Dan Christian blasted 30 runs off a single over after Mitch Swepson made the most of his call-up with the ball in Australia’s three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the fourth T20 International on Sunday morning (AEST).
Swepson looked right at home in the bowler-friendly conditions at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, finishing with impressive figures of 3-12 off four overs after the Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
Andrew Tye (3-18) and Josh Hazlewood (2-12) were the other multiple wicket takers for the tourists as they restricted Bangladesh to 9-104.
Looking to avoid a fourth-straight defeat, Australia lost Matthew Wade from the fourth ball of their run chase.
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Christian, who was promoted to No.3, got the innings back on track when he launched five sixes off the bowling Shakib Al Hasan in the third over.
The veteran all-rounder’s 37 off 15 deliveries was a brief but pivotal contribution for the visitors.
The rest of the run chase was far from straightforward as the Aussies fell to 6-65 when the in-form Mitchell Marsh departed for 11, his only failure of the tour so far.
A 34-run stand between Ashton Agar (27 off 27) and Ashton Turner (nine not out) proved the difference between the two sides, with Tye (four not out) hitting the winning runs.
