Australia’s opening pair Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney batted the hapless Bangladeshi team out of the match in the Group A encounter at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Thursday. The four-time champions won the match by a massive margin of 86 runs.
The Australian duo added a whopping 151 runs for the first wicket, which is now the highest partnership for Australia in thဣe T20 Wo🥃rld Cup.
A record-breaking night for Healy and Mooney at the top of Australia's order!
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The right-hand, left-hand alliance of the Australian openers ripped the Bangladeshi bowling attack into pieces as both💖 notched up scores above 80, at a rapid pace.
Healy hit 83 off just 53 deliveries at a magnificent strike rate of 156.6, where she💛 smashed ten boundaries and three towering maximums. She was awarded the player of the match title for her brilliant effort with the bat.
Player of the Match is Alyssa Healy f🌠or her 83 off 53 balls, which included three sixes.
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Mooney, at the other end, made merry of the Bangla bowlers, with herꦆ unbeaten knock of 81, which came off just 58 deliver🐲ies, powered by nine scorching boundaries.
The finishing impetus was provided by swashbuckling batter Ashleigh Gardner, who took the Australian score to 189, with her 9-ball 22. This was also the third-highest total by any teaꦯm in the T20 World Cup.
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All of🧜 the Bangladeshi bowle♔rs went for plenty, barring Rumana Ahmed and Fatima Khatun, who relatively put the brakes on the Australian proceedings.
Coming out to bat, Bangladesh were reduced to 26-3, by the end of the powerplay, adding woes for the Asian team.
A consolidating partnership between Nigar 🐠Sultana and Fargana Hoque delayed the inevitable for Bangladesh.
Megan Schutt (3/21) was the pick of the bowlers who delivered the early breakthroughs for 🐲her side. By the end of their innings, Bangladesh just managed to survive th💦e 20-overs, with only 103 on the board.
In the end, Australi🍌a cruised towards a much-needed victory by a massive margin, keeping their net꧂ run-rate in check, which might turn out to be the decisive factor for their qualification, during the later stages of the tournament.
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