Adominant stunned hosts Australia to win the first Test by nine wickets here on Sunday for a historic maiden Test victory on Australian soil.
After bowling Australia out for 284 and needing 57 to win, the visitors cruised past the total when Mominul Haque slashed Beau Webster to the backward point boundary. Bangladesh dominated Australia throughout the match and the margin of victory will send shockwaves through the cricketing world.
After bowling Australia out for 198 in the first innings, the visitors always looked the more likely to win. They kept the pressure on and didn’t panic when (104) brought up his century on Sunday. Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed 5-66.
Australia players wear a dejected look after their shock loss. PIC/AP; PTI
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said Bangladesh’s win was the country’s best result in history. “This is the biggest win so far for Bangladesh in any format,” Najmul said. “Going forward we want to do something special in the future.”
The second Test starts in Mackay on August 22. Leading into the Test in Darwin, Bangladesh lost a Test match to by an innings and 85 runs, then were thrashed by a Cricket Australia XI in a warm-up game. “We need to be consistent as a team,” Najmul said.
Australia captain Pat Cummins refused to rule out making changes to the team. “It’s one Test but it’s also a little bit of a trend as well,” Cummins said about the batting issues at the top of the order. “So it’s trying to work out, do you need to intervene now or do you let it play out and you think it’s the way forward? So I think that’s the question over the next couple of days that we’ll sit down and have a think about,” he added.
Cummins & Co Slammed over Shockstralia!
Ricky Ponting, Former Australia skipper
‘I think it’s inevitable they [Team Australia] have to make a change. I was on the record at the end of last summer thinking that this was the ideal time to start regenerating this team. I am the last one to want to make change. So it has to get to a bad point before I start saying you ought to leave somebody out’
Mark Waugh, Former Australia all-rounder
‘The Australians have been off their game and paid the price. This could possibly be the biggest upset I could remember in Australian cricket in Australia’
Trent Copeland, Former Australia pacer
‘You cannot lose to Bangladesh in in a Test match. I’m hesitant to go all in on it, but this is an embarrassing loss and one that’s unacceptable’
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Pat Cummins is the only Australian skipper to lose a Test match against two Asian teams at home – India and Bangladesh
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No of Test matches Bangladesh took to register their first-ever win in Australia – the best by an Asian team
Brief scores
Australia 198 all out & 284 all out (C Green 104; M Hasan 5-66, H Mahmud 3-56) lost to Bangladesh 426 all out & 57-1 (M Haque 30*, S Islam 25*) by nine wickets