Bangladesh Vs Australia

Opener Cooper Connoly hit his maiden century as Australia overcame a six-wicket haul by pacer Shoriful Islam for a hard-fought one-wicket victory against Bangladesh in the third cricket one-day international to avoid a clean sweep on Sunday. The hosts won the first match by 86 runs and the second game by five wickets, both on the DLS method, to register their first ODI series victory against Australia. Chasing a target of 275, Connolly batted resolutely to hit 149 off 134 balls as Australia appeared set for a victory with ease. Connolly struck 13 fours and six sixes, including three sixes in a row against pacer Taskin Ahmed in the 45th over, an over in which he scored 21 runs to leave the side needing just 9 runs off 30 balls. Shoriful returned for his last spell and took three wickets in two overs to finish with a career-best 6-48, briefly raising the prospect of a Bangladesh victory. But Connolly anchored the innings throughout to bail the side out against a vaunted Bangladesh .

Australia romped to victory in just 6.2 overs with Aaron Finch (40 off 20) leading from the front.

Seven Australian cricket stars, including Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and David Warner, pulled out of their national team's limited-overs tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh

Australia cricket team will tour Bangladesh in August for first-ever T20I bilateral series between the two nations, playing five matches instead of three as agreed upon previously

Australia vs Bangladesh Test series was slated to count for points in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC)

Australia are currently ranked fourth to Bangladesh's ninth in ICC Test ranking