Bangladesh hands Australia historic Test cricket loss

Bangladesh pulled off a historic nine-wicket Test cricket win over Australia in Darwin, in one of the sport's biggest ever upsets.

Bangladesh hands Australia historic Test cricket loss

Bangladesh defeated Australia in a Test cricket match by nine wickets on Sunday in Darwin.

It's just the third loss for Australia, the world's top ranked Test cricket side, in its past 14 Tests.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh came into the match having lost 22 of their past 26 Tests outside Asia.

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto described the victory as the country's “biggest win so far in any format”.

The result marks a disappointing start for the Aussie men's 20-Tests-in-12-months schedule.

What happened?

The Test started last Thursday, with Australia winning the toss and electing to bat first.

Australia managed only 198 in their first innings, with several top batters failing to fire.

Steve Smith was the highest scorer with 71 runs.

Bangladesh then posted 426 in their first innings, with Tanzid Hasan Tamim scoring 101 runs and Australia dropping five catches.

Australia responded with 284 runs in their second innings.

Cameron Green scored 104 runs, his first Test century on home soil.

Bangladesh needed just 57 runs in the fourth innings and reached it easily, losing one wicket.

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Bangladesh bowler Hasan Mahmud was named player of the match after taking nine wickets across the Test.

Significance

The Test was the first of at least 20 for the Aussie men's side over the next 12 months.

The result is being described as a historic upset.

Bangladesh are the ninth-ranked Test team in the world and had never beaten Australia on Australian soil before this.

The visitors had not shown any serious form in the lead-up to the match.

In their most recent Test in June, they were thrashed by world no.10 Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh were also missing one of the country's best bowlers, Nahid Rana, due to injury.

What's next?

The Queensland city of Mackay will host the second Test, starting on Saturday.

It is not yet clear whether or not Australia will make changes to its starting side.

Pressure is on top-order batters Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne, with neither scoring the runs expected of them.

Captain Pat Cummins said: “We'll sit down and have a think, selectors will have a think...is it starting to become a trend that we think needs to be changed.”

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