1st ODI: Australia win by 180 runs!

As expected, Australia have beaten Bangladesh by a big margin of 180 runs in the first ODI and lead the series 1-0.

Match: 1st ODI
Venue: Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin
Date: August 30, 2008
Teams: Australia and Bangladesh
Captains: Michael Clarke and Mohammad Ashraful
Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field
Result: Australia won by 180 runs
Series: Australia lead the series 1-0
Man of the Match: MEK Hussey off Australia
Score:

Australia 254 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 76, JR Hopes 22, MJ Clarke 14, MEK Hussey 85, DJ Hussey 24, BJ Haddin 3, CL White 9, MG Johnson 0, B Geeves 0 not out, Extras-21 (b 1, lb 7, w 6, nb 7), Mashrafe Mortaza 0 for 31, Shahadat Hossain 3 for 42, Nazmul Hossain 1 for 55, Shakib Al Hasan 2 for 46, Abdur Razzak 1 for 44, Alok Kapali 1 for 28) beat Bangladesh 74 all out in 27.4 overs (Tamim Iqbal 21, Mehrab Hossain Jr. 0, Mohammad Ashraful 5, Raqibul Hasan 14, Shakib Al Hasan 7, Alok Kapali 12, Dhiman Ghosh 1, Abdur Razzak 4, Mashrafe Mortaza 5 not out, Nazmul Hossain 0, Shahadat Hossain 0, Extras-5 (w 5), NW Bracken 0 for 23, SR Clark 1 for 18, MG Johnson 2 for 10, MJ Clarke 1 for 7, B Geeves 2 for 11, CL White 3 for 5)