Bangladesh tour of Australia 2026 | 2 Tests | 13th - 26th August | 6 am, 5:30 am IST | Darwin, Mackay | Fancode

[Suhaan]

16 hours ago, Lord said:

This just shows how poor the Aussies have become. We dominated the first Test under Bumrah there. Then someone came back and we ended up losing 3-1. 

2 bachho ka baap>>>>>> 1 bacche ka baap

[vvvslaxman]

This is supposed to be the best Australian pace UNIT in their history. Struggled against us a lot. Now struggling against Bangladesh is different. Nagara, muzarabani were quiet handful against Bangla boys. But Australia generally offers flat pitch if they don't think opposition a threat. On a good batting wicket losing 20 wickets inside 4 days to this bangladesh bowling (without their X factor bowler and shoriful) should raise alarm. David warner was master of crucifying these kind of teams. This tukloo wetherald and recently promoted Head  are not hte solution. Head as opener is a lottery. He is by nature not a test class opener. Had good numbrs against England. But not sure if this is a long term solution. 

[gattaca]

3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

This is supposed to be the best Australian pace UNIT in their history. Struggled against us a lot. Now struggling against Bangladesh is different. Nagara, muzarabani were quiet handful against Bangla boys. But Australia generally offers flat pitch if they don't think opposition a threat. On a good batting wicket losing 20 wickets inside 4 days to this bangladesh bowling (without their X factor bowler and shoriful) should raise alarm. David warner was master of crucifying these kind of teams. This tukloo wetherald and recently promoted Head  are not hte solution. Head as opener is a lottery. He is by nature not a test class opener. Had good numbrs against England. But not sure if this is a long term solution. 

Sam Kontas I thought played well even for the small knock he had against us. Australia selection committee seems to be even worse than ours. What happened to boland ? The dude shot to fame just for the series against us. Don’t remember if he did well against England. Atleast in one match he was taken apart.

[vvvslaxman]

1 hour ago, gattaca said:

Sam Kontas I thought played well even for the small knock he had against us. Australia selection committee seems to be even worse than ours. What happened to boland ? The dude shot to fame just for the series against us. Don’t remember if he did well against England. Atleast in one match he was taken apart.

 

 

[gattaca]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

 

lol they are going to loose the series if they continue labushane lol. Boland might be back does that mean Lyon gets the boot ?

[Suhaan]

6 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

This is supposed to be the best Australian pace UNIT in their history. Struggled against us a lot. Now struggling against Bangladesh is different. Nagara, muzarabani were quiet handful against Bangla boys. But Australia generally offers flat pitch if they don't think opposition a threat. On a good batting wicket losing 20 wickets inside 4 days to this bangladesh bowling (without their X factor bowler and shoriful) should raise alarm. David warner was master of crucifying these kind of teams. This tukloo wetherald and recently promoted Head  are not hte solution. Head as opener is a lottery. He is by nature not a test class opener. Had good numbrs against England. But not sure if this is a long term solution. 

They should now use Connolly as their next X factor main guy

Aus generally have been successful doing it

They will have to ,anyway

Aus will have to literally phase out their entire side,lol

Smith,the pace trio,Lyon,Head ,Labu,Webua,Green 

[Rightarmfast]

On 8/16/2026 at 9:47 AM, MechEng said:

Cummins decline as a bowler is a bit surprising.

 

In covid times he uploaded Instagram videos where he was doing barbell squats and deadlifts. Now he's only been doing cardio. Lack of strength training must have affected his bowling speeds, what say @rkt.india@express bowling @Rightarmfast @Suhaan?

See, I didn't watch the match. But I can say one thing, just because he didnt bowl fast doesn't mean he has lost his pace. It depends on the mood of the bowler, the pitch, the weather, and sometimes your body doesn't support you. Maybe the opposition didnt excite him. But he hasn't lost his pace, thats for sure. Look out for him, when theres a tougher opposition, and you will see the ball flying. Mark my words, no matter what anyone says.

[express bowling]

4 hours ago, Rightarmfast said:

See, I didn't watch the match. But I can say one thing, just because he didnt bowl fast doesn't mean he has lost his pace. It depends on the mood of the bowler, the pitch, the weather, and sometimes your body doesn't support you. Maybe the opposition didnt excite him. But he hasn't lost his pace, thats for sure. Look out for him, when theres a tougher opposition, and you will see the ball flying. Mark my words, no matter what anyone says.

 

One aspect that has affected Cummins' pace is his captaincy.

 

From the time he became the captain, he has bowled within himself quite often. Not all the time but quite frequently.

 

He probably feels that he cannot afford to get injured and miss any games. He can still bowl quick on a good day. 

 

 

Edited August 18 by express bowling

[vvvslaxman]

7 hours ago, Rightarmfast said:

See, I didn't watch the match. But I can say one thing, just because he didnt bowl fast doesn't mean he has lost his pace. It depends on the mood of the bowler, the pitch, the weather, and sometimes your body doesn't support you. Maybe the opposition didnt excite him. But he hasn't lost his pace, thats for sure. Look out for him, when theres a tougher opposition, and you will see the ball flying. Mark my words, no matter what anyone says.

 

We are misunderstanding about Cummins pace. Tamim iqbal explained about it in commentary. Out of the two bowlers Starc and Cummins he felt Cummins was quicker. He said he was surprised to see the clock speed of Starc much higher than Cummins even though cummins hit the bat harder. His 135 to 140k will be very quick for most .

[Rightarmfast]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

We are misunderstanding about Cummins pace. Tamim iqbal explained about it in commentary. Out of the two bowlers Starc and Cummins he felt Cummins was quicker. He said he was surprised to see the clock speed of Starc much higher than Cummins even though cummins hit the bat harder. His 135 to 140k will be very quick for most .

Accha.. But I am not misunderstanding ;p.. Did he bowl short?

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said:

Accha.. But I am not misunderstanding ;p.. Did he bowl short?

Cummins is one of the sharpest brain in world cricket. He sets up batsmen beautifully. But in conditions a bit like subcontinent wicket he can be  toothless. Darwin wicket was bowling wicket only on day 1. Then it flattened out like subcontinent wicket. Not the first cummins, josh, starc and failed to dislodge lesser batsmen. Ashwin/Vihari both injured batted for 43 overs at the SCG against these 4. Then Sundar and Thakur. None of them are predigree batsmen. Then that pakistan leg spinner made a century down the order. They rely on maintaining relentless line and length on flat wickets with bounce. Darwin didn't have that much bounce.

[diga]

Many of us here predicted that Bangladesh will do well in 5 years time after they won the u-19 world cup in 2020... Well done 

[rtmohanlal]

On 8/17/2026 at 8:42 AM, sadib10 said:

Isolated events here & there doesn’t make a country an extremist country. I don't really have time for fairytales so not like I'd be defending stuff like that if it were actually true

 

On 8/17/2026 at 11:09 AM, New guy said:

Because the temp government was pupper of pakistan and stoking those sentiments. All the more reason we should have the india friendly people in charge

 

the level of  'religious extremisim'  of a country is measured   by the level of atrocities  on its religious minorities,what ever be the reasons for that.

[Manucrick]

So Australia select another unfamiliar stadium for 2nd match 

[Nikhil_cric]

On 8/18/2026 at 3:29 PM, express bowling said:

 

One aspect that has affected Cummins' pace is his captaincy.

 

From the time he became the captain, he has bowled within himself quite often. Not all the time but quite frequently.

 

He probably feels that he cannot afford to get injured and miss any games. He can still bowl quick on a good day. 

 

 

His pace has consistently declined since his captaincy but it's just a coincidence imo. 

 

Hes playing a lot more league cricket and age and wear and tear have taken their toll.  He's not the athlete that Starc, Rabada etc are either

 

Until 2020, roughly 58% of his deliveries were above 140 kph. 

 

Now it's maybe 15 % , if that. 

Edited August 20 by Nikhil_cric

[New guy]

4 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

 

 

the level of  'religious extremisim'  of a country is measured   by the level of atrocities  on its religious minorities,what ever be the reasons for that.

I wont disagree with that

[Stuge]

Bang bros are class above now

[Frustrated]

BD drew a test series (1-1) in NZ in 2022.   Now, they will end up with a drawn series or a series victory in Aus.  Irrespective of the 2nd test result, they hv shown that they are a much better team than Pooks.   Also, BD hv whitewashed pooks (2-0) twice in last 3 yrs.   

[Lone Wolf]

38 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

BD drew a test series (1-1) in NZ in 2022.   Now, they will end up with a drawn series or a series victory in Aus.  Irrespective of the 2nd test result, they hv shown that they are a much better team than Pooks.   Also, BD hv whitewashed pooks (2-0) twice in last 3 yrs.   

They are much better bro... They proved it when they clean swept them both home and away.

[vvvslaxman]

14 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

They are much better bro... They proved it when they clean swept them both home and away.

They are scoring more 400 plus runs these days.