Australia women completed a 3-0 sweep of the ODI series against Bangladesh in Brisbane on 14 October, winning the third match by eight wickets after Megan Schutt took 4 for 16.
Australia women beat Bangladesh women by eight wickets in the third one-day international at Allan Border Field in Brisbane on 14 October 2026 to win the series 3-0, according to ABC News, Cricinfo and Cricketworld. The match was a day-night game.
Bangladesh batted first and were bowled out for 172. Half-centuries from Shorna Akter and Sharmin Akhter helped them reach that total, according to the reports. Megan Schutt, the Australian fast bowler, took 4 for 16 and broke up the top order, and Cricinfo’s match report headline credits her with setting up the series sweep.
Schutt bowled 53 dot balls in her 10-over spell, according to Cricinfo, which is 53 of the 60 balls she bowled. She was named Player of the Match, and she finished the series with 10 wickets at an average of 7.1. The proportion of dot balls, about 88%, is Delima News’ calculation from the figure of 53 in 60 balls.
Australia chased the target of 173 quickly. Annabel Sutherland scored an unbeaten 74 and Ellyse Perry an unbeaten 65, according to Cricinfo’s scorecard headline, and the pair took Australia home in 22.4 overs, according to ABC News, which gives the margin as eight wickets. One report says within 23 overs, which is the same result rounded up.
The chase can be measured. The 22.4 overs Australia needed are 136 balls, which means a scoring rate of about 7.6 runs an over to reach 173, both figures being Delima News’ calculations from the overs and the target. Cricinfo’s headline gives the final margin as eight wickets, so only two Australian batters were dismissed, and the sources reviewed do not name them.
Schutt’s figures can be unpicked. An average of 7.1 over 10 wickets means that she conceded about 71 runs in the series, and as she conceded 16 in this match, she gave away about 55 runs for her other six wickets, an average of about 9.2. These are Delima News’ calculations from the published average and are approximate, since the average is rounded.
The series was one-sided. Schutt alone took 10 wickets in the three matches, according to Cricinfo, at an average of 7.1, and Bangladesh were bowled out for 172 in this final match. The sources reviewed do not give the scores of the first two matches, so the margins in those games are not reported here.
A Women’s Big Bash League match was also played that day. A sports roundup says that the Melbourne Renegades beat the Melbourne Stars by one run on the last ball, and that Courtney Webb top-scored with 82 for the Renegades, but Delima News did not find a match report, so it does not describe the match further.
The sources reviewed do not say whether a Twenty20 series follows the one-day matches, or when Australia next play, so the schedule is not given here.
Delima News will report on the next international fixtures when they are confirmed.
Image: The Australia women’s cricket team celebrating (file photo, 2023; a stand-in image, not from the Bangladesh series). Photo: Mpk662 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
