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Bangladesh beat Australia by nine wickets in Darwin for their first Test win in Australia

Bangladesh beat Australia by nine wickets in the first Test in Darwin on Sunday, their first Test win on Australian soil. Chasing 57, they won inside four days when Mominul Haque cut Beau Webster to the boundary, Al Jazeera reported, using Reuters. Australia, the world's top-ranked Test side and leaders of the World Test Championship, were bowled out for 284 in their second innings despite 104 from Cameron Green.

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five for 66, and fast bowler Hasan Mahmud took nine wickets in the match, including six for 55 as Australia were bowled out for 198 in their first innings. Al Jazeera called it one of Test cricket's greatest upsets, and noted that it took 23 years for Australia to host Bangladesh for a second Test series.

Dhaka's The Daily Star called it “arguably the greatest victory in all of Bangladesh's cricket's history, not just in Tests”, and linked it to recent wins in New Zealand and over Pakistan. The Guardian called it one of Australia's most humiliating Test defeats, all the stranger because Bangladesh were bowled out for 54 in a warm-up match days earlier.

“We've given something to them, at least some sort of happiness in their faces.” — Najmul Hossain Shanto, via The Guardian

How each outlet framed it

• Al Jazeera (Reuters) — a historic upset, told session by session.
• The Daily Star — national pride and a team on the rise.
• The Guardian — Australia's embarrassment and Green's career-saving century.

What happened next: Australia hit back in the second Test, where Mitchell Starc took 10 wickets and Bangladesh lost by an innings, Al Jazeera reported.