http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, 146-3 in 20 overs
Australia scored a brisk 146 runs, as they lost three wickets in 20 overs, Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 played a dashing inning of 72 runs in 40 balls.
The third and final One Day International (ODI) match of the current series is being played between Australia and Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat, James Pattison made his debut in the match, who is a right-arm medium fast bowler.
There was a change in the Australian batting line up, as Ricky Ponting was promoted up the order to open the innings with the regular opener, Shane Watson.
Shafiul Islam opened the attack for Bangladesh and Watson continued his form of the previous match, where he thrashed 185 runs off 96 balls and created a world record by hammering 15 sixes in a single match.
He dispatched two fours in the first over and made his intentions clear for the day.
Ponting had an early escape on the fourth ball of the second over when he was dropped by Abdur Razzak at midwicket, off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashrafe-Mortaza-c1917, after he scored four runs.
Both of the batsmen started playing aggressive cricket from thereon. Watson dispatched 4 fours in the third over as Ponting hit two fours and a six in the fourth over. The first fifty was posted on the fourth ball of the fifth over as Ponting stole a single.
Watson looked like creating another record as he punched his fifty by lofting the third ball of the eighth over into the crowd for a six. His fifty was scored in 25 balls with two sixes and nine fours.
The hundred of the partnership was manufactured on the last ball of the 10th over, which was the highest opening stand of the series. The party for Watson was over once he was bowled at 72 runs by Razzak on the fifth ball of the eleventh over.
Then Michael Clarke joined Ponting, who was going well at the other end, until he fell victim to Razzak again after contributing 47 runs, and the total was at 129 runs.
Steven Smith went cheaply after scoring just five runs, as Michael Hussey was the next batsman in and both started consolidating the innings. Australia has reached 146 runs for the loss of three wickets at the end of 20 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 was unbeaten on 17 runs and Hussey was playing on two runs.
Razzak was the most successful bowler, who grabbed two wickets as Suhrawadi Shuvo claimed one wicket from Bangladesh.
Australia anticipates scoring between 275–300 runs to clinch the series 3-0.
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