Bangladesh vs Australia, 1st Test at Fatullah, , Apr 09 2006 - Match Result

Habibul Bashar and Nafees's 187-run partnership is BAN's highest for the 2nd wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 167 between Javed Omar and Habibul Bashar

Khaled Mashud has broken the record for most ducks (11) in Tests for BAN, going past Manjurul Islam's 10

Brilliant Ponting seals the deal

Ricky Ponting held his nerve to take Australia to a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh shortly after lunch on the final day

13-Apr-2006•The Bulletin by Jamie Alter

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Scorecard summary

Bangladesh • 427/10(123.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

138 (189)

8/108 (33.3)

76 (113)

2/47 (23)

Australia • 269/10(95.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

144 (212)

5/62 (32.2)

26 (88)

2/56 (22)

Bangladesh • 148/10(50 overs)

2nd INNINGS

33 (38)

3/18 (11)

33 (118)

3/28 (13)

Australia • 307/7(107 overs)

2nd INNINGS

118* (253)

4/98 (38)

72 (152)

1/51 (22)

end of over 1071 run

AUS: 307/7CRR: 2.86

Jason Gillespie4 (18b)

Ricky Ponting118 (253b 13x4)

Mashrafe Mortaza 22-7-51-1

Shahadat Hossain 20-5-67-0

Australia win by 3 wickets, Players shake hands, wonderful test match. Australia fighting back to win this test. Wonderful knock by Ponting to get his 31st century, sees Australia through to a good win in the first test. They lead the series 1-0.

Looking back at the test match, day 1 and day 2 belonged to Bangladesh, but Australia really fought hard like champions to come out winners. Good fighting effort from Bangladesh, but they did not have the fire power to finish things off. Man of the match is Gilchrist for his brilliant knock of 144.

That's it from here. Thanks for being with us, Please join us again for the second test on 16th of April at Chittagong. This is your commentator Binoy George signing off. It is bye from all of us.

106.6

Mortaza to Gillespie, 1 run

short of a length, Gillespie on the back foot pushes to backward-point fence. That's it Australia win by 3 wickets.

106.5

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Mortaza to Gillespie, no run

good line and length delivery, Gillespie pushes to gully, again does not get through the fielder.

106.4

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Mortaza to Gillespie, no run

short of a length and outside off stump, Gillespie goes for the cut, misses it, through to Mashud

short leg in place

106.3

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Mortaza to Gillespie, no run

good line and back of a length, Gillespie drives off the back foot to mid off

106.2

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Mortaza to Gillespie, no run

length ball, Gillespie defends to cover.

106.1

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Mortaza to Gillespie, no run

good ball on target, defends well to the off side

end of over 1065 runs

AUS: 306/7CRR: 2.88

Ricky Ponting118 (253b 13x4)

Jason Gillespie3 (12b)

Shahadat Hossain 20-5-67-0

Mohammad Rafique 38-6-98-4

Mortaza to bowl

105.6

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Shahadat to Ponting, no run

short delivery, Ponting pulls it to square leg, cannot get it through.

Aggression shown by Shahadat Hossain

105.5

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Shahadat to Ponting, no run

sends down a short one, Ponting takes his eye off the ball, gets hit on the helmet.

105.4

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Shahadat to Ponting, no run

good bouncer, Ponting just gets out of the way, through to Mashud

105.3

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Shahadat to Ponting, no run

bangs it in short, bit wide, Ponting lets it go.

105.2

Shahadat to Ponting, FOUR runs

good shot, short and wide outside the off stump, cracking cut shot to the cover fence, well played, wonderful batting.

105.1

Shahadat to Gillespie, 1 run

down the leg side, Gillespie tucks it off his hips to fine leg for a single

end of over 1054 runs

AUS: 301/7CRR: 2.86

Ricky Ponting114 (248b 12x4)

Jason Gillespie2 (11b)

Mohammad Rafique 38-6-98-4

Mashrafe Mortaza 21-7-50-1

Change in bowling, Shahadat Hossain to come on now

104.6

Mohammad Rafique to Ponting, FOUR runs

good shot, short delivery, Ponting cuts hard to backward-point fence, well played

104.5

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