Bangladesh Create History Against Australia, Join India And Pakistan In Exclusive Club

Ba gladesh
autho ed
o e
of
the
g eatest
upset
sto ies
i
mode
Test
histo y,
secu i g
a
la dma k
i e-wicket
victo y
ove
Aust alia
at
Ma a a
Oval
i
Da wi .
The
t iumph
ma ks
Ba gladesh& squo;s
fi st-eve
Test
wi
o
Aust alia
soil,
comi g
23
yea s
afte
thei
i itial
Test
tou
to
the
cou t y
back
i
2003.

The
Najmul
Hossai
Sha to-led
side
took
a
1-0
lead
i
the
two-match
se ies,
ceme ti g
thei
place
as
o ly
the
thi d
Asia
atio
–
afte
I dia
a d
Pakista
–
to
eco d
a
Test
wi
i
Aust alia.

Key
Histo ical
Milesto es
Achieved

23-Yea
Wait
E ded:
Ba gladesh
played
thei
fi st
Test
i
Aust alia
at
Da wi
i
July
2003.
Retu i g
to
the
same
ve ue
23
yea s
late ,
they
egiste ed
thei
maide
Test
wi
ove
the
hosts.

Seco d-Fastest
Asia
Wi :
Ba gladesh
achieved
a
Test
victo y
i
Aust alia
i
just
thei
thi d
Test
match
o
Aust alia
soil,
eachi g
the
milesto e
faste
tha
I dia
(12
Tests)
a d
Pakista
(7
Tests).

Complete
Domi a ce:
Afte
taki g
co t ol
with
a
comma di g
228- u
lead
i
the
fi st
i i gs,
Ba gladesh’s
spi e s
a d
pace s
systematically
eut alized
Aust alia’s
sta -studded
li eup
ac oss
fou
days
of
i te se
c icket
i
stifli g
heat.

The
two
sides
ow
head
to
South
Mackay
fo
the
seco d
a d
fi al
Test,
sta ti g
August
22.

Mehidy
Hasa
Mi az
domi ates
Aussies

The
fi al
day
of
the
Test
belo ged
to
Mehidy
Hasa
Mi az,
as
the
Ba gladesh
all- ou de
p oduced
a
match-wi i g
spell
to
disma tle
Aust alia’s
lowe
o de .
Celeb ati g
his
achieveme t
with
a ms
outst etched,
Mi az
capped
off
a
memo able
pe fo ma ce
that
fu the
ceme ted
his
status
as
o e
of
Ba gladesh’s
leadi g
sta s.

The
five-wicket
haul
was
the
15th
of
Mi az’s
Test
ca ee ,
comi g
just
a
day
afte
he
had
co t ibuted
a
valuable
65
while
batti g
alo gside
the
lowe
o de .
His
all- ou d
b illia ce
ove shadowed
Came o
G ee ‘s
maide
Test
ce tu y
o
home
soil,
which
had
helped
Aust alia
establish
a
a ow
56- u
lead.

Despite
bei g
bowled
out
fo
just
54
by
a
C icket
Aust alia
XI
i
a
wa m-up
game
befo e
the
Test,
Ba gladesh
showed
th oughout
the
match
that
they
we e
mo e
tha
capable
of
competi g
with
Aust alia.
They
eve tually
eeded
o ly
a
small
ta get
i
the
fi al
i i gs
a d
comfo tably
completed
a
i e-wicket
victo y.

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