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Tanzid Hasan scores Bangladesh's first Test century in Australia

Tanzid Hasan scores Bangladesh's first Test century in Australia
Tanzid Hasan makes history with Bangladesh’s first Test century in Australia · thestatesman.com

Bangladesh and Australia are playing a two-match cricket series, starting with a special five-day match called a Test in Darwin, Australia.

In cricket, scoring 100 runs in one turn at batting is called a century, and it is very hard to do.

A 25-year-old Bangladeshi opener named Tanzid Hasan Tamim scored 101 runs, becoming the first player from his country to score a Test century in Australia.

No Bangladeshi batter had ever done that before, so it was a historic moment.

Tanzid hit the ball eight times for four runs and once for six runs, which helped his team a lot.

The day before, his teammate Hasan Mahmud had bowled brilliantly, taking six Australian wickets.

Because of that, Australia could only score 198 runs, which is quite low.

Bangladesh then scored more runs than Australia, taking the lead in the match.

Another teammate, Taskin Ahmed, reached a personal milestone of 300 international wickets.

Tanzid's century gave Bangladesh a strong chance to win the match, which would be a huge achievement for the team.

Key facts

Player
Tanzid Hasan Tamim (Bangladesh opener, 25)
Score
101 — maiden Test century, reached in 188 balls
Balls faced
190 per one report; 197 deliveries per another — reports differ
Boundaries
8 fours and 1 straight six
Venue
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin
Australia's first innings
198 all out (Hasan Mahmud 6/55)
Match status
Bangladesh 238/3 after 67 overs, leading by 40 runs
Taskin Ahmed milestone
300 international wickets, sixth Bangladesh bowler to do so

Quotes

Tanzid Hasan Tamim

Bangladeshi Test opening batsman

“This is very special for me because this is the first time I am here. They came at me very differently and I was trying to play normal cricket shots and keep calm myself. I wasn’t trying too much. I just played the ball.”
thehansindia.com

Sources

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