Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011

Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011
		Australia		Bangladesh
Dates		9 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
Captains		Michael Clarke		Shakib Al Hasan
One Day International series
Result		Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs		Shane Watson (294)		Mahmudullah (134)
Most wickets		Mitchell Johnson (7)		Mashrafe Mortaza (5)
Player of the series		Shane Watson (Aus)

The Australian cricket team toured Bangladesh between 7 April to 13 April 2011. The tour consisted of three One Day Internationals (ODIs).^[1] Michael Clarke was announced as the Australian captain, following Ricky Ponting's resignation.^[2]

Squads

Australia[2]	Bangladesh
Michael Clarke (c) Shane Watson Brad Haddin Ricky Ponting Cameron White Mike Hussey Callum Ferguson Tim Paine Steve Smith Mitchell Johnson John Hastings Brett Lee Xavier Doherty James Pattinson	Shakib Al Hasan (c) Tamim Iqbal Imrul Kayes Raqibul Hasan Shahriar Nafees Mushfiqur Rahim Mahmudullah Suhrawadi Shuvo Mashrafe Mortaza Shafiul Islam Abdur Razzak

Tour match

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Australians

7 April 2011 09:30 Scorecard

Australians  308/6 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 218/7 (50 overs)
Michael Hussey 69* (55) Shuvagata Hom 1/18 (7 overs)		Maisuqur Rahman 68 (103) John Hastings 4/15 (7 overs)

Australians won by 90 runs Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Nadir Shah (Ban)

• Australians won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

9 April 09:30 Scorecard

Australia  270/7 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 210/5 (50 overs)
Michael Clarke 101 (111) Suhrawadi Shuvo 3/44 (8 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 62 (89) Mitchell Johnson 1/23 (8 overs)

Australia won by 60 runs Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Umpires: Johanes Cloete (SA) and Nadir Shah Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

11 April 09:30 Scorecard

Bangladesh  229/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 232/1 (26 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 81* (80) Mitchell Johnson 3/54 (10 overs)		Shane Watson 185* (96) Shakib Al Hasan 1/35 (7 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Umpires: Johanes Cloete (SA) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shane Watson hit an unbeaten 185, which included a record 15 sixes. His score beat the previous highest ODI score by an Australian (Matthew Hayden's 181 against New Zealand) and the most sixes, previously set by Xavier Marshall with 12 against Canada.^[3] The score also included the most boundaries in an ODI innings, beating the previous record of 126 runs in boundaries by Herschelle Gibbs in 2006.^[4] It was also the highest proportion of runs scored by a player in an ODI innings, scoring 79.74% of the runs.

3rd ODI

13 April 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  361/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 295/6 (50 overs)
Michael Hussey 108 (91) Abdur Razzak 3/58 (9 overs)		Imrul Kayes 93 (95) Mitchell Johnson 3/67 (9 overs)

Australia won by 66 runs Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Umpires: Johanes Cloete (SA) and Enamul Haque Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bangladesh seamer Mashrafe Mortaza took his 150th ODI wicket with the dismissal of Callum Ferguson.^[5]

References

1. "Australia to tour Bangladesh after World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
2. "Clarke named captain for Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
3. "Shane Watson hits world-record 15 sixes as Aussies win". BBC Sport. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
4. "Match scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
5. "Mike Hussey hits ton in Australia win over Bangladesh". BBC Sport. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.