We need to CELEBRATE THE TWO UNEXPECTED RESULTS in Test cricket recently — Bangladesh’s defeat of Australia and West Indies chasing down 322 runs to win the second match of the series against England. The victories should encourage the two proud cricketing nations to get even better.
World cricket had plenty to rejoice recently when there were a couple of unexpected results in Tests. First, Bangladesh beat Australia narrowly by 20 runs to register their first ever win against that country. A few hours later, West Indies chased down 322 runs to win the second Test and, thus, level the three-match series.
In recent years, Bangladesh have been a tough opposition to beat, especially on their grounds, and so the result was perhaps not as totally surprising as the spirited West Indies’ chase was. Still, it was a closely-run contest, as the Australians, in their never-give-up style, stayed right till the end and gave many an anxious moment to the Bangladeshi supporters.
THE AUSTRALIAN RECORD in the sub-continent has been quite ordinary, having lost 3-0 to Sri Lanka last year, and then 2-1 to India earlier this year. Still, it is not as bad as the performance of the sub-continent teams in Australia, where the Aussies have been beaten only in one Test in the last 10 years.
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