{"id":857348,"date":"2026-08-16T13:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/857348\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:46:17","slug":"bangladesh-celebrate-historic-cricket-win-over-australia-call-for-more-test-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/857348\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh celebrate historic cricket win over Australia, call for more Test opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Former players and fans hailed Bangladesh\u2019s first-ever Test win in Australia on Sunday as the country\u2019s biggest achievement in the five-day game, saying it could be a turning point for their cricketing ambitions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bangladesh sealed a historic nine-wicket thrashing inside four days in Darwin, marking their first ever Test victory on Australian soil and only second against their formidable opponents.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThis is, I think, the biggest achievement for Bangladesh cricket in Test matches,\u201d former captain Akram Khan said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIt was something we dreamed of but perhaps none of us expected Bangladesh to dominate and win like this.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe are extremely happy and proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bangladesh batsmen Shadman Islam (left) and Mominul Haque celebrate after hitting their team\u2019s winning runs. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b48dc2b0-0840-4453-b05d-669da0bacd40_1126e908.jpg\" title=\"Bangladesh batsmen Shadman Islam (left) and Mominul Haque celebrate after hitting their team\u2019s winning runs. Photo: AFP\"\/>Bangladesh batsmen Shadman Islam (left) and Mominul Haque celebrate after hitting their team\u2019s winning runs. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Akram said the big win was built on a complete team performance rather than individual brilliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former players and fans hailed Bangladesh\u2019s first-ever Test win in Australia on Sunday as the country\u2019s biggest achievement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[427715,427716,64,63,13047,740,204616,5249,54660,426557,160230,427713,427714,427712,85,424841,227799,125238],"class_list":["post-857348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-abdur-razzak","tag-akram-khan","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bangladesh","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-australia-xi","tag-darwin","tag-hasan-mahmud","tag-mehidy-hasan-miraz","tag-najmul-hossain-shanto","tag-rumana-ahmed","tag-sahadat-ahmed-bhuiya","tag-sefat-hasan-sumaiya","tag-sports","tag-tanzid-hasan","tag-tarique-rahman","tag-world-test-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857348","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=857348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}