Chittagong, April 23:

Adam Gilchrist smashed a half-century and Bradley Hogg claimed his 100th dismissal on Sunday as Australia beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the first limited-overs international.

Australia reached its 196-run target in 44 overs after Hogg grabbed three scalps to help bundle Bangladesh out for a paltry 195 runs in 47 overs after skipper Habibul Bashar won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razzak grabbed three wickets for 36 runs as Australia lost four wickets for 36 runs in 12 overs, after opening pair Gilchrist and Simon Katich combined for 97 runs from 68 balls.

Bangladesh got its first wicket when Razzak trapped Gilchrist leg before for 76, which came off 46 balls and included nine boundaries and five sixes. Gilchrist hit his 45th one-day fifty off 28 balls, with eight boundaries and a pair of sixes. Katich (18) was next to go, when Bashar easily caught his pull shot at mid-wicket off Mashrafe Bin Mortuza.

Razzak, a left-arm bowler, also trapped Andrew Symonds leg before for a duck and dismissed captain Ricky Ponting for 14 in a similar fashion. Michael Clarke — playing with a head injury — was run out for mere 16 runs before Tushar Imran had Hogg (7) caught at mid-on by Syed Rasel.

Brett Lee (12 not out), partnered by Michael Hussey (36 not out), hit a boundary to achieve the winning target with six overs remaining.

Mohammad Rafique, meanwhile, failed to take a wicket but became the most economic Bangladeshi bowler ever, with his spell of just 14 runs in 10 overs and an economy rate of 1.4.

Hogg’s first victim was Bashar, who scored a solid 52 before being stumped by wicketkeeper Gilchrist. Bashar hit three boundaries and one six. Hogg then claimed the wickets of Imran (20) and Mortaza (1), to return figures of 3-37.

Lee, Symonds and Nathan Bracken had two wickets each, while Mitchell Johnson claimed his first-ever limited-overs dismissal by bowling Khaled Mashud (27).

Bracken, who was hit for 13 runs in his first over, struck the first blow by dismissing opener Rajin Saleh for seven runs. He also removed Mohammad Ashraful for five runs.

Lee dismissed opener Shahriar Nafees (16) and Aftab Ahmed (30). Symonds snared the wickets of Mohammad Rafique (8) and Syed Rasel for a duck. The next two matches of the limited-overs series will be played at Fatullah near the capital Dhaka on April 26 and 28.

SCOREBOARD

BANGLADESH

S Nafees c Gilchrist b Lee 16

R Saleh c Lee b Bracken 7

A Ahmed c Clarke b Lee 30

M Ashraful c Cullen b Bracken 5

H Bashar st Gilchrist b Hogg 52

T Imran c Gilchrist b Hogg 20

K Mashud b Johnson 27

M Rafique c Hogg b Symonds 8

M Mortuza c Gilchrist b Hogg 1

A Razzak not out 2

S Rasel c Gilchrist b Symonds 0

Extras: 27 (5lb, 13w, 9nb)

Total: 195 (47 overs)

FoW: 1-26, 2-33, 3-52, 4-79, 5-116, 6-171,

7-182, 8-185, 9-194

Australia bowling: Lee 8-0-34-2,

Bracken 8-2-30-2, Johnson 7-0-34-1,

Hussey 3-0-13-0, Cullen 10-2-36-0,

Hogg 10-1-37-3, Symonds 1-0-6-2

AUSTRALIA

A Gilchrist lbw b Razzak 76

S Katich c Bashar b Mortuza 18

M Clarke run out 16

A Symonds lbw b Razzak 0

R Ponting lbw b Razzak 14

M Hussey not out 36

B Hogg c Rasel b Imran 7

B Lee not out 12

Extras: 17 (1b, 7lb, 6w, 3nb)

Total: 196/6(44 overs)

FoW: 1-97, 2-101, 3-109, 4-133, 5-155, 6-174

Bangladesh bowling: Rasel 4-0-35-0,

Mortuza 7-0-58-1, Razzak 10-1-36-3,

Rafique 10-1-14-0, Imran 8-0-24-1,

Saleh 5-0-21-0