Australia has slumped to its first ever ODI series defeat against Bangladesh after losing by five wickets in the second match of the three-game series.<\/p>\n
After crashing to an unprecedented 3-0 from the first two overs at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the Aussies recovered to salvage 8-187 from 42 overs when rain forced the players off the field at Mirpur.<\/p>\n
Play was delayed for 160 minutes before Bangladesh, set a revised target of 192 from 41 overs via the DLS method, strolled to victory and an unassailable 2-0 series lead with 36 balls in hand, sealed by captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s six off Riley Meredith.<\/p>\n
Australia was behind the eight-ball from the outset, creating unwanted history by losing its first three wickets before scoring a run for the first time in ODIs.<\/p>\n
Under-pressure Marnus Labuschagne (55 not out) and tailender Xavier Bartlett (a career-best 52) helped avoid complete embarrassment for the tourists, who, after winning the toss and electing to bat, lost top-order trio Matt Short, Cooper Connolly and Matt Renshaw for ducks.<\/p>\n
Short was castled shouldering arms to Taskin Ahmed, his tormentor in the first game, for his third straight zero dating back to the recent Pakistan series.<\/p>\n
Connolly and Renshaw both nicked Mustafizur Rahman to wicketkeeper Litton Das in the second over.<\/p>\n
“Any time you lose three wickets that early, it’s tough to come back from. Marnus and ‘X’ [Bartlett] got us to total, but it wasn’t enough,” stand-in skipper Josh Inglis said.<\/p>\n
“Bangladesh have outplayed us in this series, so congratulations to them.”<\/p>\n
It was 4-25 when Alex Carey (13) departed, before Josh Inglis (34) and Cameron Green (25) both fell to Tanvir Islam’s spin, the tourists reeling at 6-81.<\/p>\n
Labuschagne, demoted to number seven, snapped a protracted form drought by posting his first half-century in his past 18 ODIs, combining with unlikely batting hero Bartlett for a 103-run seventh-wicket stand to give Australia an outside chance.<\/p>\n
Taskin ended the union when he bowled Bartlett and the Tigers seamer was on a hat-trick when he skittled Adam Zampa next ball, soon before the heavens opened.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh’s reply started badly when Tanzid Hasan [0] spooned the second delivery of the innings back to Xavier Bartlett for a return catch.<\/p>\n
Bartlett spilled a tough chance from Najmul Hossain Shanto three balls later before having a successful LBW shout overturned on DRS in an eventful first over.<\/p>\n
Soumya Sarkar (42) and Najmul (42) steadied the ship with an 86-run second-wicket stand, before Towhid Hridoy (44no) and Mehidy (22no) finished the Aussies off.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh, who had not beaten Australia since 2005 before this series, have now overcome them twice in 48 hours.<\/p>\n
The Tigers have won four straight bilateral ODI series after also defeating New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies.<\/p>\n
The third and final game will be in Dhaka on Sunday<\/p>\n
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