Match report
Summary
All in all, a dominant performance from Australia, though not without things to work on. It’s been a good introduction to Bangladeshi conditions for the Australians, who have learnt a lot about the bounce in the pitch. That bounce led to a fair few of those extras, as Healy struggled to contain some of the byes and leg byes that flew through around her. With the World Cup coming up later this year, this experience will be invaluable.
For Bangladesh there is plenty to work on – they will be disappointed especially to lose three wickets through run outs. It’s a good lesson in keeping a cool head when bowlers are building the pressure. Two of the run outs came from pure frustration at not being able to get off strike. The third could have been avoided if Joty had slid her bat, which is a fairly unforgivable error at this level, especially for the captain.
The teams meet again for the second ODI in the series on Sunday and both will go away with plenty to work on before then. Despite the big difference in the score, it’s been compelling viewing and Sunday should be just as interesting!
