Bangladesh's long-term investment in fast bowling now bearing fruit

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] ‌recorded their first test win in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] and one of their finest ‌victories ever in the longest format, thrashing the hosts by ‌nine wickets on day four of the series opener in Darwin.[/p][p]The ‌tourists were missing leading quicks [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nahid-rana/td9UkC8e/"]Nahid Rana[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shoriful-islam/U3zco06H/"]Shoriful ‌Islam[/a] to injury but managed to bowl Australia out for 198 in the first innings, with all 10 wickets falling to pace at Marrara ‌Oval.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hossain-shanto-nazmul/AZMsmiP1/"]Shanto[/a] said there had been a mindset ⁠shift among the nation's young ‌fast bowlers.[/p][p]"[b]Earlier, five years ago, pacers didn't want to play tests,[/b]" ​Shanto said pitch-side.[/p][p]"But we've been playing lots of test cricket and they are giving importance to test format. They ​want to play, want to perform, want to be world-class. That is the mindset they now have.[/p][p]"[b]Seniors like [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rahim-mushfiqur/Svgzwg7D/"]Mushfiqur[/a][/b] (Rahim) [b]and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haque-mominul/hl59YlHA/"]Mominul[/a][/b] (Haque) ⁠[b]have encouraged them ​to play more test cricket.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="eba0e3ad-2ab5-42ad-bfbd-3dcd39d0f0ab" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tEtiaT-d4" social-type="youtube" /][p]Bangladesh's 26-year-old fast bowler [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mahmudul-hasan/d8BcN4sH/"]Hasan Mahmud[/a] earned the Player of the Match award after taking nine wickets, including 6-55 in the first innings on a docile pitch.[/p][p]Mahmud said ‌Bangladesh believed in themselves, despite a shaky buildup that included being bowled out for 54 in a practice match just over a week ago against a Cricket Australia XI.[/p][p]"[b]We got some team plans with the coaches, watching videos, and that's what we did at the ground,[/b]" he said of plans for each Australian batter.[/p][p]"[b]The bowlers were patient, they stuck on the line and length. Results came.[/b]"[/p][p]On their first test tour of Australia ‌in 23 years, Bangladesh will head to the second and ​final match in Mackay, Queensland, hoping to seal their ‌first test series win over the Australians.[/p][p]"[b]Going forward, we want to do something special in the future,[/b]" said Shanto.[/p][p]"[b]We have to play five days of good cricket, and I'm going to say the same thing: If we play session ⁠by session, if the ⁠lower order keeps chipping in, ‌those are the things.[/b]"[/p]