Bangladesh [260 & 221] defeat Australia [217 & 244] by 20 runs to win the first Test

[Convict]

Congrats to Bangladesh on the win.

Australia actually got quite close, without the dead weight they might have even won it.

Where were Shaun Marsh (Khawaja), Starc, Pattinson and Neville? [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION]

Pattinson was injured. Nevill was dropped a while back and Shaun Marsh got dropped, presumably career ended.

 

[Shutdown Corner]

Congrats to Bangladesh on the win.

Australia actually got quite close, without the dead weight they might have even won it.

Where were Shaun Marsh (Khawaja), Starc, Pattinson and Neville? [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION]

One of the Marshes sucks...not sure if its Shaun or Mitch. Starc is injured. Pattinson is being rested for the Ashes since his back is a bit inflammed.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Starc wasn't playing this match? That explains a lot, he alone wouldn't have made a difference of 40-60 runs, australia would have won with starc in the team

 

[Shutdown Corner]

The first BD-ENG Test was just as close (England winning by 22 runs). Then BD came back to win the 2nd by 108 runs.

This game was decided by a mere 20 runs. Now the question is, do the Aussies fix more mistakes and win the 2nd Test or does Bangladesh and win by an even bigger margin?

My opinion is Bangladesh has more room for improvement than Australia. We dropped a bunch of catches, got lucky with a couple more that we juggled, and had a really dumb run out plus two dismissals that we should have reviewed, and one we shouldn't have.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Starc wasn't playing this match? That explains a lot, he alone wouldn't have made a difference of 40-60 runs, australia would have won with starc in the team

Yeah,that's why they are replacing a pacer by a spinner...they know pacer won't make a difference,a spinner will do.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Yeah,that's why they are replacing a pacer by a spinner...they know pacer won't make a difference,a spinner will do.

Starc isn't just any pacer, consider yourself lucky starc wasn't playing, he's a handy lower order batter too, bangla wouldve had no chance in hell if starc was in the team