Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Hasan Mahmud's Six-Wicket Haul Rattles Australia in Darwin
Hasan Mahmud is a cricket player from Bangladesh who bowls the ball fast.
On the first day of a big test match against Australia, he did something amazing.
He got six Australian batters out all by himself.
Because of this, Australia only made 198 runs, which is a low score for them.
No bowler from Bangladesh had ever taken five wickets in Australia before him.
After his great bowling, Bangladesh started batting.
When the day ended, Bangladesh had 96 runs and had lost only one player.
Mominul Haque had 35 runs and was still batting.
He was not out, which means he could keep playing the next day.
Hasan Mahmud's team was very happy with his amazing performance.
Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud took six wickets on day one of the first Test against Australia in Darwin.
Australia were bowled out for just 198 in their first innings.
Mahmud became the first Bangladesh bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in Australia.
Bangladesh were 96/1 at stumps, with Mominul Haque unbeaten on 35 and Tanzid Hasan Tamim not out on 32.
Mahmud made his international debut in a T20I against Zimbabwe in Mirpur on 11 March 2020.
- Who
- Hasan Mahmud, a right-arm fast-medium bowler from Bangladesh, and the Australia cricket team.
- What
- Mahmud took six wickets, dismissing Australia for 198 and becoming the first Bangladesh bowler with a five-wicket haul in Australia; Bangladesh replied with 96/1 at stumps.
- When
- Day one of the first Test, played on a Thursday.
- Where
- Darwin, Australia.
- Why
- Mahmud's six-wicket haul helped rattle out the hosts for a low total and put Bangladesh in a strong position at the close of play.
- Player
- Hasan Mahmud
- Feat
- First Bangladesh bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in Australia; took six wickets in the innings
- Match
- First Test, Australia vs Bangladesh, Darwin
- Australia first innings
- 198 all out
- Bangladesh reply at stumps
- 96/1 (Mominul Haque 35*, Tanzid Hasan Tamim 32*)
- Born
- 12 October 1999, Laxmipur, Bangladesh
- International debut
- T20I vs Zimbabwe, Mirpur, 11 March 2020
- Career-best Test figures
- 5/43 vs Pakistan in Rawalpindi, August 2024