Bangladesh Eye More Australia Tests to Hit Next Level
Najmul Hossain Shanto said Bangladesh want annual tours to better handle fast, bouncy conditions after a nine-wicket win and an innings defeat.
- Bangladesh drew their two-Test series with Australia following an innings and 51-run loss in the second match at Mackay on Sunday, concluding a mixed tour.
- The visitors had stunned the world's top-ranked side with a nine-wicket win in Darwin last week, marking their first-ever Test victory on Australian soil.
- In Mackay, Australian left-armer Mitchell Starc proved unplayable, with Bangladesh collapsing for 64 in the first innings and 95 in the second on a fast, bouncy pitch.
- After a 23-year absence from Australian soil, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto noted his team is keen to return to better understand the conditions.
- Consistency remains the goal as Najmul said, "But as a team if we want to go forward we need to address these conditions and I think this experience will help us moving forward.
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Bangladesh eye more Australia Tests to hit next level
The visitors stunned the world's top-ranked side with a nine-wicket win in Darwin last week, their first on Australian soil and one considered their greatest of all time. But they came crashing back to earth with an innings and 51-run thrashing in the second Test at Mackay on Sunday. It was their first Test tour of Australia in 23 years and Najmul said they wanted to come back to better understand the conditions, with the pitch in Mackay fast an…
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