, Gillespie 2/41) beat Australia 249 for 5 in 50 overs (
Martyn 77, Clarke 54, Tapash Baisya 3/66) by 5 wickets.
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