Australia beat Bangladesh with 9-wicket

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Australia won a series against Bangladesh from nine-wicket in the second one-day.

11 April,2011 03:20 pm

The explosive opener gave a superb display of power-hitting as he also smote 15 fours in his 96-ball knock to help Australia achieve a 230-run target with 24 overs to spare for an unbeatable 2-0 lead. West Indies Xavier Marshall was the previous record-holder with 12 sixes against Canada in 2008.Watson also scored the most runs (150) in boundaries in a one-day innings, breaking South African Herschelle Gibbss record of 126.Bangladesh were earlier struggling at 88-5 before crossing the 200 mark, thanks to wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahims unbeaten 81 off 80 balls which contained one six and nine fours.Rahims best came in the closing stages of the innings when he smashed two fours and a six off successive deliveries from paceman Brett Lee before hitting two boundaries in seamer Mitchell Johnsons last over. He played a major role in steadying the innings after Johnson (3-54) and leg-spinner Steven Smith (2-34) had put the hosts in trouble, adding 79 for the sixth wicket with Mohammad Mahmudullah (38).