'Outplayed us in all facets': Cummins to mull changes after shock Bangladesh loss

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] pulled off one of the greatest upsets in Test cricket history when they beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] in the Northern Territory capital.[/p][p]The sides meet for the second Test in Mackay [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=OzfhdCyg"]on August 22nd[/a].[/p][p]Australia took a full-strength team into the match and were expected to win easily after Bangladesh lost their only warm-up match to a Cricket Australia XI.[/p][p]However, under-pressure batsmen Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne both failed in Darwin, while there will be questions over whether they can afford to have all-rounders Beau Webster and Cameron Green both in the team.[/p][embed guid="2670b29b-e492-4d9e-8d5b-cbc1de52eaa4" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ4pdBgy9j8" social-type="youtube" /][p]Green and Webster were innocuous with the ball, but Green scored a gritty century in the second innings.[/p][p][b]"It's one Test, but it's also a little bit of a trend as well,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cummins-patrick/nXoaKQUf/"]Cummins[/a] said about the batting issues at the top of the order.[/p][p][b]"So it's trying to work out, do you need to intervene now or do you let it play out and you think it's the way forward?[/b][/p][p][b]"So I think that's the question over the next couple of days that we'll sit down and have a think about.[/b][/p][p][b]"Is there something there that's going to take us forward, or is it something that's starting to become a trend that we think needs to be changed?"[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=jNepbY6t"]Bangladesh's first innings of 426[/a] kept Australia's bowlers in the Darwin heat and humidity for 138 overs.[/p][p]Cummins admitted that could also be a factor with selectors.[/p][embed guid="f8a83fe7-c37f-4605-90be-b0b4e42090e8" url="https://x.com/cricketcomau/status/2088914051313332526" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"We all know how good (Scott Boland) is so we'll turn up there (Mackay), and we'll have a look at the pitch and work out our best bowling group,"[/b] he said.[/p][p]"But someone like Scotty in the squad, you're always trying to find a way to fit him in.[/p][p][b]"I think, you know, we'll wait. I think all the bowlers pulled up pretty well after this game."[/b][/p][h2]'They were much better than us'[/h2][p]Cummins conceded Bangladesh had been far too good for the Australians, who have been training in Brisbane for the last six weeks.[/p][p][b]"They were a much better side than us this week," [/b]he said.[/p][p][b]"I thought they outplayed us in all facets, really.[/b][/p][p]"They were really patient, just didn't really let us back in, held onto their catches.[/p][p][b]"I felt like we just didn't get off to a great start and kind of once you are behind on a pretty good wicket against a pretty good side, it was kind of really hard to wrestle the momentum back."[/b][/p]