Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Brilliant Bangladesh claim first Test win in Australia
Imagine two cricket teams playing a very long, serious game called a test match.
Bangladesh had never won a test match in Australia before, so this was a huge moment.
On the last day, Bangladesh only needed 57 more runs to win.
They got those runs quickly, and the players were so happy they jumped and shouted.
Their captain said it was the biggest win Bangladesh has ever had in any kind of cricket.
Australia is the number one test team in the world, so beating them in their own country is extra special.
A Bangladesh player named Mehidy Hasan Miraz bowled brilliantly and took four wickets on the final day.
An Australian player named Cameron Green scored 100 runs, but his team still lost.
Just a week earlier, Bangladesh had been bowled out for only 54 in a practice game, which makes their win even more amazing.
Bangladesh claimed their first Test win in Australia with a nine-wicket victory in the series opener in Darwin.
Mominul Haque hit the winning boundary as Bangladesh chased 57 in 14.2 overs inside four days at Marrara Oval.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz took four wickets on the final day as Australia were bowled out for 284 in their second innings.
Cameron Green scored 104, his third Test century and first on home soil, but the century was in vain.
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto called it Bangladesh's biggest win in any format, just over a week after the side was bowled out for 54 in a practice match.
- Who
- Bangladesh, captained by Najmul Hossain Shanto, and Australia, captained by Pat Cummins.
- What
- Bangladesh won their first Test cricket match in Australia, a nine-wicket victory in the series opener.
- When
- Sunday, on the fourth day of the match.
- Where
- Marrara Oval, Darwin, Australia.
- Why
- Bangladesh, ranked ninth in Test cricket, were determined to prove their worth on their return to Australia after a 23-year gap, following recent poor results.
- Result
- Bangladesh won by nine wickets
- Match
- First Test, series opener, finished within four days
- Venue
- Marrara Oval, Darwin, Australia
- Bangladesh first innings
- 426 (Tanzid Hasan 101)
- Australia first innings
- 198
- Australia second innings
- 284
- Victory target
- 57, chased in 14.2 overs
- Final day
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz took four wickets