Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Bangladesh Stun Full-Strength Australia in Darwin Test Win
Bangladesh played a cricket game against Australia in a place called Darwin.
Matches that last many days are called Test matches.
Even though Australia is one of the strongest cricket teams in the world, Bangladesh won the game.
Australia had all of their best players, including bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
Bangladesh were missing two fast bowlers because of injuries, but they still won.
Hasan Mahmud took six wickets and helped get Australia out for a low score.
Tanzid Hasan Tamim scored a hundred, and Bangladesh made a big score.
Cameron Green scored a hundred for Australia too, but they still did not make enough runs.
Bangladesh only needed 57 more runs to win and got them easily.
Their captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, said it was the biggest win Bangladesh has ever had in any kind of cricket.
Bangladesh defeated a full-strength Australia by nine wickets in the first Test of the two-match series in Darwin.
Hasan Mahmud took a six-wicket haul to bowl Australia out for 198 in the first innings.
Tanzid Hasan Tamim scored a century as Bangladesh posted 426 in reply.
Cameron Green hit a hundred for Australia, but the hosts were dismissed for 284, leaving Bangladesh a target of 57.
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto called it the biggest win for Bangladesh in any format, achieved despite injuries to bowlers Nahid Rana and Shoriful Islam.
- Who
- The Bangladesh cricket team, captained by Najmul Hossain Shanto, and the full-strength Australian team.
- What
- Bangladesh won the first Test by nine wickets after bowling Australia out for 284 and chasing a target of 57.
- When
- In 2026, on Sunday, during the ongoing two-match Test series.
- Where
- Darwin, Australia.
- Why
- Bangladesh stunned a full-strength Australia despite missing injured fast bowlers, with Shanto calling it the biggest win for Bangladesh in any format.
- Result
- Bangladesh won by 9 wickets
- Series
- First Test of a two-match series
- Venue
- Darwin, Australia
- Australia first innings
- 198 (Hasan Mahmud six-wicket haul)
- Bangladesh first innings
- 426 (Tanzid Hasan Tamim century)
- Australia second innings
- 284 (Cameron Green century)
- Target chased
- 57 runs with nine wickets in hand
- Bangladesh absentees
- Nahid Rana and Shoriful Islam (injuries)