Bangladesh’s Sobhana Makes History with a Century Against Australia

The Bangladesh women’s cricket team had a memorable day with the bat in the second ODI of the series against Australia at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Sunday. The Tigresses wrote a new page of several records, riding on Sobhana Mostari’s maiden ODI century.

The right-handed batsman completed her maiden ODI century in the 45th over with a single off Annabelle Sutherland. She is the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a century in ODIs against Australia. She also became the fourth Bangladeshi woman batsman to reach the 100-run milestone in ODIs.

When Bangladesh were in dire straits, losing 3 wickets for just 8 runs, he came to the wicket. From there, he changed the course of the match by playing an impeccable innings of 118 runs off 134 balls with the help of 18 fours. The batsman was dismissed in the 48th over while trying to quickly increase the team’s run count.

Mostari, along with captain Nigar Sultana Jyoti, put on an incredible 195-run stand for the fourth wicket. This is the highest partnership for any wicket against Australia in women’s ODI history. It is also the best partnership for any wicket for Bangladesh women in ODI history; it beats the record of 152 runs scored by Sharmin Akhtar and Jyoti against Thailand earlier this year.

Mostari’s 118 runs are now the highest individual innings in Bangladesh women’s ODI cricket. The previous best was Farzana Haque’s 107 runs against India in 2022.

At the other end, captain Jyoti remained unbeaten on 74 runs off 114 balls with 7 fours. Bangladesh scored 220 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 50 overs, which is the Tigresses’ highest team total against the Aussies in the ODI format.

Megan Schutt took the most wickets for Australia with 4 wickets for 36 runs.