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Bangladesh bowl out Australia for record-low 198 in Darwin Test

Bangladesh bowl out Australia for record-low 198 in Darwin Test
Mahmud condemns Australia to record-low during 1st Test; makes history for Bangladesh · livemint.com

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.

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

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