Australia beat Bangladesh by 60 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series between the two teams at the Shere Bangla stadium in Dhaka. 
Bangladesh were never in the game once they lost their first couple of wickets for nine. Brett Lee sent back Imrul Kayes whereas Shahriar Nafees was pegged back lbw for a first-ball duck. Raqibul Hasan made seven before the John Hastings sent him back to reduce the Bangladeshis to 49/3 in the 13th over. 
What was surprising was that once Shakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal got set, they rarely played a shot in anger, even as the asking rate jumped to more than ten runs per over. The captain got to 51 off 90 balls while Iqbal was only marginally better in his 62 off 89 balls.
In the end, Bangladesh lost very easily but what would have disheartened the fans was that there was no attempt at any stage of the innings to get to the target. They ended on 210/5, a clear indication that they had not gone after the target.
The early morning moisture would have probably prompted the Bangladeshi captain Shakib al Hasan to decide to field first after he had won the toss. Brad Haddin got to 10 but a show of over-aggression cost him his wicket, bowled off a slower ball from Mashrafe Mortaza. That, however, was the end of the good start that the Bangladeshis had, and were expecting to continue with.
Ricky Ponting, freed from the rigmarole of the captaincy looked like he was in the form of his life, continuing from where he had left off in the quarter-final of the World Cup. He hit five boundaries and a six in his innings of 34 that came from 31 balls and was involved in a 65-run second wicket stand off eight overs.
Where Bangladesh came back into the game was through a run-out of Ponting. He smacked the ball to the boundary but some good effort at the fence saw the Aussies needing to run two and in an attempt to go for the third, the former captain was dismissed.
Watson (37) followed soon after and the Aussies were left wondering whether another middle-order collapse was in the offing.
The turnaround came through Michael Clarke’s innings that was built through grit and class. At the other end, Cameron White struggled to get a move on, scoring only 20 from 50 and despite a slowish start from Clarke as well, he was able to get moving towards the end. His half century came up off 74 balls while his next 50 off only 37 balls, including getting to the century with a six in the last over of the innings.
Mitchell Johnson smacked a couple of sixes in the end to finish unbeaten on 26 off 13 as Australia wriggled out from a spot to get to 270/7 in their 50 overs on a track that had become more difficult to bat on.