Bangladesh Triumphs Over Australia in Historic Test Win at Darwin, with Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz Leading the Charge

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Bangladesh Triumphs Over Australia in Historic Test Win at Darwin, with Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz Leading the Charge
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  1. Bangladesh trump Australia for historic win in Darwin after Mehidy five-for Visitors needed just 57 to win on day four even as Cameron Green scored 104 for Australia in the second innings

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    NDTV Sports

    Bangladesh Break Pakistan's Huge Record After Historic First Win In Australia Bangladesh's men's cricket team created history on Sunday as it beat Australia in the first Test.

    AP Sports

    DARWIN, Australia (AP) — Bangladesh completed a stunning nine-wicket victory over Australia in the first test on Sunday, securing its first win on Australian soil and only its second victory over top-ranked Australia.

    BBC Sport

    Bangladesh win by nine wickets Bangladesh thrashed Australia by nine wickets on the fourth day of the series-opener in Darwin to complete one of Test cricket's greatest upsets.

    The Guardian Sport

    Bangladesh’s captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, hailed his country’s “biggest win so far in any format” after they handed Australia one of their most humiliating and crushing Test defeats, despite a career-saving century by Cameron Green.

  2. The visitors were on top of the match throughout, but it was spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz who took the spotlight on day four as he took 5-66 to dismiss Australia for 284, leaving just 57 runs needed to win.

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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.

    AP Sports

    After making a vital half-century with the bat, Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five wickets for Bangladesh in the second innings to restrict Australia to a lead of just 56 runs, as the hosts were bowled out for 284 midway through the afternoon session at Darwin’s Marrara Oval.

  3. Green (104) notched his third Test century in a defiant innings of class and composure as Australia were bowled out after lunch when Miraz trapped Nathan Lyon in front.

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    All-rounder Cameron Green showed fight with a valiant 104 but after being bowled by Hasan Mahmud, Australia's faint hopes of saving the Test all but disappeared.

    AP Sports

    Cameron Green scored his third test century, and his first in Australia, making a composed 104 from 201 balls to lead Australia’s resistance.

  4. It was a thoroughly deserved result for Bangladesh, which had outplayed Australia for much of the test after home captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat.

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    Miraz's second innings performance followed a gritty 65 with the bat on day three that helped Bangladesh into a healthy first innings lead, before he dismissed talisman Steve Smith in Australia's second innings to set up victory.

  5. Bangladesh's prime minister Tarique Rahman congratulated the team on a video call with the players.

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    The victory was celebrated back home, too, with Shanto taking a congratulatory video call from Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the dressing room.

  6. Australia managed just 198 in its first innings, with man-of-the-match Hasan Mahmud taking 6-55, before Bangladesh capitalized as the pitch flattened to post 426 and take a commanding 228-run lead.

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    From the moment Australia batted first in this Test the Bangladesh bowlers found the right lines and lengths to skittle the hosts for 198, with paceman Hasan Mahmud (six for 55) announcing himself as a rising star.

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  1. 01 BBC Sport

    Published First Test, Darwin (day four of five) Australia 198: (Smith 71; Mahmud 6-55) & 284 (Green 104; Miraz 5-66)

  2. 02 AP Sports

    Bangladesh suffered some early nerves in its chase when Josh Hazlewood (1-5) dismissed first-innings centurion Tanzid Hasan for a duck, but Shadman Islam (25 not out) and Mominul Haque (30 not out) held their composure to reach the target in 14.2 overs sparking wild celebrations within the contingent of Bangladesh fans seated behind the team’s dugout on the boundary.

  3. 03 The Guardian Sport

    With the bat, the tourists mixed controlled aggression with patience to compile 426. Tanzid Hasan made a magnificent 101 in his second Test, while Australia dropped five catches.

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Original Articles (6)

UK Bangladesh thrash Australia in one of Test cricket's greatest upsets — BBC Sport
US Bangladesh claims historic first win in Australia with 9-wicket victory in 1st test - AP News — AP Sports
UK Australia humiliated as Bangladesh make history with crushing Test victory — The Guardian Sport
India Bangladesh Break Pakistan's Huge Record After Historic First Win In Australia — NDTV Sports
India Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman Reacts To Historic Test Win Over Australia — NDTV Sports
India Bangladesh trump Australia for historic win in Darwin after Mehidy five-for — ESPNcricinfo