Bangladesh seal first series win over Australia

A hat-trick on international debut for Nathan Ellis and a composed fifty from Mitch Marsh were not enough as Australia failed to finish the job after some brilliant Bangladesh death bowling.

Nathan Ellis’ debut hat-trick has been overshadowed by Bangladesh storming to their first ever series victory over Australia, thanks to captain Mahmudullah and pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman.

Ellis will never forget his three wickets in international cricket, taking them in succession off the final three deliveries of Bangladesh’s innings to become the first man to take an international T20 hat-trick in his first game.

But his milestone achievement was soon soured. Yet another strong performance from Mitch Marsh went in vain as Australia failed to chase down Bangladesh’s 7-127 on a challenging Sher-e-Bangla Stadium surface.

After Marsh’s exit for 51 left his side needing 34 off 17, the Aussies, despite being behind the asking rate for most of the innings, were still in chance with 23 needed off the final two overs.

But Mustafizur capped an incredible performance by conceding just one run from the penultimate over of the innings, flummoxing the visitors with his fast off-cutters and finishing with the incredible figures of 0-9 from four overs.

Bangladesh held on for a 10-run victory despite a nervy final over from Mahedi Hasan.