Women's T20 World Cup: Brown, Wareham star in Australia's win over Bangladesh

Bangladesh to throw a challenge at Australia, who registered their second win of the Women's T20 World Cup at the St. George's Park on Tuesday.After Brown's two ealry strikes, it was the scuccessful comeback of Wareham, who took three wickets, that tied the Bangladesh women into knots. Wareham was named the 'Player of the Match' for her spell of 3/20, while Brown's figures read 2/23.The duo's effort restricted Bangladesh to 107/7 despite a half-century by captain Nigar Sultana.Australia won by eight wickets, with captain Meg Lanning making 48 not out.

"It was pretty tough," said Wareham, who suffered a left knee cruciate ligament injury in October 2021 and had a race against time to be fit for the current tournament."I missed the 50-overs World Cup, the Ashes and the Commonwealth Games," she said."To come out on the other side I am pretty thankful for those people who helped me. Thanks to the selectors for backing me despite me not having played any cricket leading up to the World Cup."Lanning was delighted to have Wareham back and in form. "She's had a long way back after a serious injury. She's a game changer."The initial damage was done by fast bowler Darcie Brown, who took two early wickets.Nigar scored 57 for Bangladesh but lacked support. She came to the crease after Brown had reduced Bangladesh to 11 for two in the fourth over and was the mainstay of the innings until the penultimate over when she lofted a catch to cover off off-spinner Ash Gardner.Nigar hit a six off leg-spinner Alana King and seven fours in a 50-ball innings but none of her teammates could make more than Shorna Akter's 12 against the varied attack of the defending champions."We need to work on our batting," said Nigar. "We didn't get as many