
Cricket: Australia have gone down to Bangladesh in Darwin, despite some Cam Green heroics. Recap how it happened here!
Cummins speaks
Australia’s skipper has his say on where things went wrong - and starts at the start with their woeful batting performance after winning the toss.
“I thought our prep was spot on, no excuses,” he said.
“They played well. We had to find a way to bat longer and then we couldn’t penetrate with the ball.
“Every time there’s a game like this, you look at match-ups. We’ve just finished the game, so we’ll think about it (batting changes). We’re pretty good at bouncing back.
“They outplayed us in all facets. They were patient and disciplined.”
Player of the Match
There were a few contenders here, but it’s Hasan Mahmud who rightly earns the nod.
He snared nine wickets for the match and set the tone from the outset. He got both Aussie openers in each innings, took the key scalp of Steve Smith amid six first-innings wickets, and effectively finished things off today when he prised out centurion Cam Green.
“They will be very happy for me. My people will be celebrating,” he says.
Celebrations begin
The Bangadesh players and staff are rightly thrilled with this achievement.
“It was excellent cricket from us,” says Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
“Excellent performance from the team, showed our character. We had the belief.”
IT’S OVER! BANGLADESH WIN!
That’s it and that’s all!
Bangladesh complete arguably the biggest Test win in their history, while Australia - who entered this match as a near-unbackable $1.03 favourite - don’t just lose, but get smashed.
A nine-wicket result gets brought up with a Mominul boundary off Webster, and it sparks wild celebrations on the boundary as players hug and high-five one another.
It’s a big credit to coach Phil Simmons, who is keeping it together on the boundary, and the Bangladesh brains trust. They were the superior outfit across all four days and thoroughly deserve this result.
10 to win
Bangladesh can reach out and grab it!
Shadman is 24, Mominul is 21, and it’s largely been a sweat-free chase of what was always going to be an easy target.
We’re minutes away from the ending here, and then a considerable Australian autopsy will begin...
20 minutes until tea
Can Bangladesh wrap things up before the tea break, scheduled for 1.10pm WA time?
They require just 22 with nine wickets in hand, and are appearing largely untroubled.
Suspect we’ll see an extension of this middle session if they’re within arm’s reach of the target in 20 minutes’ time.
“This is not just a loss... this is a huge loss,” Ricky Ponting says on Seven.
Lyon leaking
Nathan Lyon comes into the attack in just the sixth over as a desperate Australia chase something, anything... but he’s expensive.
He gives up a trio of threes and Bangladesh are now 1-27. 57 appears a certainty.
They’re on the brink of history, the tourists!
Bangladesh creep closer
Australia are still hunting their second breakthrough, and they’re fast running out of time.
Mominul peels off a boundary through backward point and the score goes to 1-14 - essentially a quarter of a way to their victory target.
OUT! Hazlewood’s breakthrough
That’s the early wicket that was so badly needed!
Hazlewood gets Hasan, who has his stumps scattered. Great length, didn’t know whether to go forward or back, and gets rock and rolled.
The tourists are 1-4 in their chase of 57 for victory.
The chase begins
Hasan and Islam come to the middle and we’re about to get underway once more.
Can Starc and Hazlewood snare a couple of wickets inside the first few overs to produce a tiny scare here?
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