Australia coach McDonald says Bangladesh loss 'poor' and 'tough to accept'

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] pulled off a massive upset in Darwin on Sunday when they crushed the world's top-ranked side, who were at full strength, by nine wickets.[/p][p]Bangladesh had never won a Test in Australia before.[/p][p]"[b]We were poor this Test match,[/b]" [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcdonald-andrew/YyfL9ms6/"]McDonald[/a] said.[/p][p]"Any time you score (fewer than) 500 runs over two innings on that surface, we've got to make some improvements.[/p][p]"[b]It's tough to accept. We let our standards slip[/b]."[/p][p]The sides meet for the second Test in Mackay on Saturday, with McDonald and the selectors facing some tough decisions as pressure mounts for change.[/p][p]Opener [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weatherald-jake/dOjJmLji/"]Jake Weatherald[/a] and number three [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/labuschagne-marnus/0QSnItBN/"]Marnus Labuschagne[/a] are in the spotlight after repeated failures, with former captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ponting-ricky/6PtEJMI0/"]Ricky Ponting[/a] among those leading calls for a top-order overhaul.[/p][p]McDonald said he was open to expanding the 13-man squad, which was named for both Tests.[/p][embed guid="eb52b198-3f0a-4ab0-bb78-2291ad309cb6" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcR4fRisrE" social-type="youtube" /][p]"[b]We usually travel with a few more than that, so I think Bails[/b] (chief selector George Bailey) [b]left it very open so we could add depending on what we saw,[/b]" he said.[/p][p]"[b]We'll make those decisions in the coming days.[/b]"[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/renshaw-matt/2ZSJwHw6/"]Matt Renshaw[/a] would be a potential replacement for Weatherald, although youngsters including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konstas-sam/2TKgmXRs/"]Sam Konstas[/a], Campbell Kellaway, Ollie Peake and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/connolly-cooper/jPqaRayb/"]Cooper Connolly[/a] also have their backers.[/p][p]Allrounder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-cameron/215OHqmh/"]Cameron Green[/a] is the only player in the current squad aged under 30 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/ponting-and-hayden-lead-the-call-for-regeneration-after-dad-s-army-darwin-debacle/hlG8DaCL/"]some commentators want to see "regeneration"[/a] as Australia prepare for up to 20 more Tests over the next 12 months.[/p][p]McDonald suggested there would be no kneejerk reaction.[/p][p]"[b]It's always going to be a conversation, the age profile of the team, where we're at, how we're travelling. A loss doesn't help that,[/b]" he said.[/p][p]"But these players have got a fair bit of cricket left in them, I believe. It's just really how we navigate through it.[/p][p]"[b]You feel a Test loss,[/b]" he added. "I[b]t means a lot to them to play for Australia, so let's not lose that in all this as well.[/b]"[/p]