Bangladesh secure first-ever Test victory in Australia as Green century in vain

[p]After bowling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] out for 284 and needing 57 to win, the visitors cruised past the total when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haque-mominul/hl59YlHA/"]Mominul Haque[/a] slashed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/webster-beau/j9QB5UY9/"]Beau Webster[/a] to the backward point boundary.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] dominated Australia throughout the match and the margin of victory will send shockwaves through the cricketing world.[/p][p]After bowling Australia out for 198 in the first innings, the visitors always looked the more likely to win.[/p][p][b]They kept the pressure on throughout Sunday and didn't panic when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-cameron/215OHqmh/"]Cameron Green[/a] (104) brought up his third Test century after lunch on day four.[/b][/p][embed guid="caa4f691-f7c0-45c2-a5a0-51d2bfc1b595" url="https://x.com/BCBtigers/status/2088870227216109734" social-type="twitter" /][p]Green was offered no real support from his teammates and the Bangladeshis kept taking vital scalps to leave Australia on the ropes, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz taking 5-66.[/p][p]The visitors went into the match with most observers giving them no chance of winning.[/p][p]Their only warm-up game, against a Cricket Australia XI, ended in a big loss that included a second-innings collapse where they were all out for 54.[/p][p][b]But they have completely outplayed the Australians and won every session, batting, bowling and catching better than their more illustrious counterparts.[/b][/p][p]Australia, fielding their best possible team, had looked out of sorts from the beginning.[/p][p]Their batting failed in the first innings when they were bowled out on the opening day, then their much-vaunted bowling attack struggled against the gritty Bangladesh batsmen.[/p][p][b]Led by a maiden Test century from opener [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tamim-tanzid/vopnfI4t/"]Tanzid Hasan[/a], Bangladesh made 426 and importantly kept Australia in the field for 138 overs in Darwin's heat and humidity.[/b][/p][embed guid="61c54e3d-a297-48c2-9e9a-04953ad1a851" url="https://x.com/BCBtigers/status/2088866046539358611" social-type="twitter" /][p]The bowlers then showed great patience Saturday to make regular breakthroughs and keep Australia under the cosh.[/p][p]When Australia resumed Sunday on 161-4, most of their hopes lay with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carey-alex/0jSW0rT0/"]Alex Carey[/a] and Green.[/p][p]Carey lived dangerously in the opening 30 minutes, twice edging seamer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mahmudul-hasan/d8BcN4sH/"]Hasan Mahmud[/a] through the vacant slips cordon for boundaries.[/p][p]But on 30 Mehidy produced a beautiful ball, pitching in line then turning sharply to take Carey's outside edge to wicketkeeper Litton Das.[/p][p]He struck again soon after, bowling Webster for five to leave Australia 193-6 and in deep trouble.[/p][p][b]A famous victory edged ever closer when Australia captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cummins-patrick/nXoaKQUf/"]Pat Cummins[/a] pushed forward to a Mehidy delivery and got an inside edge to short leg, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/islam-shadman/8YAFN66d/"]Shadman Islam[/a] took a sharp chance.[/b][/p][embed guid="0cae5829-060a-4dcb-a9b8-e83ddfa71692" url="https://x.com/ICC/status/2088868181821825291?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" social-type="twitter" /][p]Australia were 207-7, still 21 runs behind Bangladesh's first-innings total.[/p][p]Green and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/starc-mitchell/CQX4De2l/"]Mitchell[/a] Starc batted sensibly to ensure Bangladesh had to bat again.[/p][p]Starc fell for 18 caught behind but Green was playing well and brought up his century shortly after lunch.[/p][p][b]But despite looking increasingly comfortable, he was undone when a Hasan ball kept low, hit the toe end of his bat and cannoned into the stumps.[/b][/p][p]Mehidy wrapped up the innings when he trapped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lyon-nathan/baw6Lrll/"]Nathan Lyon plumb[/a] in front leg before.[/p][p]Depsite losing Tanzid in the first over, Mominul and Shadman Islam [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=jNepbY6t"]cruised to victory[/a].[/p]