Bangladesh vs Australia, 1st T20I, Australia tour of Bangladesh, 2026 - Player HighlightsBAN vs AUS, 1st T20I, Australia tour of Bangladesh, 2026 - Player Highlights

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, out Caught by Shoriful Islam!! Connolly falls against the run of play! He was looking impressive but misses out on his first T20I fifty by a whisker! 110kph slower fuller length delivery around off, Connolly tries to heave it across but only manages to toe-end it towards wide long-on. Shoriful moves across to his left, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a well-judged catch. A wicket on debut for Saqlain! With that, it's Drinks as well. Cooper Connolly c Shoriful Islam b Abdul Gaffar Saqlain 47(27) [4s-4 6s-3]

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, Connolly continues to march on! Slower one around off, Connolly hits it past the non-striker. Didn't get it off the meat of the bat but it had enough on it to roll to the long-on fence

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, SIX, what a hit! Length delivery well outside off, fast hands from Connolly as he reaches out and smashes it over wide long-off for a maximum

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, full on middle and off, Cooper Connolly flicks it past the left side of Rishad Hossain towards long-on

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, on a length outside off, punched to long-off

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, SIX, good effort from Soumya Sarkar in the deep but not good enough! Floated full delivery on middle and leg, Connolly clears his front leg and hits it to long-on. Soumya turns his torso sideways as he takes it with both hands stretched beyond the ropes but he steps on the boundary cushions at the same time. He flicks the ball back in the field of play but that won't help. The replay confirms that he stepped on the boundary ropes

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, no run, close shave! Out of the front of the hand this time and on a back of a length on off, sliding across. Connolly tries to chop it square of the wicket but misses. That almost brushed the off-stump

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, no run, very full on off, Connolly digs it out in front of him

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, no run, a play and a miss! That was loose from Connolly! A well-disguised off-cutter outside off, Connolly goes for an agricultural slog across the line and gets foxed completely

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, nicely played! A length delivery angling in on off, Cooper Connolly lines it up and hits it over mid-off for a boundary. Kept a good base and struck it with balance

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, no run, that one scooted through! 113kph slower off-cutter outside off, Cooper Connolly swings hard at it but gets beaten on the under-edge

Abdul Gaffar Saqlain to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, Saqlain starts off with a slower back of a length delivery that cuts in from off from round the wicket. Cooper Connolly makes room and punches it off the outer half to point

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, turning in from a back of a length on middle, punched uppishly through mid-on

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, 2 runs, on the shorter side on off, Connolly slaps it past extra cover. Long-off moves across to his right to cut it off. A couple results

Rishad Hossain to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, on a back of a length, turning in on middle, punched through extra cover

Mahedi Hasan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, Cooper Connolly backs away again and punches this one to long-off

Mahedi Hasan to Cooper Connolly, no run, Connolly makes room to the in-drifter but can only drive it back to Mahedi Hasan

Mustafizur Rahman to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, 113.7kph slower off-cutter on a fuller length around off, Cooper Connolly hacks it off the inner half towards deep square leg

Mustafizur Rahman to Cooper Connolly, no run, short of length delivery seaming in towards leg-stump, Connolly makes a bit of room and punches it to extra cover

Mustafizur Rahman to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, 130.9kph back of a length delivery on off, pushed towards mid-on and the batters set off. There's a direct-hit but Mitchell Marsh was well in by then

Mahedi Hasan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, on a back of a length on middle and leg from round the wicket, punched down to long-off

Mahedi Hasan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, full delivery drifting in on middle and off from round the wicket, Connolly drives it off the inner half to mid-on for a quick single

Shoriful Islam to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, fullish delivery around off, driven on the up past extra cover for a run. 15 runs off the over

Shoriful Islam to Cooper Connolly, SIX, what a stroke! A shortish delivery outside off, sits up nicely for Connolly. He lines it up, gets into a good position and plays a forehand smash over long-on for a flat maximum. That's not an easy shot to execute but he made it look effortless

Shoriful Islam to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, shortish delivery around off, Cooper Connolly swivels across and pulls it through mid-wicket. The fielder from mid-wicket and the fielder in the deep also run towards it but the ball wins the race

Shoriful Islam to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, that's a stroke of a player who's confident! A length delivery outside off, Connolly leans towards it and creams the drive through covers. He's in great form

Shoriful Islam to Cooper Connolly, no run, fullish delivery well outside off, Connolly drives it to cover-point