Bangladesh Pacer Forces Australia Into Lowest-Ever Test Total

AUS
vs
BAN
Test:
Aust alia
e du ed
a
stu i g
batti g
collapse
agai st
Ba gladesh
i
the
fi st
Test
at
the
Ma a a
C icket
G ou d
i
Da wi ,
foldi g
fo
just
198
afte
bei g
give
o ly
53
ove s
to
build
thei
fi st-i i gs
total.
The
sco e
ma ked

Aust alia’s
lowest-eve
Test
total
agai st
Ba gladesh,
u de li i g
the
scale
of
the
batti g
failu e.
Ba gladesh’s
bowle s
kept
st iki g
at
c ucial
mome ts,
with
Hasa
Mahmud
p oduci g
the
sta dout
pe fo ma ce
o
his
fi st
Test
appea a ce
agai st
Aust alia.

Hasa
Mahmud
Tea s
Th ough
Aust alia& squo;s
Batti g

Hasa
Mahmud
se t
Steve
Smith
packi g
fo
his
fifth
wicket
a d
the
quickly
made
it
six
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August
13,
2026

Aust alia
wo
the
toss
a d
opted
to
bat,
i itially
appea i g
comfo table
as
T avis
Head
a d
Jake
Weathe ald
put
togethe
a
45- u
ope i g
sta d.

That
p omisi g
sta t
quickly
disappea ed
o ce
Ba gladesh
fou d
a
way
th ough
the
Aust alia
top
o de .

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Attack

Hasa
Mahmud
became
the
chief
dest oye ,
epeatedly
t oubli g
the
batte s
with
his
pace
a d
moveme t.

The
26-yea -old
fi ished
with
outsta di g
figu es
of
6/55
f om
17
ove s,
egiste i g
his
best
bowli g
pe fo ma ce
i
Test
c icket.
His
victims
i cluded
majo
ames
such
as
Head
a d
Steve
Smith.

Taski
Ahmed
a d
Ibadat
Hussai
also
co t ibuted
with
two
wickets
apiece
as
Ba gladesh
mai tai ed
ele tless
p essu e
th oughout
the
i i gs.

Steve
Smith
Fights
Alo e
As
Aust alia
C umble

While
wickets
fell
a ou d
him,
Smith
p ovided
the
o ly
majo
esista ce
fo
Aust alia.
The
expe ie ced
batte
sco ed
a
dete mi ed
71,
but
fou d
little
suppo t
f om
the
othe
e d.

Aust alia’s
collapse
became
pa ticula ly
seve e
towa ds
the
fi ish,
with
the
fi al
five
wickets
disappea i g
fo
o ly
46
u s.

The
198- u
total
su passed
Aust alia’s
p evious
u wa ted
eco d
agai st
Ba gladesh.
Thei
ea lie
lowest
Test
sco e
agai st
the
Tige s
was
217,
eco ded
i
2017.

It
was
also
Aust alia’s
lowest
fi st-i i gs
total
i
a
Test
at
Da wi .

The
esult
is
pa ticula ly
sig ifica t
give
the
histo y
betwee
the
two
sides.
Ba gladesh
a e
playi g
a
Test
se ies
i
Aust alia
fo
the
fi st
time
si ce
2003,
whe
they
suffe ed
i i gs
defeats
i
both
matches.

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