Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Bangladesh Fastest Asian Team To Win Test In Australia
Bangladesh is a cricket team that played against Australia in the city of Darwin.
A Test match is a long, special kind of cricket game that lasts for several days.
Bangladesh had never won a Test match in Australia before, but this time they played brilliantly and won.
It was only their third Test match ever in Australia.
Bangladesh became the third Asian team to win a Test match in Australia, after Pakistan and India.
They did it faster than both, needing only three matches while Pakistan needed seven and India needed twelve.
Bowlers Hasan Mahmud and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took lots of wickets, and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto led the team well.
Tanzid Hasan Tamim scored a hundred runs in the first innings.
Bangladesh now leads the two-match series one-nothing.
Winning a Test match in Australia is a very big achievement for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh beat Australia in the first Test at Darwin's Marrara Cricket Ground, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
It was Bangladesh's first Test victory on Australian soil, making them only the third Asian team, after India and Pakistan, to win there.
Bangladesh needed just three Tests for the milestone, fewer than Pakistan (seven attempts) and India (twelve).
The win ended Australia's home dominance over Asian teams other than India, a run dating back to 1995.
Hasan Mahmud (6/55 and 3/56) was Player of the Match and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took 5/66; the reported margin is nine wickets, though one record table lists eight.
- Who
- Bangladesh's national cricket team, led by captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, beat host nation Australia
- What
- Bangladesh won their first Test match on Australian soil, becoming the third Asian team after India and Pakistan to defeat Australia in a home Test
- When
- Sunday, August 16, 2026 (the Test began August 13, 2026; one article refers to the win taking place on Saturday)
- Where
- Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, Australia
- Why
- A commanding 228-run first-innings lead and strong bowling, including Hasan Mahmud and Mehidy Hasan Miraz's hauls, dismissed Australia for 284 and left a modest 57-run target
- Result
- Bangladesh won the first Test by nine wickets (one record table lists eight wickets; two were lost in the chase)
- Series
- Bangladesh lead the two-match series 1-0
- Venue
- Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, Australia
- Dates
- Test began August 13, 2026; win sealed on August 16, 2026 (Day 4)
- Milestone
- First Bangladesh Test win in Australia; third Asian team after India and Pakistan; fastest, in three Tests
- Previous Bangladesh Tests in Australia
- Two in July 2003, both lost by an innings
- Key performances
- Hasan Mahmud 6/55 and 3/56 (Player of the Match); Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5/66 and 65; Tanzid Hasan Tamim 101; Najmul Hossain Shanto 84
- Win context
- Bangladesh's second-biggest Test win by wickets; their biggest was a 10-wicket win over Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2024
