Bangladesh’s Nahid Rana celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Alex Carey during the first one-day international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh in Mirpur, Bangladesh, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo)
Bangladesh registered their second ever ODI win over Australia, beating a depleted Australian team by 86 runs via DLS in the first match of the series in Mirpur on Tuesday.Returning to ODI cricket after four years, Musadiq Hossain made an unbeaten 86 off 70 balls. Najm Hossain Shanto scored 67 runs, while Tanzid Hasan added 54 runs as Bangladesh scored 284/8.In reply, Australia were restricted to 191/9 in 42.2 overs before lightning and rain stopped play. Chasing 285, Australia still needed 94 runs off 46 balls when the match was stopped and could not be resumed. Cameron Green remained unbeaten with 52 off 66 balls.Fast bowler Nahid Rana led the Bangladesh bowling attack with a score of 4/41, regularly touching 140 kmph. Mossadiq also contributed with the ball, returning figures of 2/37 from 10 overs.Australia’s chase got off to the worst possible start when Matthew Short was bowled by Taskin Ahmed off the first ball of the innings. Marnus Labuschagne, who had scores of 0, 5 and 19 in the recent ODI series against Pakistan, managed just one catch before being dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman.
Cooper Connolly scored 35 points and shared a 49-point partnership with captain Josh Inglis (19) before adding another 40 points with Alex Carey (47). However, Mosaddeq Connolly was dismissed and Rana scored three fours in three overs during his second spell to put Bangladesh firmly in control.Mosaddegh’s innings included seven fours and three sixes. He was dropped twice before reaching half-centuries by Connolly and Oliver Beck, while Adam Zampa wasted another chance when he was 73.Shanto also survived an early chance in the 9th over before going on to score his 12th ODI half-century.For Australia, Nathan Ellis was the most successful bowler with 3/38 after also impressing in the recent Pakistan series.The win was Bangladesh’s first ODI win over Australia since 2005. Australia had lost the ODI series to Pakistan 2-1 last week and are playing their first bilateral ODI series against Bangladesh in 15 years. The remaining two matches of the series will be played in Mirpur on Thursday and Sunday.
