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Australia vs Bangladesh Third ODI at Darwin
AUS v BAN, 3rd ODI, Darwin: Australia beat Bangladesh by 73 runs (3:0)
Sept 6, 2008
Allrounders James Hopes and Shane Watson combined for five wickets as Australia overcame a lacklustre batting performance to beat Bangladesh by 73 runs Saturday and sweep their three-match limited-overs series.
Australia posted 198-5 from its 50 overs and looked set for defeat when Bangladesh reached 82-3 in reply, but recovered to bowl out the tourists for 125. Hopes put Australia back into the match with a career-best 3-30 and Watson had 2-8 from five overs.
The match was the closest of the series following Australia's 180-run win last weekend and its eight-wicket victory Wednesday. Teenage opener Tamim Iqbal's impressive innings of 63 put Bangladesh in a position to repeat the upset victory over the world champions they achieved in 2005 in Cardiff.
AUS v BAN, 3rd ODI, Darwin: Australia 198 for 5 (50.0 overs) beat Bangladesh 125 for 9 (29.5 overs) by 73 runs
Australia vs Bangladesh Cricket Series 2008
Australia vs Bangladesh Third ODI at Darwin
Score Card
Australia won the toss and decided to bat
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198 for 5 (50.0 overs)
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125 for 9 (29.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Marsh | b Reza | 30 |
36 | 4 | 0 | |
| Watson | run out | 27 |
44 | 2 | 0 | |
| Clarke | run out | 25 |
66 | 0 | 0 | |
| M Hussey | not out | 57 |
72 | 2 | 1 | |
| D Hussey | run out | 11 |
27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haddin | c Kapali | b Razzak | 16 |
31 | 1 | 0 |
| White | not out | 22 |
24 | 1 | 1 | |
| Extras | 9w 1lb | 10 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 198 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tamim | c Clark | b Watson | 63 |
69 | 5 | 1 |
| Siddique | c White | b Clark | 0 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashraful | c Clarke | b Clark | 3 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapali | b Johnson | 1 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saqibul | c M Hussey | b Hopes | 27 |
29 | 5 | 0 |
| Mahmudullah | b Hopes | 1 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ghosh | lbw | b Hopes | 1 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Reza | c D Hussey | b Watson | 0 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| Razzak | b D Hussey | 14 |
36 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mortaza | not out | 8 |
11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Shahadat | did not bat | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 4w 2b 1lb | 7 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 125 | (29.5 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: P D Parker, A M Saheba
Australia: Marsh, Watson, Clarke, M Hussey, D Hussey, Haddin, White, Hopes, Johnson, Bracken, Clark
Bangladesh: Tamim, Siddique, Ashraful, Saqibul, Kapali, Ghosh, Mahmudullah, Mortaza, Reza, Razzak, Shahadat