Australia 18-3 against Bangladesh in first innings

Australia is in trouble against Bangladesh in first innings of first Test match:

Australia lost three wickets for 18 runs at stumps Day 1 after restricting Bangladesh to 260-10 in first innings.

Maxwell said before the Test series that Australia is wary of the threat posed by Bangladesh’s spinners.

Bangladesh v Australia first Test match updates

Team Australia have not won a single Test series in the subcontinent since 2011 when they defeated Sri Lanka 1-0 & they have been doing their homework playing spin bowling on slow & turning pitches.

Australia have not played a Test in Bangladesh in last ten years & they could not prepare themselves for these slow & turning tracks as their practice match was washed out because of flooding. Ponting’s team played their last Test in Bangladesh back in 2006 & they successfully won the series 2-0.

Australia practiced against the leg before decisions in the nets without wearing a front pad, a lay designed to highlight the importance of using the bat in order to avoid lbw against spin bowling attack.

Renshaw & Smith are out in the middle & it will need a big effort from these two to play against the Bangladesh’s bowlers to take their team out of trouble tomorrow morning. The day went into the favor of Bangladesh just before the stumps & the bowlers would be preparing hard to take a first innings lead. The only thing that can hamper the first Test match is the weather which doesn’t look promising & let’s hope that everything will go smooth.

Bangladesh have put a big threat in the minds of Australian batsmen. A partnership of 155 b/w Tamim & Shakib lifted Bangladesh to 260 in their first innings. When Australia batted in the final session; Rahim called upon the spinners on an unpredictable wicket that was turning, bouncing, staying low & causing all sorts of threats for the batsmen. Mehedi Hasan took the first breakthrough & then unlucky Khawaja was dismiised via an unnecessary run out while the night watchman Lyon was sent back to pavilion too.

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