Test cricket LIVE: D-day for Green against Bangladesh, as the English lift midnight curfew

Danny RussellUpdated August 13, 2026 — 10:33am,first published August 13, 2026 — 9:45amKey PostsTest cricket is backBy Good morning, and welcome to our Test cricket coverage. Yes, that’s right – cricket in Australia in the middle of August. Don’t you love it?My name is Danny Russell and I will be with you for day one of this clash between Australia and Bangladesh in Darwin, starting at 10.30am (AEST). Let’s have some fun.Latest Posts10.33amHead takes strikeBy Travis Head faces the first ball from Bangladesh opening bowler Taskin Ahmed.We are underway in this Darwin Test.10.30amAlways take the weatherBy What a great Welcome to Country to start this Darwin Test match. Topped off with a verse from a Crowded House classic, “Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you.” Aussie skipper Pat Cummins says the home team has loved the Northern Territory hospitality over the past week.“Everyone on the streets has been awesome,” he told Fox cricket.“Feels a bit more of a chilled atmosphere than a big first test of the summer elsewhere, which has been lovely. So we’ve really enjoyed it. Weather’s always pretty hot, so should be a good week.”As Australia wins the toss and prepares to bat, Cummins said Scott Boland and Josh English were stiff to miss out on selection.10.12amThongs and singlets in DarwinBy For those shivering away in Australia’s southern states, look on in envy at the cricket crowd in Darwin.With the Australian openers – Travis Head and Jake Weatherald – soon to walk out to bat (10.30am AEST), it is a sunny 28 degrees in the Northern Territory capital. It is expected to reach a top of 31.10.01amAustralia to bat, the two teamsBy Pat Cummins has won the toss and elected to bat.Openers Travis Head and Jake Weatherald will be first out to the crease at 10.30am (AEST) to face the Bangladesh bowlers.Test skipper Pat Cummins.Getty ImagesAustralia XI: Jake Weatherald, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Beau Webster, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.Bangladesh XI: Shadman Islam, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Mominul Haque Showrab, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Litton Das (wk), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury.9.44amGreen’s time to shineBy It’s a big day for Cameron Green, as the 27-year-old tries to heed Pat Cummins’ advice about getting out of his own way and letting his talent bloom.Green has been off-limits to the media since his confrontation with our own Tom Decent at a Sheffield Shield game last summer, but he has spoken to Cricket Australia about the incident and what fuelled it.Cameron Green training for the first test against Bangladesh.Getty Images“I think it was potentially me at my wit’s end, and the journalist probably at his wit’s end as well,” Green said.9.40amEngland lift midnight curfewBy England skipper Joe Root says the midnight curfews in place at the end of the “Bazball” reign have been ditched as he’s called on his players to “be adults” in the new era.With another blockbuster Ashes series on the horizon in England next summer, Root has launched his second spell as their Test captain with the message that his team need to remember: “You’re playing for England.”Joe Root has taken over England skipper duties from Ben Stokes.Getty ImagesRoot was named skipper last month. The 35-year-old will lead his first match at Headingley next Wednesday against Pakistan in a three-match series which will be the first since Ben Stokes retired from international cricket and Brendon McCullum lost his job as Test coach in a turbulent spell.In an interview with former captain Mike Atherton on Sky Sports Cricket Podcast, Root was asked if the player curfew, which was breached by Stokes and quick Gus Atkinson in a post-midnight nightclub incident in June, was still going to be in place.Test cricket is backBy Good morning, and welcome to our Test cricket coverage. Yes, that’s right – cricket in Australia in the middle of August. Don’t you love it?My name is Danny Russell and I will be with you for day one of this clash between Australia and Bangladesh in Darwin, starting at 10.30am (AEST). Let’s have some fun.1 of 1