Australia defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the eighth match of the women’s T20 World Cup being played at St George’s Park, Gqeberha.
AUS-W vs BD-W Women’s T20 World Cup Highlights
Today the eighth match of women’s T20 World Cup was played between Bangladesh and Australia at St George’s Park, Gqeberha. Bangladesh captain won the toss today and decided to bat first.
Bangladesh scored 107 runs in the first play and set a target of 108 runs to win in front of the Australians, which the Australian team won the match with 10 balls to spare.
AUS-W vs BD-W Women’s T20 World Cup: Player of The Match
Bangladesh scored 107 runs in the first play and set a target of 108 runs to win in front of the Australians, which the Australian team achieved with 10 balls to spare.
AUS-W vs BD-W Women’s T20 World Cup: Full Match Highlights
Bangladesh Batting
Bangladesh’s openers (Shamima Sultana and Murshida Khan), who came to open the match, did not give a good start to the team, both were dismissed within 11 runs and returned to the pavilion.
Australian bowler Darcy Brown showed the way to both the batsmen. Shamima Sultana and Murshida Khan scored 1, 7 runs respectively.
By the end of the power play, Bangladesh had scored 34 runs losing 2 wickets and captain Nigar Sultana was taking the game forward by saving wickets on one side.
Bangladesh completed their 50 runs in 53 balls and after 10 overs, Bangladesh’s total score was 53 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Nigar Sultana was present on the field after scoring 31 runs.
Captain Nigar Sultana completed her half-century in the 16th over. She played 41 balls for this half-century, in which she hit 6 fours and a six.
Bangladesh lost two more wickets in the 17th over. Shorna Akhtar and Ruhana Ahmed were dismissed by Australian bowler Georgia Warham.
Bangladesh completed 100 runs in 19 overs, by then 6 of their players had gone to the pavilion after getting out. Bangladesh reached 107 for 7 after 20 overs and set Australia a target of 108 runs to win.
Captain Nigar Sultana returned to the pavilion without getting out. She scored 57 runs in 50 balls and in this innings he hit 7 fours and 1 six.
Australian Bowling
Georgia Wareham was the most successful bowler for Australia, taking 3 wickets. Apart from them, Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt took one wicket each, while Darcie Brown took two wickets.
AUS-W vs BD-W Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia Batting
The start of the Australian team, which came with the intention of winning, was also not special, in the second over of the innings, opener Beth Mooney was caught out and Australia lost their first wicket on the score of 9 runs.
But Alyssa Healy and skipper Meg Lanning took full advantage of the power play and scored 45 runs in the total of 6 overs of the powerplay.
Both the batsmen shared a 50-run partnership in just 35 balls and the total partnership was 69 runs from both sides. Australia were 65 for 1 after 10 overs, with Alyssa Healy scoring 35 and Meg Lanning scoring 25.
Australia completed their 100 runs in 17.2 overs and in 18.2 overs Australia achieved the target of 107 runs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Captain Mag Lanning scored the most runs for Australia, he contributed 47 runs. Apart from them, Ashley Gardner scored 19 and Alyssa Healy scored 37 runs.
Bangladesh Bowling
Shorna Akhtar and Marufa Akhtar took one wicket each for Bangladesh.