Bangladesh will leave the country on August 26 for the Women's Asia Cup in Dubai, which begins on August 28. The Tigresses are in Group B alongside defending champions Sri Lanka, the UAE and Indonesia.

Md Rubel produced a magical spell with four wickets for just 15 runs before Shamim Hossain's late hitting guided Bangladesh to 136 for five in 17.2 overs, with 16 balls to spare while chasing 132.

For Bangladesh, however, the rating raises a familiar question: would the same surface receive similar treatment if it had been prepared in the subcontinent?

If Bangladesh's pace attack showed remarkable consistency, their batting showed the opposite.

Cummins, who remains Australia's official ODI captain, has played just two from a possible 28 matches in the format since the 2023 World Cup.

While the wicket played its part in making batting difficult, the visitors also made things harder for themselves against Australia in the Mackay Test.

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell, backed by 20 other former international captains including India greats Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, has appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government to provide “humane treatment and proper medical care” to former Pakistan prime minister and cricket captain Imran Khan.

Brydon Carse is under investigation after he reportedly became the latest England cricketer to be involved in a nightclub incident, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Sunday.

Sabbir Rahman smashed a half-century as Bangladesh HP secured a three-wicket victory over Hobart Hurricanes Academy in the Top End T20 Series at Marrara Oval in Darwin on Sunday.

Top-order batter Devdutt Padikkal's fine form continued as he scored 117 to help India reach 300-5 at stumps on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.

Australia captain Pat Cummins praised his side for "all looking sharp" in a crushing innings and 51-run thrashing of Bangladesh in Mackay on Sunday as they emphatically bounced back from losing the first Test.

Yet Shanto insisted the Mackay defeat should not erase what Bangladesh achieved a week earlier.

Shanto hopes that more regular opportunities against top teams and in difficult conditions can help turn such breakthroughs into sustained progress.

Shanto said the challenge in Mackay exposed areas of Bangladesh's batting that need work.

The Tigers' progress in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 table has also remained intact despite the Mackay defeat.

The bright side for the Bangladesh wicketkeeper is that this is only a two-Test series

Playing a Test in Australia for the first time, Shoriful Islam has already given himself a place in Bangladesh cricket’s record books. But the left-arm pacer’s seven-wicket haul in the second Test in Mackay has also put him in the company of one of the game’s greatest fast bowlers.

After winning the opening Test in Darwin by nine wickets, Bangladesh leave their first tour of Australia in 23 years with the two-match series tied 1-1.

Shoriful, returning after missing the first Test with a hamstring injury, kept the Tigers in the hunt after Mitchell Starc's 6-12 had threatened to turn the match into a one-sided contest.

A total of 18 wickets fell on the opening day in Mackay, the third-highest number of day-one wickets in a Test in Australia since 1975.