Cooper Connolly’s Century Saves Australia

Cooper Connolly smashed his first international century — a blistering 149 off 133 balls — to rescue Australia from the brink against Bangladesh, carrying his team to a nail-biting one-wicket win with just three balls left. Battling cramps and playing with fearless aggression, he hit 13 fours and six sixes, catapulting his score from a previous best of 61 not out to the equal 27th-highest ODI score by an Australian. With the next highest scorer on 29, Connolly single-handedly powered Australia to victory, avoiding a series whitewash. Adam Zampa sealed the win with the final runs, while Bangladesh’s Shoriful Islam took six wickets — but a dropped catch by Tanzid Hasan proved costly. Australia now faces Bangladesh again in a T20 on Wednesday night — can Connolly keep this fire burning in the shorter format? Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9e78a8a124de61c0