Aus W vs Ban W Score Updates

That brings us to a close of our live coverage of this first Women's ODI between Australia and Bangladesh. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta. See you soon!

Alyssa Healy, Australia Captain - " I've played here twice now and it has been kind of lucky! We were put under pressure early on by the Bangladeshi bowlers and we had to come back into the game. It was about patience and with the spinners we knew we were always in the game. We would look to improve from the batting side of things but 220 was certainly competitive. We have got a lot of variety in our attack and the bowlers enjoyed the conditions. "

Alana King is the Player of the Match! Here is what she has to say.

Alana King: It was great to bat at that particular time after Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner did all the hard work. I had some fun in the end! Well when it was turning a lot in the second innings, all Alyssa Healy told me was to keep it simple and just hit the right areas.

Nigar Sultana (Bangladesh Women captain): We started really well, took five wickets early, but then, it just went downhill from there. There were some silly run-outs and the whole batting innings fell apart. We should have hung in there on that wicket, we will look to improve on that front going forward.

The post match presentation will be coming up shortly!

Bangladesh 95 all out in 36 overs
Nigar Sultana 27 (64) | Ashleigh Gardner 3/22
Sobhana Mostary 17 (38) | Kim Garth 2/26

Australia have put up a remarkable performance with the ball here and it's Ashleigh Gardner who has finished things off with a couple of wickets. This has been a monumental collapse from Bangladesh as they were placed comfortably at 70/2 at the time of the first drinks break but ended up loosing 8 wickets in just the next 18 overs of the innings. It included three run outs which shows how baffling the running between the wickets was.

Bangladesh lost a couple of wickets early in the powerplay but the pair of Sobhana Mostary and Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh skipper put on a partnership. The pair got some streaky boundaries via edges but they managed to put up a partnership of note as they put on 49 runs. It was broken by Alana King post the drinks break which triggered the collapse. Bangladesh kept loosing wickets at regular intervals from there on and it was their skipper Sultana who ended up as the top scorer with her 27.

Australia squeezed out the runs and managed to build up a string of tidy overs to create the pressure on Bangladesh and it worked. The inexperience showed from the batters as Alana King bowled extremely economically and was well backed up Ellyse Perry, whose spell saw two run outs. Kim Garth came back into the attack and along with Gardner, cleaned up the tail as the duo snared five wickets between them.

Australia win the first ODI by 118 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three match One Day series!

End of over 36 (0 runs), Bangladesh Women 95/10

Marufa Akter 0(2)
Nahida Akter 3(14)
Ashleigh Gardner 22/3

35.6 Ashleigh Gardner to Marufa Akter

THAT WILL BE THAT! GARDNER FINISHES IT OFF! AUSTRALIA WIN CONVINCINGLY! Good length flatter off-break on off-and-middle. Marufa went back to it and tried to turn it around to sqaure-leg. But she was late on the ball. The ball sped through her defense and rapped her in front of the stumps on the pads. The appeal for LBW then got upheld instantly!

Marufa Akter lbw b Ashleigh Gardner 0 (2b, 0x4, 0x6)

35.5 Ashleigh Gardner to Marufa Akter

short on off-stump. Fended away to the short-leg area off the back foot with the turn, no run.

Marufa Akhter, RHB, comes to the crease.

Ash Gardner gets her second wicket and the 9th one has gone down for Bangladesh now. This has been an absolute debacle for them.

35.4 Ashleigh Gardner to Sultana Khatun

GOT HER! Good length off-break around off-stump. Sultana hoicks with the turn off the top hand and gets it over the in-field. But the fielder at deep mid-wicket got under it safely to take the catch!

Sultana Khatun c Ellyse Perry b Ashleigh Gardner 2 (12b, 0x4, 0x6)

35.3 Ashleigh Gardner to Sultana Khatun

Oh! Good length ball on off-stump that bounces more. A miss of the clip around to square-leg on the back foot, no leg-bye.

35.2 Ashleigh Gardner to Sultana Khatun

short on off-stump. Tapped down to short mid-wicket off the back foot, no run.

35.1 Ashleigh Gardner to Sultana Khatun

over the wicket, good length slower ball around off-stump. A play and a miss with the push on the front foot. No run.

Ashleigh Gardner [4.0-0-22-1] comes back into the attack.

Megan Schutt was brought back into the attack and seems like Australia wants to wrap things up quickly here. They need to get just a couple of more wickets and with 15 overs remaining it doesn't seem to be a tough ask.

End of over 35 (1 runs), Bangladesh Women 95/8

Nahida Akter 3(14)
Sultana Khatun 2(8)
Megan Schutt 5/1

34.6 Megan Schutt to Nahida Akter

full on off-stump. Nahida covers the line and blocks it to short extra cover for no run.

34.5 Megan Schutt to Nahida Akter

good length ball on off-stump. Defended to the short extra cover region from the crease, no run this time.

34.4 Megan Schutt to Sultana Khatun

slightly short around off-stump. Punched to the extra cover area on the back foot for a quick single!

34.3 Megan Schutt to Sultana Khatun

good length ball around off-stump. Sultana thinks about tapping it away but decides to bail out at the last second owing to extra bounce.

34.2 Megan Schutt to Sultana Khatun

good length ball around off-stump. Sultana plays and misses this time from the crease trying to push at it.

34.1 Megan Schutt to Sultana Khatun

over the wicket, good length ball around off-stump. Tapped to point on the up from the crease, no run.

Megan Schutt [5.0-1-4-1] comes back into the attack.

Take a bow Alana King! It has been a phenomenal spell from her as he kept up the pressure from one end. It led to the string of run outs from the other end and Australia reaped the rewards. She ends up with figures of 1/12 in 10 overs.

End of over 34 (2 runs), Bangladesh Women 94/8

Nahida Akter 3(12)
Sultana Khatun 1(4)
Alana King 12/1

33.6 Alana King to Nahida Akter

full and slow on leg-stump. Nudged around to short mid-wicket off the front foot but the single remains elusive. End of a superb spell from Alana King!

33.5 Alana King to Nahida Akter

OH! Good length slower ball on leg-stump. Nahida lobs it up to the right of the bowler but King does not quite reach it in the end! No run.

33.4 Alana King to Nahida Akter

full and slow on leg-and-middle. Worked to the mid-wicket area from the crease, no run.

33.3 Alana King to Nahida Akter

good length ball around off-stump. Tapped down to short cover off the front foot, no run.

33.2 Alana King to Sultana Khatun

full and slow on leg-stump. Pushed to the mid-wicket area off the toes for a single after a misfield!

33.1 Alana King to Nahida Akter

good length ball on the pads. Pushed around to square-leg off the back foot for a single from the inside edge.

Another wicket maiden from Kim Garth and she continues to impress! She has two wickets now and Bangladesh just have two wickets remaining in the hut. This has been a disastrous effort from the hosts and they never got going in the run chase.

End of over 33 (0 runs), Bangladesh Women 92/8

Sultana Khatun 0(3)
Nahida Akter 2(7)
Kim Garth 26/2

32.6 Kim Garth to Sultana Khatun

full around off-stump. Driven to mid-off off the front foot for no run. It's a wicket-maiden from Garth.

32.5 Kim Garth to Sultana Khatun

Oh! Back of a length around off-stump. This takes off as Sultana drops the hands to evade the line of the ball.

32.4 Kim Garth to Sultana Khatun

good length ball around off-stump. Sultana leaves this alone from the back foot on line.

Sultana Khatun, RHB, walks in at number 10!

The DRINKS BREAK has been taken here!

Superb from Garth and that one skidded on! Rabeya Khan has been cleaned up and the writing seems to be on the ball for the hosts now! Australia are inching closer to a huge win here.

32.3 Kim Garth to Rabeya Khan

BOWLED! Slightly fuller on middle-and-off. Rabeya was neither forward nor back to that one. She tried to turn it around to the on-side but missed it. The ball then went on to clean her up!

Rabeya Khan b Kim Garth 5(19b, 0x4, 0x6)

32.2 Kim Garth to Rabeya Khan

Oh! Good length slower ball around off-stump. This takes the shoulder of the bat to short cover as Rabeya pushes forward, no run.

32.1 Kim Garth to Rabeya Khan

short around off-stump. The attempted cut shot on the back foot gets missed this time. No run.

Alana King has incredible figures here as she has given away just 10 runs from her 9 overs! The sun has come out from behind the clouds and it remains to be seen if it will be a good omen for the Bangladesh side.

End of over 32 (1 runs), Bangladesh Women 92/7

Nahida Akter 2(7)
Rabeya Khan 5(16)
Alana King 10/1

31.6 Alana King to Nahida Akter

good length leg-break on middle-and-off. Defended to the short mid-wicket area on the front foot, no run.

31.5 Alana King to Nahida Akter

flighted on middle-and-off on the full length. Tapped back to the bowler from the crease, no run.

31.4 Alana King to Nahida Akter

full and slow around off-stump. Defended back to the bowler off the front foot, no run.

31.3 Alana King to Rabeya Khan

good length ball on middle-and-off. Swept around to deep backward square-leg for a single.

31.2 Alana King to Rabeya Khan

slower length ball around off-stump. Knocked down to short mid-wicket on the charge, no run.

31.1 Alana King to Rabeya Khan

short around off-stump. A bail out of the shot on the back foot at the last second as the ball turns away.