Australia women lead Bangladesh 2-0 before final ODI in Brisbane
Key takeaways
- Australia women lead the three-match ODI series 2-0 against Bangladesh.
- Australia won the first ODI by seven wickets and the second by nine wickets.
- The third ODI is set for October 14, 2026, at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
Australia women hold a 2-0 lead over Bangladesh. The third and final ODI is set for today in Brisbane. Bangladesh want a strong finish to the tour.
ODI stands for One Day International. Each team bats once.
Each side faces up to 50 overs. An over is six legal balls.
All three games are at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. The series is the first ODI series between the two women's sides in this format.
Australia have won all five past ODI meetings between the teams, according to Cricinfo. Bangladesh are still chasing a first win in this matchup.
What happened
The first ODI took place on October 9. Australia won by seven wickets. Wickets measure how many batters are out.
Australia chased the target with ease. The win set the tone for the series. The tone is the early mood that shapes what follows.
The second ODI took place on October 11. Bangladesh batted first and made 220 for 6. That means they scored 220 runs and lost six wickets.
The innings had a historic knock. Sobhana Mostary scored 118 runs off 134 balls. A knock is a batting performance.
It was the highest individual WODI score by a Bangladeshi batter. WODI stands for Women's One Day International.
It was also the first century by a Bangladeshi woman in Australia. A century is 100 runs or more by one batter.
Mostary shared a record stand with her captain. Nigar Sultana Joty made 74 not out. Not out means she was still batting at the end.
Their stand added 195 runs. A stand is a partnership between two batters. It lifted Bangladesh to a solid total.
But Australia chased it down in style. They won in the 29th over with nine wickets in hand. That is fast for a 221-run chase.
Georgia Voll led the chase with 131 runs off 97 balls. She hit 19 boundaries. A boundary is a four or a six.
Phoebe Litchfield made 70 runs off 51 balls. The pair put Australia in full control. Australia won by nine wickets.
The two wins exposed a gap. Australia's batters chased both totals with ease. Bangladesh's bowlers could not slow them down.
Bangladesh still found a bright spot. Their batting improved from game one to game two. They moved from 166 in the opener to 220 in game two.
That jump came from Mostary and Sultana. Their stand gave the team a base. The base is the platform for a big total.
Australia's depth also showed. Depth means strength beyond the top stars. Different players stepped up in each game.
Tahlia McGrath leads Australia in this series. She is the stand-in captain. A stand-in fills in for an absent leader.
Regular captain Sophie Molineux is out with a hip injury. McGrath came into the series in good form.
She scored 154 off 137 balls for South Australia before the series. That knock came against Victoria in domestic cricket.
McGrath said she had made small changes to her technique. Technique is how a batter plays. She said the knock gave her fresh confidence.
Bangladesh are led by Nigar Sultana Joty. She has backed her side to play their best game. She called Australia the best side in the world.
Why it matters
The series is a test for Bangladesh. Australia are the benchmark in women's cricket. The benchmark is the standard others chase.
A win in the final game would be a first. It would give Bangladesh a result to build on. It would also lift belief before future tours.
The Mostary century already gives them one landmark. Landmarks matter for a growing team. They show what the side can reach.
The series also matters for Australia's next phase. The team is testing depth under a stand-in captain. New faces are getting big roles.
Australia's batting has looked strong. Voll and Litchfield have led the way. The bowling has kept Bangladesh in check.
For Bangladesh, the key gap is bowling and fielding. Batting improved in game two. Bowling must now back it up.
Sharmin Akhter Supta spoke before the final game. She said the team wants a good knock to close the tour. She said batting was good last time.
She added that the team must lift bowling and fielding too. Fielding means catching, stopping, and throwing. It saves runs and builds pressure.
Cricket has a long history in both nations. Read about Australia's Test clash with South Africa in Durban. See how Bangladesh fared in a Test with a hat-trick.
Women's international cricket keeps growing. Mexico and Jamaica also split a women's friendly series this week.
What happens next
The third ODI is set for Wednesday, October 14. It will be played at Allan Border Field. The venue hosts all three games.
Bangladesh want to finish on a high note. That means ending with a strong show. A win would be the best finish of all.
Australia want a clean sweep. A clean sweep means winning every game in a series. It would cap a strong home block.
The toss will matter. The toss is the coin flip that picks who bats first. Batting first lets a team set a target.
Bangladesh's path is clear. They need early wickets.
A wicket is a batter getting out. Early wickets slow a chase.
They also need tight fielding. Dropped catches cost runs. Catches are chances to dismiss a batter.
Australia's path is simpler. Keep the same tempo.
Tempo means the speed of scoring. Their batters have set the pace twice.
After this series, both teams move on. The lessons from these games will shape their next tours. For Bangladesh, the finale is the chance to turn promise into a result.
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