CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (AP) — Captain Mitchell Marsh struck a 28-ball 60 as Australia thrashed Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third T20 to complete a 3-0 series sweep on Sunday.
Chasing a 110-run target, Australia raced to victory in 11 overs, with Marsh hitting seven fours and four sixes in his marauding knock to lead the charge.
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Australia's Matt Renshaw plays a shot during the third T20 international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Bangladesh's Rishad Hossain congratulates Australia's Matt Renshaw after Australia won the third T20 international cricket match against Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Bangladesh's players congratulate Australia's Tim David, center, and Matt Renshaw, left, after Australia won the third T20 international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Australia's Tim David, right, and Matt Renshaw celebrate after Australia won the third T20 international cricket match against Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Australia won the first match by four wickets and the second one by 7 runs.
“Nice to leave this series 3-0,” Marsh said. “I thought we executed well. We were fantastic with the ball today. Had some guys debuting, some coming back after a long time and contributing really well — great team to be around.”
Marsh and Josh Inglis added 54 runs in the first powerplay to lay the platform before left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed dismissed Inglis for 17.
Marsh slog-swept leg-spinner Rishad Hossain for a six to raise his 14th fifty off 23 balls and appeared set to finish the match.
However, pacer Shoriful Islam, one of the three changes made by Bangladesh in an effort to avoid a sweep, had Marsh caught by Shamim Hossain with Australia 22 runs away from the victory.
Tim David confirmed Australia’s victory with two consecutive sixes off Rishad as Australia reached 112-3 to secure a clean sweep of the series.
David was unbeaten on 12 with Matt Renshaw, who struck 89 not out in the previous game, on 6.
Captain Towhid Hridoy fought a lonely battle for Bangladesh, taking his side to 109-8 after choosing to bat first.
Hridoy hit an unbeaten 61 off 51 balls, with three fours and as many sixes. Rishad Hossain was the only other batter to reach double digits with 16.
“Wicket was good but we did not play well,” Hridoy said. “We needed partnerships, if we got partnerships, we could have got to 170-180.”
Fast bowlers Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis and leg-spinner Adam Zampa claimed two wickets apiece.
Bangladesh won the preceding three-match ODI series 2-1.
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Australia's Matt Renshaw plays a shot during the third T20 international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Bangladesh's Rishad Hossain congratulates Australia's Matt Renshaw after Australia won the third T20 international cricket match against Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Bangladesh's players congratulate Australia's Tim David, center, and Matt Renshaw, left, after Australia won the third T20 international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
Australia's Tim David, right, and Matt Renshaw celebrate after Australia won the third T20 international cricket match against Bangladesh, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A deeply divided electorate will choose Colombia’s next president in a runoff on Sunday that pits a progressive against a conservative outsider, with both candidates tapping into fears of a renewed internal conflict in the country.
Voters will choose between businessman and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda, a lawmaker and heir to the political movement of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist leader. The two defeated nine other contenders in a May 31 vote.
Both are pitching strategies that they say will prevent the South American country from experiencing the nonstop merciless violence, such as car bombs, kidnappings, disappearances and forced displacements that Colombians lived with in previous decades.
De la Espriella is proposing a heavy-handed approach that has earned him the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Cepeda is promising to continue Petro’s efforts, including attempts at establishing dialogue with multiple illegal armed groups even though those efforts have largely failed.
The two candidates also are offering differing solutions for the country’s struggling health system, ballooning public debt and entrenched corruption.
“Right now, what worries me is the polarization that exists between us: there are two very extreme sides, and the violence is concerning,” John Manrique, a lawyer in the capital, Bogota, said as he walked his dog.
“What I hope is that people accept who won,” he added. “Let’s accept it, regardless of the side, and try to reach a social consensus. … Let’s not go out and fight.”
In the first round, Cepeda earned 41% of the vote, while de la Espriella garnered 44%, according to official results. Petro, without evidence, sowed doubts in the results after Cepeda, who had consistently lead polls ahead of the May vote, did not win outright and even finished behind de la Espriella.
The election comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that had offered hope to break the nation’s vicious cycle of fighting between rebel groups and the government.
But violence has since roared back, particularly as most rebel groups abandoned their ideologically driven fight for the financial benefits of drug trafficking.
Last year, authorities recorded 14,780 homicides, the most since at least 2015 and driven by clashes among illegal armed groups. Among those killed was conservative presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe. Extortions have also soared, reaching 13,417 cases in 2025, more than double the number tallied in 2015.
More than 41 million people are eligible to vote on Sunday.
De la Espriella, a political newcomer nicknamed “The Tiger,” has promised to fiercely go after criminals and build 10 mega-prisons, emulating the policies of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele that have lowered homicide rates but have fueled accusations of human rights abuses.
Cepeda wants to carry on Petro's fraught signature plan to achieve “total peace” by negotiating pacts with guerrillas and criminal gangs. The heavily criticized strategy that Petro kicked off in 2022 took until Thursday to see the first armed group — one with about 100 members — give up its weapons and begin a resettlement process that will lead to their reintegration into civilian life. Colombia's illegal groups have more than 27,000 members.
Yamile Guevara, a retired teacher in Bogota, said Petro's plans need more time to bear results as he could not reasonably be expected to make lasting changes in a conflict that has gone on for six decades. She also criticized what she described as voters' perennial distrust of Colombia's left over its long-held association with rebel groups.
“The left has always been viewed negatively; it has been harsh, and many people have died,” Guevara, a Cepeda supporter, said. “So, one wonders what’s wrong with people who have forgotten history … how can they not think carefully about which candidate they are going to elect?”
The lead-up to the runoff has seen an increase in verbal attacks between the candidates as well as accusations of fraud, vote-buying and intimidation.
Cepeda filed a complaint with the Colombian Attorney General’s Office and the International Criminal Court against de la Espriella, accusing him of having ties to paramilitary groups. De la Espriella has denied the accusation.
Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella stands before supporters from inside a bulletproof booth during his campaign rally in Buga, Colombia, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Supporters of presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella attend his campaign rally in Buga, Colombia, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Historic Pact coalition presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda waves during a campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Supporters of Historic Pact coalition presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda attend his campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
