Shane Watson Cruel Hitting Lashes Bangladesh

Monday, April 11th, 2011 at 11:58 am , filed under ODIS by Forrester Gavin

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Australia won by 9 wickets with 24 overs to spare and lead the three match series with 2-0. Shane Watson ruthless innings of 185 off just 96 balls sealed series win over Bangladesh with still one match remaining in the series.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. Tamim Iqbal (5) and Imrul Kayes (5) have started the innings for Bangladesh and it was not Tamim show that began as both the openers were went back to pavilion by Mitchell Johnson. Bangladesh has suffered consistent fall of wickets Shahriar Nafees, who scored 56 was the only top order batsmen to reach double figures.

"Australia vs Bangladesh" Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah has rescued the innings by adding 79 runs for sixth wicket, Mahmudullah (38) was dismissed by Watson. Mushfiqur Rahim (81)* played a brilliant knock and guided Bangladesh to reach 220 runs.

Australian bowling attack: Brett Lee bowled with great pace and good line and he was respected for good bowling. Brett Lee remained wicket less, but proved worth full, he conceded only 37 runs in his 10 overs. Mitchell Johnson bagged three wickets, Steven Smith has taken two wickets and John Hastings, Shane Watson settled with a piece each.

Australia started their innings with Shane Watson and Brad Haddin. The opening pair has provided decent start by adding half century run stand. Haddin and Watson added 62 runs for first wicket, where Brad Haddin contributed only 8 runs. It’s all Watson show and their partners remained calm at the other end and watched the flawless innings of Watson. Ricky Ponting has contributed only 37 runs in 170 run second wicket partnership with Watson.

Shane Watson reached his fifty in just 26 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes; he reached his century in 69 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes. Watson finished his innings at 185* includes 15 fours and 15 sixes. Watson breaks the previous record of Xavier Marshal who hit the highest number 12 sixes in an innings. Shane Watson is now the highest scorer for Australia with 185* beating Mathew Hayden’s 181*.

Bangladesh bowlers were demolished to all parts of the ground by one batsmen of Australia and their bowling figures were destroyed by his cruel hitting. Suhrawadi Shuvo, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain were in the firing line of Watson. Shakib-al-Hasan is the only wicket taker from Bangladesh.

Shane Watson wad adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 185* in 96 balls.

Tags: Aus vs Ban, Australia vs Bangladesh, Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson