Australia win the toss and bat, but lose Adam Gilchrist second ball of the day for a duck, leg before to Mashrafe Mortaza Captain Ricky Ponting follows soon after, trapped lbw by Tapash Baisya to leave Australia reeling on 9-2 But Damien Martyn steadies the ship, scoring a patient 77 off 112 balls in a stand of 108 with Michael Clarke Clarke nurdles his way to 54 before driving Baisya into the covers where Mortaza holds a fine catch Mike Hussey strokes an unbeaten 31 off 21 balls as he and Simon Katich (36 not out off 23) take Australia to 249-5 Nafees Iqbal falls cheaply for Bangladesh and Tushar Imran follows, holing out to Katich off Brad Hogg for 24 All-rounder Andrew Symonds is reduced to drinks carrier after being left out of the line-up due to a breach of team rules Javed Omar goes to make it 72-3 but Mohammed Ashraful keeps the scoreboard ticking over for the Tigers Habibul Bashar contributes a valuable 47 in a 130-run stand with Ashraful as Bangladesh close in on their target Ashraful reaches his century, off just 100 balls, but holes out next ball to leave the Tigers needing 23 runs to win Aftab Ahmed hits a six and a single to complete a five wicket win with four balls to spare There's plenty for Aussie captain Ponting to ponder as his team slip to their third defeat of the week
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