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BRISBANE, July 3: Teenager Matthew Innes made an unbeaten century to help Australia Cricket Academy to 258 for three declared on Thursday before Bangladesh closed the first day’s play at 53 for one in reply.
The Academy lost the wickets of Scott Meuleman for one and captain Aaron Nye for 10 in the first 11 overs of the three-day tour match but took control as Innes and Rhett Lockyear piled on 180 runs for the third wicket.
Victorian left-hander Innes, who turns 19 on Friday, was 128 not out from 200 balls including 17 fours and two sixes in just under five hours of batting at Brisbane’s Allan Border Field.
Lockyear, 20, from New South Wales, was stumped off the bowling of left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique 10 runs short of his century with the team’s total on 200 after hitting 10 fours and three sixes in his 195-minute stay.
Callum Ferguson was not out 18 after adding 58 for the fourth wicket with Innes in 46 minutes.
Bangladesh opener Javed Omar was out for eight in the 10th over with the score on 27 before Hannan Sarkar (32 not out) and Habibul Bashar (13 not out) put on an unbeaten 26 for the second wicket.
Scoreboard
AUSTRALIA ACADEMY (1st Innings):
S. Meuleman b Mashrafe 1
M. Innes not out 128
A. Nye c K. Mashud b Tareq 10
R. Lockyear st K. Mashud b Rafique 90
C. Ferguson not out 18
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-2, NB-1) 11
TOTAL (for three decl, 76 overs) 258
FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-20, 3-200.
BOWLING: Tareq Aziz 10-2-31-1; Mashrafe bin Mortaza 14-3-37-1 (1nb, 1w); Anwar Hossain 12-4-36-0 (1w); Khaled Mahmud 10-4-26-0; Mohmammad Rafique 19-2-67-1; Alok Kapali 5-0-26-0; Mohammed Ashraful 2-0-12-0; Sanwar Hossain 4-0-15-0.
BANGLADESH (1st Innings):
Javed Omar lbw b Duval 8
Hannan Sarkar not out 32
Habibul Bashar not out 13
EXTRAS 0
TOTAL (for one wkt, 19 overs) 53
FALL OF WKT: 1-27.
TO BAT (from): Mohammed Ashraful, Sanwar Hossain, Alok Kapali, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Khaled Mahmud, Tareq Aziz, Mashrafe Mortaza, Anwar Hossain.
BOWLING (to-date): Magoffin 7-2-19-0; Duval 6-1-24-1; Nye 3-1-10-0; Worthington 3-3-0-0.
NOTE: 12 players per side, any 11 bat, any 11 bowl.—Reuters
