Dhaka, June 14 -- Bangladesh are left to rue a spirited bowling display as Shoriful Islam's 6-wicket haul nearly engineered a famous collapse, only for Australia's tail to scramble them to a 1-wicket victory in a tense Dhaka finish that still secured the Tigers a 2-1 ODI series win.

Chasing control one moment and chaos the next, Australia leaned heavily on Cooper Connolly's maiden ODI century at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.

The left-hander struck 149 off 134 balls, laced with 13 fours and 6 sixes, and at one stage looked set to finish the contest in style after smashing Taskin Ahmed for three successive sixes in the 45th over.

But Bangladesh refused to fold.

Shoriful ripped through the lower order, r...