Skipper Clarke leads Australia to victory
Published:Saturday | April 9, 2011 | 4:32 PM
Michael Clarke marked his debut as Australia's permanent captain with a century as they beat hosts Bangladesh by 60 runs in the first of three One-Day Internationals at the Shere Bangla National Stadium today.
Clarke, who took over as Test and 50-over skipper from Ricky Ponting after the World Cup, hit 101 off 111 balls.
It enabled his side to post a total of 270 for 7 against the bowling of Suhrawdi Shuvo three for 44 and Mashrafe Mortaza two for 65.
Ponting made 34 off 31 balls before being run out and Shane Watson 37 and Mike Hussey 33 also made useful contributions in support of Clarke, whose sixth one-day century featured two sixes and six fours.
Needing 271 for victory, Bangladesh were restricted to 210 for five with Tamim Iqbal, 62, and Shakib Al Hasan, 51, scoring half centuries.
The second match takes place in Dhaka on Monday.