Live: Australia in need of big improvements on day three against Bangladesh

Australia begins day three in Darwin well behind the eight ball, in need of quick wickets to bring Bangladesh's first innings to a close.Follow the live blog below, keep up to date with all the latest stats in our ScoreCentre, and tune in to our live radio coverage.Sat 15 Aug 2026 at 10:09amSat 15 Aug 2026 at 10:09amWebster plots path forward(Getty Images)Australia will need to overcome one of the highest first innings deficits in their history to beat Bangladesh in the first Test in Darwin.Bangladesh will begin day three on 6-351, a first innings lead of 153, and with a chance to push their advantage above 200.However, allrounder Beau Webster insists there is a path to victory."We have got some naturally aggressive batters all ready to move the scoreboard along," Webster told media after the day's play yesterday."Hopefully the wicket stays true and nice and we can put some pressure back on their bowlers."There is still three days of cricket left and a day and half of really good batting at a half-decent clip gets us right back in this contest."Batting last in a Test match on a hopefully worn wicket could be tricky [for Bangladesh] if it is a small chase."I think that is our obvious way to win the game."After a poor batting display on day one, Webster said the team was up for the challenge of recovering from that disappointment whenever they head out to bat again."Our batting group was disappointing on day one so we are going to have to put our hand up and bat long periods like they did," he said."The way we are going to win it is late on day five and I am sure we are going to be up for the contest."Obviously we have got to get these last four wickets as cheap as possible and put in two really good days of batting, which is going to be hard work no doubt, but the boys in the dressing room have full faith that we have the calibre to do it."with AAPSat 15 Aug 2026 at 10:02amSat 15 Aug 2026 at 10:02amMorning folks(Getty Images)Hello everyone and welcome to the third day of the first Test between Australia and Bangladesh, which I think I am pretty safe to say is not going quite according to how most people expected at this stage.Following two days of cricket, Bangladesh are absolutely dominating, leading by 153 runs with four first innings wickets remaining.A disciplined bowling approach has been backed up by a tremendous batting display in which Australia's first choice attack has been rendered relatively impotent.The Aussies have used a whopping eight bowlers so far across 110 overs of frustrated toil in the Darwin heat.Tension is rising.It's going to be a fascinating day.I'm Simon Smale, Henry Hanson is here as well and we'll guide you through it all.