Bangladesh Women's have thumped Ireland Women's by 7 wickets to cleansweep in the ODI series on Monday (December 2) at Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Fahima Khatun's brilliant bowling restricted the visitors to a paltry 185. In reply, dual fifties from Sharmin Akhter and Fargana Haque steered Bangladesh home comfortably.

Opting to bat first, Sultana Khatun knocked over Sarah Forbes cheaply. But skipper Amy Hunter and Gaby Lewis stitched a 48-run stand together before Rabeya Khan had Amy for 23 off 40 deliveries. But Gaby Lewis brought up a fifty and scored 52 off 79 deliveries losing stumps to Fahima Khatun.

After the departure of these two, Ireland couldn’t add runs sustainably. They kept losing wickets at regular basis and Bangladesh kept chipping away with wickets.

Sultana Khatun, Nahida Akter shared two wickets each, while Fahima Khatun led Bangladesh with the ball as she had three wickets to her name to restrict Ireland to a paltry 185 runs.

In reply, Murshida Khatun fell cheaply but Fargana Haque and Sharmin Akhter joined together. The duo played brilliantly and almost outbatted the visitors. Both of them reached to their fifties. Their maraton 142-run stand together changed the course of game.

Fargana departed to Aimee Maguire after scoring 61 off 99 balls. While Sharmin Akhter was the highlight of Bangladesh innings, top scored with 72 off 88 deliveries to help Bangladesh ace the chase.