A swashbuckling Shane Watson pennyless a jot down for a many sixes in an ODI to lead Australia to a nine-wicket feat opposite Bangladesh upon Monday night.
The vice-captain belted fifteen sixes as well as fifteen fours upon his approach to 185 to leapfrog West Indian Xavier Marshall’s jot down for twelve sixes opposite Canada in 2008.
The all-rounder’s 96-ball hit was additionally a top measure by an Australian in one-day cricket, leading Matthew Hayden’s 181 opposite New Zealand.
Set 230 for victory, a visitors cruised to 1-232 in twenty-six overs during a Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Australia right away have an irrefutable 2-0 lead in a array with a single compare to play.
Watson battered a Tigers bowlers in to oblivion. The right-hander reached his century in twenty-eight balls, notched 100 in 69 as well as brought his 150 in usually 83 deliveries.
Ricky Ponting accomplished 37 not out from 42 balls whilst Brad Haddin (eight) was a usually wicket to fall, a wicketkeeper spooned a locate to mid-wicket off Shakib Al Hasan.
Earlier, a quickfire innings from center sequence batsman Mushfiqur Rahim increased Bangladesh to a rival 7-229.
The Tigers were in early difficulty after winning a toss as well as batting when they slumped to 5-88 though Rahim’s 81 in 80 balls as well as Shahriar Nafees’ 56 from 73 deliveries led a home side’s intrepid fightback.
Nafees was behind in a sheds, held as well as bowled by Steve Smith, by a time Bangladesh took their batting powerplay during a 45-over mark.
But with Rahim with his eye in, they still combined 59 runs in a prolific last 5 overs.
Mitchell Johnson was a most appropriate of a Aussie bowlers with 3-54 whilst spinner Steve Smith chimed in with 2-34, together with a critical wicket of a dangerous Nafees.
The Aussie quicks mislaid their approach late, Shane Watson went for fourteen runs in a 46th over as well as Brett Lee for seventeen in a 49th.
Lee stays stuck upon 349 ODI wickers after a speedster finished 10 wicketless overs.
The veteran’s disaster to take a scalp was equivalent by a miserly initial 8 overs, that went for usually thirteen runs.
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