- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.4 Chopped on! And both Australia openers are gone. Length ball outside off from around the stumps. Some extra bounce and Head tries to fend but the ball nips back and takes the inside edge! 52/211.4 edged, gone this time! Mahmud is rewarded. Weatherald's uncertain stay is over. Width outside off, he's looking to drive on the up. A healthy nick and no concerns about this one reaching Litton. Bangladesh have deserved that. 45/118.2 Australia lose their third well before lunch! This time it's taken at second slip by Shanto. Marnus is hanging around, umpire Dharmasena asks the batter to hold on, but the catch looks mighty clean. Length ball outside off and angling in slightly. Labuschagne tries to fend with minimal footwork, but takes the outside edge and lobs towards second slip. It was a low catch and the captain stood up. Did Marnus want to leave it originally? Sure looked like, but he did go for the poke, and that was the result! 61/350.5 he's gone, and it's five for Mahmud Short of a length, Smith gives Mahmud the charge, swats across the line and it flies straight up the air. Litton moves across behind the stumps and settles under it 189/921.6 Bangladesh have a fourth before lunch! Taskin celebrates with glee as short midwicket takes a sharp catch. Short of good length ball angling in and Green reaches out to meet the ball way in front of his body. Bat's face turns in his hand as the delivery clatters the blade, and it pops up for Mushfiqur Rahim positioned in a catching position. Lunch: Australia 74/4 74/436.1 Bowled him! First ball after drinks! What a fiery start. Fullish ball on middle and angling towards off. He tries to fend with minimal footwork but ends up chopping on! 129/538.3 what a delivery! That's a Test match special. You know top of off? That's what this one was: a good length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty that Webster fended down the wrong line 152/644.3 Edged and taken! Mahmud returns, Mahmud takes a third! Length ball outside off, enough width to entice him to cut, but all he does is nick it to Litton! 172/746.5 that's a beautiful delivery - great seam position as this full ball angles across Starc. He tries to reach out and drive with the angle but the delivery does a bit more and instead takes the left hander's outside edge. The change of angle works! Proactive bowling 176/852.6 six for Mahmud! He closes out the innings. A shorter delivery, Lyon goes for the pull and top edges for a simple catch at midwicket. Australia fall short of 200 198/10Extras16 (b 5, lb 8, nb 3)TOTAL198 all out (53 Overs, RR: 3.73)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Jake Weatherald, 11.4 ov), 2-52 (Travis Head, 13.4 ov), 3-61 (Marnus Labuschagne, 18.2 ov), 4-74 (Cameron Green, 21.6 ov), 5-129 (Alex Carey, 36.1 ov), 6-152 (Beau Webster, 38.3 ov), 7-172 (Pat Cummins, 44.3 ov), 8-176 (Mitchell Starc, 46.5 ov), 9-189 (Steven Smith, 50.5 ov), 10-198 (Nathan Lyon, 52.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Taskin Ahmed 16 2 55 2 3.43 0 1 Hasan Mahmud 17 3 55 6 3.23 0 0 Ebadot Hossain 11 2 39 2 3.54 0 2 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 4 0 12 0 3 0 0 Taijul Islam 5 0 24 0 4.8 0 0
Current Run Rate
CRR
4
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
43/0 (4.3)
Current Run Rate
CRR
4
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
43/0 (4.3)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.2 Starc cranks it up, 143.4kph, and delivers a fullish ball angling into Shadman's pads. He tries to close the bat's face and tuck it to the leg side but instead it gets a big leading edge. The ball pops up to the off side and it has been gobbled up at cover point! A solid 20 from Shadman but he'll be disappointed in doing the hard yards and then falling in this manner 36/1Extras9 (b 2, lb 5, nb 2)TOTAL96/1 (24 Overs, RR: 4)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Shadman Islam, 8.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 7 1 28 1 4 0 1 JR Hazlewood 7 2 19 0 2.71 0 1 C Green 3 1 12 0 4 0 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 14 0 3.5 0 0 NM Lyon 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
13,14,15,16,17 August 2026 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- day 1 - Bangladesh 1st innings 96/1 (Tanzid Hasan 32*, Mominul Haque 35*, 24 ov)
Match Notes
- Over 8.5: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - TM Head (Struck down)
- Drinks: Australia - 45/1 in 11.4 overs (TM Head 15)
- Australia: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (82 balls), Extras 7
- Over 20.4: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
- Lunch: Australia - 74/4 in 22.0 overs (SPD Smith 7)
- Australia: 100 runs in 30.1 overs (183 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (SPD Smith 28, AT Carey 17, Ex 6)
- Drinks: Australia - 129/4 in 36.0 overs (SPD Smith 37, AT Carey 19)
- Australia: 150 runs in 37.5 overs (230 balls), Extras 15
- SPD Smith: 50 off 76 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Tea: Australia - 183/8 in 48.0 overs (SPD Smith 67, NM Lyon 0)
- Innings Break: Australia - 189/9 in 50.5 overs (NM Lyon 2)
- Innings Break: Australia - 198/10 in 53.0 overs (JR Hazlewood 4)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 41/1 in 12.0 overs (Tanzid Hasan 13, Mominul Haque 1)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (Tanzid Hasan 18, Mominul Haque 32, Ex 0)
- Crowd Attendance: 5,233
- End Of Day: Bangladesh - 96/1 in 24.0 overs (Tanzid Hasan 32, Mominul Haque 35)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsIn Darwin, Hasan Mahmud takes the biggest step in his evolution
Hasan Mahmud, playing just his 15th Test, now has three five-wicket hauls, and this one has given Bangladesh an unexpected grip on the Darwin Test
Australia's batting caught in Groundhog Day loop
Australia's pattern of batting collapses on their first day of Test cricket after a long layoff continued in Darwin
Mahmud's 6 for 55 gives Bangladesh dream start
Steven Smith waged a lone battle for Australia with 71 in 109 balls, but it was largely a sorry batting effort
Smith was ready to walk off before DRS flat line
Bangladesh were convinced Smith had edged behind early in his innings and the batter himself thought so too
Australia bat first in Darwin, Bangladesh play Ebadot and Mahmud
There could be some early movement on offer with the new ball to test the home side's top order




