Shane Watson 185 off 96 balls hits an unbelievable 15 sixes and 15 four that powered Australia to victory in Mirpur.Before this match,Matthew Hayden's previous total of 181 made against New Zealand in 2007 for the highest individual score by an Australian. Australia beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets and also 24 overs to spare today in Mirpur.Shane Watson 15 sixes in the innings were recorded as the most sixes ever in a one-day international innings.
Waston also broke the previous record of 12 sixes by West Indian Xavier Marshall.Shane Watson,Man of the Match for his fabulous unbeaten 185 runs from 96 balls..
Waston also broke the previous record of 12 sixes by West Indian Xavier Marshall.Shane Watson,Man of the Match for his fabulous unbeaten 185 runs from 96 balls..
Watson Scoredetails
25.6 | Rubel Hossain to Ponting, FOUR, Ponting has his moment in Watson's sun, pulling the ball through backward square to score the winning runs. Bangladesh's torment is over. | ||||||||||||||
Come on Ponting, leave the winning runs to Watto. | |||||||||||||||
25.5 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, 1 run, mis-hit through midwicket for a single | ||||||||||||||
25.4 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, SIX, well he's got his 15th!! This time with a cool swing through the line, lofting the ball straight over the fielder on the long-on boundary | ||||||||||||||
25.3 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, FOUR, full toss on middle and leg stump, Watson fails to hit his 15th, managing to swing it through square leg for a measly four. | ||||||||||||||
25.2 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, no run, full ball outside off, Watson chops own on it and plays towards point | ||||||||||||||
25.1 | Rubel Hossain to Ponting, 1 run, Ponting drives straight down the ground for a single | ||||||||||||||
End of over 25 (22 runs) Australia 216/1 (14 runs required from 25 overs, RR: 8.64, RRR: 0.56)
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24.6 | Abdur Razzak to Watson, SIX, yawn. Watson gets down on one knee, swings his bat with the power of a superhuman, and hits his 14th six, over midwicket again, with a slog sweep. This is getting stale now. How about a reverse-sweep for six? | ||||||||||||||
24.5 | Abdur Razzak to Watson, no run, Watson aims for another leg-side boundary and misses | ||||||||||||||
24.4 | Abdur Razzak to Watson, FOUR, it's a disappointing four. Watson pulls with power into the gap between two people on the midwicket boundary | ||||||||||||||
24.3 | Abdur Razzak to Watson, no run, Watson pulls and misses this time. Getting beaten outside off stump | ||||||||||||||
Well had Bangladesh scored a few more runs, I have no doubt that Watson would have gone past 200 today. He is unstoppable. | |||||||||||||||
24.2 | Abdur Razzak to Watson, SIX, and he's broken it. His 13th six. Again heaved over wide long-on. He takes the record for most sixes in an innings from Xavier Marshall. Bangladesh want this over with now | ||||||||||||||
24.1 | Abdur Razzak to Watson, SIX, Watson equals the world record for most sixes in an innings by heaving the ball over long-on. That's his 12th and he draws level with Xavier Marshall. | ||||||||||||||
End of over 24 (6 runs) Australia 194/1 (36 runs required from 26 overs, RR: 8.08, RRR: 1.38)
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23.6 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, 1 run, a low full toss and Watson drives to long-off to keep strike | ||||||||||||||
23.5 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, no run, a yorker, and for once Watson has no option but to defend | ||||||||||||||
23.4 | Rubel Hossain to Ponting, 1 run, driven fluently off the front foot through cover, Ponting letting Watson do all the hard work! | ||||||||||||||
23.3 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, 1 run, Watson plonks that heavy foot forward and drills the ball down the ground to long off | ||||||||||||||
23.2 | Rubel Hossain to Watson, 2 runs, Watson aims for down the ground and unbelievably it doesn't come off. He slices it in the air over point to bring up his 150 | ||||||||||||||
"I wish Australia were chasing 400, then Watson could get 300, take that Sachin," says Oscar Wood. | |||||||||||||||
23.1 | Rubel Hossain to Ponting, 1 run, driven off the front foot through cover | ||||||||||||||
Xavier Marshall holds the record for most sixes in an ODI innings - 12 v Canada. Watson has 11. | |||||||||||||||
End of over 23 (9 runs) Australia 188/1 (42 runs required from 27 overs, RR: 8.17, RRR: 1.55)
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22.6 | Mahmudullah to Watson, SIX, Gulp. Watson sees a short ball, and pulls again, giving it plenty of air time as it makes the journey from pitch to stand beyond wide long-on | ||||||||||||||
22.5 | Mahmudullah to Ponting, 1 run, driven to long-on for a single | ||||||||||||||
22.4 | Mahmudullah to Ponting, no run, Ponting moves back and plays the ball on the leg side | ||||||||||||||
22.3 | Mahmudullah to Watson, 1 run, Watson heaves again, this time along the ground to deep midwicket | ||||||||||||||
22.2 | Mahmudullah to Ponting, 1 run, played to long-on for a single | ||||||||||||||
22.1 | Mahmudullah to Ponting, no run, Ponting strides forward and defends on the off side, the whole world outside Bangladesh wants him to take a single | ||||||||||||||
Jaw-dropping destruction from Watson. | |||||||||||||||
Commentator George Binoy | Scorer S Balasubramanian | |||||||||||||||
