Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Bangladesh routed for 54 as Thompson takes 8 wickets
A cricket team from Bangladesh traveled all the way to Australia to play special Test matches for the first time in 23 years.
Before the real matches begin, teams practice against other teams to get ready.
Bangladesh's practice game was against a team called the Cricket Australia XI in a city called Darwin.
When Bangladesh batted the second time, they were all out after scoring only 54 runs, which is a very small score in cricket.
A young bowler named Campbell Thompson, who is only 22 years old, took eight wickets while giving away just 25 runs.
It was only his second big First-Class game, so not many people knew who he was.
Only one Bangladesh batter, Tanzid Hasan, managed to score more than 10 runs.
Bangladesh lost the practice match by an innings and 38 runs, which means they ended up very far behind.
Now they have four days to practice and improve before facing Australia in the first Test.
Bangladesh were bowled out for 54 in their second innings and lost the three-day warm-up match against Cricket Australia XI by an innings and 38 runs on Saturday.
Unknown 22-year-old left-arm pacer Campbell Thompson took 8 for 25 in only his second First-Class game.
Bangladesh's first innings totaled 263, largely thanks to Mehidy Hasan Miraz's unbeaten 109, while CA XI posted 355, led by Sam Wyllie's 130.
The defeat comes four days before the first Test of Bangladesh's first Test tour of Australia in 23 years.
Thompson said he felt lucky and valued the chance to play against a Test side alongside experienced Australians like Kurtis Patterson and Corey Rocchiccioli.
- Who
- Bangladesh's cricket team, the Cricket Australia XI, and 22-year-old left-arm pacer Campbell Thompson, who took 8 for 25
- What
- Bangladesh were bowled out for 54 and lost the three-day warm-up match by an innings and 38 runs
- When
- Saturday, the final day of the three-day warm-up game
- Where
- Darwin, Australia
- Why
- The match was preparation for Bangladesh's first Test tour of Australia in 23 years, with the first Test now four days away
- Result
- Cricket Australia XI won by an innings and 38 runs
- Bangladesh second innings
- 54 all out in 22 overs
- Bangladesh first innings
- 263 (Mehidy Hasan Miraz 109 not out)
- CA XI first innings
- 355 (Sam Wyllie 130, Doran 76, Kurtis Patterson 53)
- Best bowling
- Campbell Thompson 8 for 25
- Other key bowling
- Corey Rocchiccioli 6 for 83 in Bangladesh's first innings; Hasan Mahmud 4 for 42
- Bowler profile
- 22-year-old left-arm pacer in his second First-Class game
- Tour context
- First Test tour of Australia in 23 years; first Test in four days
