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Bangladesh humble Australia with worst total in contest as Hasan takes 6-55

On Day One of the first Test in Darwin, Bangladesh dominated Australia, bowling them out for 198, their lowest total against Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud was the standout bowler, taking a career-best 6-55, supported by Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain who claimed two wickets each.

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Bangladesh humble Australia with worst total in contest as Hasan takes 6-55
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On Day One of the first Test in Darwin, Bangladesh dominated Australia, bowling them out for 198, their lowest total against Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud was the standout bowler, taking a career-best 6-55, supported by Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain who claimed two wickets each. Steve Smith was the only Australian batsman to show resistance, scoring 71. In response, Bangladesh made a strong start, finishing the day at 96-1, trailing by 102 runs. This performance was unexpected, given Australia's full-strength squad and Bangladesh's recent warm-up match results.

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Steve Smith scored 71, the only Australian to offer significant resistance.

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Bangladesh were 96-1 at the close of Day One, trailing Australia by 102 runs.

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Hasan Mahmud took a career-best 6-55 wickets.

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Australia was dismissed for 198 against Bangladesh, their lowest total in the contest.

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Australia dismissed for lowest total against Bangladesh as Hasan Mahmud claims career-best on Day One of First Test.Hasan Mahmud took a career-best 6-55 as Bangladesh bundled Australia out for 198 to take the honours on the opening day of the First Test in Darwin.At the close on Thursday Bangladesh were 96-1, 102 runs behind Australia.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Messi plays in Inter Miami defeat by Leon only hours after retirement hintlist 2 of 4Malawi shock Algeria and Cameroon beat Morocco to reach WAFCON finallist 3 of 4Paris Saint-German beat Aston Villa 2-1 in Austria to defend titlelist 4 of 4Poland says Women’s World Cup plan on course despite UEFA boycott of FIFAend of listMominul Haque was on 35 with Tanzid Hasan alongside him on 32 as the visitors made a superb start to a Test match most people expected them to lose inside three days.Earlier, Hasan led an impressive display by the visitors’ seamers as Australia slumped to their lowest Test score against Bangladesh, their previous worst being 217 in Mirpur in 2017.The 26-year-old was the pick of the attack, but he was ably supported by fellow quicks Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain, who took two wickets apiece.“I was just trying to bowl line and length, trust the process and follow what the captain was saying,” Hasan said.“(Taskin and Ebadot) were trying their best and they did very well also.”Steve Smith was the only Australian to offer any resistance, scoring 71, while the rest of the batsmen looked out of sorts against the disciplined attack.“We haven’t played a Test match for a while and it can take some time to get into it,” Smith said.“It wasn’t easy. The ball was doing stuff and you have to be patient.“Perhaps we got dragged into a few we didn’t need to, but that’s the pressure.”After skipper Pat Cummins chose to bat on a perfect Darwin day, a full-strength Australia were expected to dominate a Bangladesh side well-beaten by a Australia-xi" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="184470" data-entity-type="organization">Cricket Australia XI in their only warm-up match.
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