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Bangladesh bowl out Australia for record-low 198 in Darwin Test
Cricket is a game where two teams take turns batting and bowling to score more runs than each other.
In a big international match in Darwin, Australia, the home team chose to bat first.
Bangladesh's fast bowlers kept knocking over Australia's batters, stopping them from scoring many runs.
Hasan Mahmud was the star bowler, taking six wickets in the best bowling performance of his career.
Another Bangladeshi bowler, Taskin Ahmed, reached a huge milestone of 300 international wickets.
Australia could only score 198 runs before all of their batters were out.
This was the lowest score Australia has ever made against Bangladesh in Test cricket.
Just three days earlier, Bangladesh themselves had been bowled out for only 54 runs in a practice game.
So this was a very big comeback for the Bangladeshi team.
Bangladesh bowled Australia out for 198 in Darwin, Australia's lowest-ever Test score against them.
Hasan Mahmud took career-best figures of 6 for 55, the best bowling figures by a Bangladeshi against Australia.
Mahmud dismissed openers Jake Weatherald and Travis Head in the 12th and 14th overs, while Marnus Labuschagne fell for one off Ebadot Hossain.
Taskin Ahmed took 2 for 55 to reach 300 international wickets, only the sixth Bangladeshi to do so.
Captain Pat Cummins opted to bat first, three days after Bangladesh were bowled out for 54 by the Cricket Australia XI in a practice game.
- Who
- Bangladesh's pace trio of Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain, against the 2023 World Test Champions Australia, led by captain Pat Cummins.
- What
- Bangladesh bowled Australia out for 198, Australia's lowest-ever Test score against Bangladesh and their first sub-200 total, on day one of the first Test.
- Where
- Darwin, Australia.
- When
- Thursday, August 13, the first day of the first Test.
- Why
- Bangladesh's fast bowlers dismantled Australia's batting after captain Pat Cummins chose to bat first.
Key facts
- Australia's total
- 198 all out
- Record
- Australia's lowest-ever Test score against Bangladesh; their first sub-200 total
- Best bowler
- Hasan Mahmud, 6 for 55 in 17 overs (career-best and best by a Bangladeshi against Australia)
- Top scorer
- Steve Smith, 71 off 109 balls with 7 fours and a six
- Venue and date
- Darwin, Australia; Day 1, Thursday, August 13
- Taskin Ahmed
- Took 2 for 55; became the sixth Bangladeshi to reach 300 international wickets
- Prior context
- Bangladesh were bowled out for 54 by the Cricket Australia XI three days earlier
- Record context
- Mahmud is the third Bangladeshi, after Shakib al Hasan and Mohammed Rafique, with a Test five-for against Australia











