Bangladesh retained control of the Darwin Test against Australia at the end of the third day, according to a report published on August 16, 2026. Australia, the hosts, were still 67 runs behind Bangladesh’s first-innings total in their second innings, with six wickets in hand. Mehedi Hasan Miraz made a half-century, while Hasan Mahmud took two further wickets in Australia’s second innings to raise his match tally to eight.

Bangladesh batted for 138 overs in their first innings, their highest number of overs in an innings against Australia. Their previous record was 123.3 overs in the 2006 Fatullah Test. It was also Bangladesh’s 17th innings outside the country in which they batted for more than 120 overs. Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took six wickets in Bangladesh’s first innings, his 14th five-wicket haul in Tests.

Hazlewood reached 300 Test wickets, becoming the ninth Australian bowler and seventh fast bowler to do so. Mitchell Starc, Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins are the four Australian bowlers in this match with at least 300 Test wickets each. Statistics cited said teams holding leads of more than 200 runs have won 80.6% of Tests, while Australia have never won at home after a first-innings deficit exceeding 206 runs.