Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011
International cricket tour
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The Australian cricket team toured Bangladesh between 7 April to 13 April 2011. The tour consisted of three One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1] Michael Clarke was named as the Australian captain, following Ricky Ponting's resignation.[2]
Dates
9 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
Captains
Michael Clarke
Results
Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs
Shane Watson (294)
| Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011 | |||
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| Australia | Bangladesh | ||
| Dates | 9 April 2011 – 13 April 2011 | ||
| Captains | Michael Clarke | Shakib Al Hasan | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shane Watson (294) | Mahmudullah (134) | |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Johnson (7) | Mashrafe Mortaza (5) | |
| Player of the series | Shane Watson (Aus) | ||
Squads
Tour match
Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Australians
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
2nd ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shane Watson hit an unbeaten 185, which included a record 15 sixes. His score beat the previous highest ODI score by an Australian (Matthew Hayden's 181 against New Zealand) and the most sixes, previously set by Xavier Marshall with 12 against Canada.[3] The score also included the most boundaries in an ODI innings, beating the previous record of 126 runs in boundaries by Herschelle Gibbs in 2006.[4] It was also the highest proportion of runs scored by a player in an ODI innings, scoring 79.74% of the runs.
3rd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bangladesh seamer Mashrafe Mortaza took his 150th ODI wicket with the dismissal of Callum Ferguson.[5]
