Bangladesh Surprises in Test Cricket Win Over Australia
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'Ultimately, it's 31' - Labuschagne's Test career back on the edge Australia coach Andrew McDonald said it also came down to the backroom staff to get the best out of players
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SMH SportDarwin: Marnus Labuschagne is on notice from national selectors that he needs a big score in Mackay to be sure of keeping his place for the Test series against South Africa in October, as coach Andrew McDonald admitted calls for change will deservedly grow louder after a “poor” defeat to lowly Bangladesh.
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Nobody who has watched Bangladesh’s quarter century of Test cricket would have expected this win. Hence the scale of the upset. What Bangladesh have also done is to overturn that expectation, perhaps for good. They have proved to themselves that they can play this way, they have dragged Australia off top spot in the World Test Championship, and they have a chance to go again in the second Test. Australia desperately need to win that, to settle nerves. But whatever happens in Mackay, Darwin will stand.
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ESPNcricinfoShanto: Whole team deserves Player-of-the-Match award Bangladesh captain hails his fast bowlers for dismissing Australia for 198 on the opening day in Darwin
SMH SportAs Alyssa Healy put it on Fox Cricket: “It’s almost like they’ve underestimated themselves a little bit, the Bangladeshis. I mean, the whole of Australia probably did as well, but it’s almost like their humble approach has worked for them. We’ve got carried away with how big this summer is, but this is a wake-up call for Australia. Probably what they needed as well, after breezing through last summer.”
NDTV SportsBangladesh Humiliate Australia In 1st Test, But England Face Ultimate Wrath As Iceland Cricket's 'Fun Fact' Viral England received criticism after Bangladesh's win over Australia
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Tellingly, Cummins spoke not of a one-off problem but of a trend, meaning that the team’s batting difficulties will be the chief topic of internal conversation this week. He was also open about the selectors’ ability to make change: “Every Aussie Test we do you can kind of pick whatever, it’s not a World Cup squad. You’ve got a lot of available guys who are ready to go.”
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The Guardian SportThe Australia captain, Pat Cummins, admitted his side’s top order batting was misfiring. “I think it is pretty clear that it is not quite functioning as we would like as a group so all the batters will get together and maybe review some footage and review methods and approaches,” he said. “If we need to make changes to our style, we better do it pretty quickly. Over the next couple of days we will have a think and the selectors will have a think.”
ESPNcricinfoCummins turns focus on batters, and keeps door open for changes Australia captain backed his team's ability to bounce back but acknowledged they had been outplayed in "all facets"
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It’s worth remembering, too, that Bangladesh’s signal performances came from two young bucks: paceman Hasan Mahmud, 26, and opener Tanzid Hasan, 25, set the tone with ball and bat, before the more seasoned Mehidy Hasan Miraz (still only 28) ensured their early successes would not be wasted.
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“We were poor this Test match,” he said. “Any time you score 500 runs over two innings on that surface, we’ve got to make some improvements. It’s tough to accept. I think we let our standards slip. I think we’re better than that.
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That brings us to Australia’s sole batting bright spot this week: Cameron Green. Granted the chance to bat at No.5, he made a hash of the first innings, but in the second played the sensible, powerful innings of which he is capable. Green spoke afterwards of returning to the methods that first made him a dominant player in the Sheffield Shield, and in that act of self-determination he may have found the key to a long career.
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“That’s the question over the next couple of days, we’ll sit down and have a think, selectors will have a think, is there something there that’s going to take us forward, or is it starting to become a trend that we think needs to be changed.
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The all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz (five for 66) bewitched the Australian batters on the fourth day with his off spin, claiming the wickets of Alex Carey (30), Beau Webster (five) and Pat Cummins (nine) before lunch.
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SMH SportAll-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz (5-66) bowled magnificently for Bangladesh, getting some deliveries to turn sharply out of the footmarks and others to skid through straight. With the benefit of scoreboard pressure, he comfortably out-bowled Nathan Lyon.
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01 ESPNcricinfo Time for change? Who are Australia's batting options? The result of the first Test against Bangladesh could demand a reaction from the selectors
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02 SMH Sport Marnus Labuschagne has already been dropped and recalled once in the past year, but is still struggling to find his best. Then there’s Travis Head and the question of his best position. Former opener Matthew Hayden was one seasoned voice to call for Matt Renshaw and Sam Konstas at the top, with Head moving to three.
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03 NDTV Sports Mehidy Hasan Miraz Bowls An Unplayable Delivery To Australia Star, Video Goes Viral Mehidy Hasan Miraz celebrates the wicket of Beau Webster.
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04 The Guardian Sport Six Tests before this series, and only two of those in Australia, in 26 years. A cancelled Test visit in 2015 on spurious security grounds, another during the pandemic that was unavoidable but was never rescheduled, and between those a rescinded invitation to tour Australia in 2018, CA forgoing excuses and admitting that they just didn’t want to pay the hosting bill. Meanwhile, white-ball meetings have largely been confined to those unavoidable at World Cups: the bilateral count is 15 matches in one-day cricket and eight in T20s, less than one per year on average.
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