Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Bangladesh Seal Historic First Test Victory Over Australia in Darwin
Cricket is a sport where two teams take turns hitting a ball and scoring runs.
Bangladesh is a country that plays international cricket, but they had never won a Test match in Australia before.
This weekend, Bangladesh shocked everyone by beating Australia in the city of Darwin.
They won by nine wickets, meaning they had plenty of batters left to spare.
One player, Tanzid Hasan, scored 100 runs in a single innings, which is called a century.
Another player, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, took five Australian wickets in the second innings.
Hasan Mahmud took nine wickets in the whole match, stopping Australia from scoring too many runs.
In the end, Bangladesh needed only 57 runs to win, and they got them on the fourth day.
It was Bangladesh's first Test win on Australian soil, a huge moment for the team.
Bangladesh recorded their first-ever Test victory on Australian soil with a nine-wicket win in the series opener in Darwin.
Tanzid Hasan scored a century as Bangladesh posted 426 in reply to Australia's first-innings total of 198.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five wickets in Australia's second innings of 284.
Hasan Mahmud finished with nine wickets in the match to help bowl Australia out.
Bangladesh chased down 57 runs on the fourth day to seal one of the greatest victories in their Test history.
- Who
- The Bangladesh cricket team, powered by Tanzid Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Hasan Mahmud, defeated Australia.
- What
- Bangladesh secured their first-ever Test victory on Australian soil, a dominant nine-wicket win.
- When
- Sunday, on the fourth day of the series-opening Test in Darwin.
- Where
- Darwin, Australia.
- Why
- Bangladesh won through Tanzid Hasan's century, Mehidy Hasan Miraz's five-wicket haul in the second innings, and Hasan Mahmud's nine wickets in the match.
- Match
- First Test of the series, Bangladesh vs Australia
- Result
- Bangladesh won by nine wickets
- Venue
- Darwin, Australia
- Australia first innings
- 198
- Bangladesh first innings
- 426
- Australia second innings
- 284
- Winning chase
- 57 runs on the fourth day
- Key performances
- Tanzid Hasan century; Mehidy Hasan Miraz five wickets; Hasan Mahmud nine match wickets