{"id":742465,"date":"2026-06-17T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742465\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:07:13","slug":"aussie-tweakers-spin-their-web-over-bangladesh-in-t20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742465\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie tweakers spin their web over Bangladesh in T20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Cooper Connolly and the Australian spinners have guided Australia to an impressive T20 victory over Bangladesh with 10 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Adam Zampa and debutant Joel Davies helped spin Australia to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first T20 of their three-match series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">After winning the toss and electing to bat, Bangladesh was bundled out for an under-par 131 in 19 overs, which the Aussies moved past with 10 deliveries to spare at Chattogram on Wednesday to take a 1-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\"><a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-06-15\/australia-vs-bangladesh-cooper-connolly-hits-century\/106797512\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106797512\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Connolly, the hero of Australia&#8217;s ODI victory in Dhaka on Sunday<\/a>, continued his form surge, top-scoring with 47 in an otherwise unconvincing chase from the tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers start fast<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Tigers made a fast start before recklessly submitting to Australia&#8217;s slow bowlers, nine of the 10 wickets falling to spin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Bowling allrounder Mahedi Hasan (29no), opener Saif Hassan (20) and No.3 Soumya Sarkar (17) were the only Bangladesh batters to pass 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Left-arm orthodox tweaker Davies (3-17) and leg-spinner Adam Zampa (3-18) were the chief destroyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Nikhil Chaudhary, Australia&#8217;s other debutant, claimed 1-14 and took two catches, the first one a superb diving effort off Zampa at deep cover to dismiss Soumya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-06-15\/australia-vs-bangladesh-cooper-connolly-hits-century\/106797512\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connolly hits stunning ton for Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Cooper Connolly fights off his body going into shock due to cramps to record his maiden international century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Davies removed wicketkeeper Parvez Hossain Emon (10) with just his second international delivery, before Zampa became the first Aussie to take 150 wickets in men&#8217;s T20s when Shoriful Islam picked out Tim David.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In reply, Josh Inglis (5) and returning captain Mitch Marsh (13) departed early in the chase, before Connolly steadied the ship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 23-year-old left-hander struck three sixes in his 27-ball knock and had a maiden T20 half-century in his sights when he holed out to Shoriful off first-gamer Abdul Gaffar Saqlain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">David (20), Chaudhary (18) and Matt Renshaw (18) fell with victory in sight, before Xavier Bartlett finished the Tigers off with a first-ball boundary to reach 6-133.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The second T20 will also be played at Chattogram on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">AAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooper Connolly and the Australian spinners have guided Australia to an impressive T20 victory over Bangladesh with 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