Marsh knock powers Australia past Bangladesh and to T20 series sweep

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] had already wrapped up the series after winning the first two matches - and made light work of the hosts, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=dbuZfIQH"]chasing a modest target of 110 in just 11 overs[/a].[/p][p]Openers Josh Inglis and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marsh-mitchell/UovVueNf/"]Marsh[/a] attacked from the outset, punishing the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] quicks and setting the tone for a rapid pursuit.[/p][p]Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed made the first breakthrough, dismissing Inglis for 17 after the opener had shared a 54-run stand with Marsh.[/p][p]Marsh, the captain, continued the assault, bringing up his 14th T20 half-century off just 23 balls, before Shoriful Islam removed him for 60.[/p][p]Cooper Connolly then fell for 15 before Matt Renshaw and Tim David wrapped up the chase inside 11 overs.[/p][p]Renshaw remained unbeaten on six, while David smashed 12 off three balls.[/p][embed guid="d46c574b-0c1e-4a32-b092-c33192234aa3" url="https://x.com/BCBtigers/status/2068646741658984511" social-type="twitter" /][p]Nasum, Shoriful and Rishad Hossain claimed one wicket each for Bangladesh.[/p][p]Earlier, stand-in captain Towhid Hridoy struck an unbeaten 61 off 51 balls to rescue Bangladesh after the hosts, playing only for pride, slumped to an early collapse.[/p][p]Only Hridoy and Hossain reached double figures.[/p][p]Man-of-the-match Marsh said Australia's bowlers had laid the platform for victory and suggested Spencer Johnson, who returned figures of 2-6 from four overs, was equally deserving of the award.[/p][p][b]"I thought we were fantastic with the ball today," [/b]Marsh said.[/p][embed guid="3a54d16a-b490-4f19-9275-735fb2a31626" url="https://x.com/BCBtigers/status/2068673392400912726" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bangladesh coach Phil Simmons admitted the series had exposed deep cracks in his side's batting.[/p][p][b]"I think in the last game, even though we lost, I was still happy with the attitude both on the field and when we chased,"[/b] he said.[/p][p][b]"But... the first game and this game, the batting especially, we haven't given anything to our bowlers to work with."[/b][/p]