Australia’s women’s team beats Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the first T20 international in Dhaka

Tayla Vlaeminck has celebrated her return to worldwide cricket with a wicket along with her fourth ball, as Australia thrashed Bangladesh of their series-opening Twenty20

Taking part in her first sport for Australia since January 2022, Vlaeminck beat Sobhana Mostary along with her velocity to scrub up the right-hander’s stumps.

The Victorian fast completed with 1-30 as Australia saved Bangladesh to 4-126, earlier than chasing the goal down with out loss and with seven overs to spare.

Vlaeminck, the quickest feminine bowler within the nation, suffered two anterior cruciate ligament ruptures and a shoulder dislocation earlier than her twenty first birthday.

That got here earlier than her most up-to-date prolonged break, when stress fractures in her foot and a shoulder dislocation required greater than two years of restoration.

The 25-year-old admitted earlier than the Bangladesh tour that she at one stage privately questioned why officers had saved religion in her.

However on Sunday afternoon, she offered one other reminder of why.

The suitable-armer managed to bowl with velocity in her first match on the sub-continent, piercing via Mostary’s defences because the quantity three tried to play again.

Vlaeminck’s return helped push her case for choice for the World Cup later this yr, additionally in Bangladesh.

Fellow Victorian Sophie Molineux additionally did her case no hurt.

After a ruptured ACL destroyed her 2023, the spinner had Dilara Akter caught with the primary ball of the match.