Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\nPakistan have started the cycle promisingly with a win and a loss when South Africa toured in October.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Bangladesh are yet to taste victory in the current cycle after losing a two-Test series in Sri Lanka 1-0 in their most recent red-ball outing.<\/p>\n
The Tigers come to Darwin and Mackay to take on Australia in a two-Test series in August, so albeit in different conditions, this season will offer Australian coach Andrew McDonald and captain Pat Cummins to do their homework on their next opponents.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh also won 2-0 win they toured Pakistan two years ago, having never previously beaten them in a series.<\/p>\n
For Australian cricket fans, the series offers the chance to consume the game\u2019s longest format after months of white-ball bonanzas with play to start every day at the friendly time of 1.30pm AEST.<\/p>\n
Mehidy Hasan Miraz celebrates after scoring a century during the second Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
HOW TO WATCH<\/p>\n
Catch every ball of Pakistan\u2019s tour of Bangladesh LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Fox Cricket, available on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n
FIXTURE<\/p>\n
1st Test \u2014 Mirpur – May 8-12, 2026 \u2014 daily start time 1.30pm AEST<\/p>\n
2nd Test \u2014 Sylhet -May 16-20 \u2014 daily start time 1.30pm AEST<\/p>\n
SQUADS<\/p>\n
Bangladesh<\/p>\n
Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Tanzid Hasan, Amite Hasan<\/p>\n
Pakistan<\/p>\n
Shan Masood (captain), Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi<\/p>\n
Babar Azam plays a shot during the third day of the second international Test cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE<\/p>\n
1. Australia 87.5%<\/p>\n
2. New Zealand 77.78%<\/p>\n
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3. South Africa 75%<\/p>\n
4. Sri Lanka 66.67%<\/p>\n
5. Pakistan 50%<\/p>\n
6. India 48.15%<\/p>\n
7. England 31.67%<\/p>\n
8. Bangladesh 16.67%<\/p>\n
9. West Indies 4.17%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Test match cricket is back for the first time since Australia\u2019s sealed a 4-1 Ashes victory at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[316693,6074,2620,91335,1724,64,63,689,159645,740,45893,1208,2057,88413,316691,1209,31774,316690,316689,51273,175753,170513,1736,3583,677,15299,1948,672,316687,132754,10393,69837,316688,1183,18780,12540,85,1210,6750,88423,1211,316692,195732,44867,155028,125238,41283],"class_list":["post-654795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-abdullah-fazal","tag-africa","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-andrew-mcdonald","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-cricket-fans","tag-cricket","tag-eastern-africa-sub-saharan-africa","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-hasan-ali","tag-head-stoinis","tag-india","tag-kolkata-knight-riders","tag-mahmudul-hasan-joy","tag-mohammad-abbas","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-mominul-haque","tag-mushfiqur-rahim","tag-new-zealand","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-pakistan","tag-pat-cummins","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-rivals-battle","tag-sajid-khan","tag-salman-ali-agha","tag-saud-shakeel","tag-shan-masood","tag-south-africa","tag-southern-africa","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sri-lanka","tag-start-time","tag-taskin-ahmed","tag-test-cricket","tag-test-cricket-hiatus","tag-test-match-cricket","tag-travis-head","tag-two-test-series","tag-world-test-championship","tag-zimbabwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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