Australia sliding towards humiliation against Bangladesh

August 16, 2026 — 11:47amDarwin: Australia appear headed for a vast and humiliating defeat by Bangladesh after the tourists struck twice in the first hour to expose the home side’s bowlers.Cameron Green has been the lone source of substantial resistance for the Australians, who were still 35 runs away from avoiding an innings defeat when they lost their sixth wicket.Cameron Green is trying to keep Australia in the Test match.Getty ImagesAll-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz (4-33) has bowled magnificently for Bangladesh, getting some deliveries to turn sharply out of the footmarks and others to skid through straight.Alex Carey never looked to be in command, and twice edged Hasan Mahmud through the slips before Mehidy dismissed him with a classical off-break that took an edge behind.Green was more solid, and played one nicely down the ground to raise his first Test match 50 since the tour of the West Indies over a year ago.Beau Webster hit one boundary but was then befuddled by another beauty from Mehidy, a slightly quicker off-break that drifted then skidded through to beat the outside edge and flick the off stump.That brought skipper Pat Cummins to the crease, with little short of a miracle required to avoid defeat.Cummins didn’t last long, dismissed by Mehidy, caught at bat-pad for eight runs shortly after the drinks break.Mitchell Starc then joined Green at the creases, starting his innings brightly with a crisp boundary through the off-side.News, results and expert analysis from the weekend of sport sent every Monday. Sign up for our Sport newsletter.From our partners