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KEY TAKEAWAYS: - Iceland Cricket trolled England after Bangladesh's historic Test win in Australia. - The account noted Bangladesh now matches England's Test wins in Australia over 15 years. - England have won just one Test on Australian soil since January 2011. Bangladesh creates history in Darwin vs Australia Bangladesh's stunning nine-wicket victory over Australia in Darwin sent shockwaves through the cricketing world, and it did not take long for England to become collateral damage. Iceland Cricket, the satirical account renowned for its ruthless one-liners, wasted no time in turning the Tigers' triumph into a dig at the Ashes losers. The Bangladesh win was their first-ever Test success on Australian soil, achieved in just their third attempt in the country and 23 years after they last toured for red-ball cricket. Hasan Mahmud's 6 for 55, Tanzid Hasan's maiden century and Mehidy Hasan Miraz's second-innings five-wicket haul dismantled the world's number one side. For England, whose own record in Australia has been dismal over the past decade and a half, the timing could hardly have been worse. Iceland Cricket spotted the statistical coincidence immediately. Iceland Cricket takes hilarious dig at England after Bangladesh win The account posted a pointed observation that quickly gained traction among cricket fans. "Fun fact: Bangladesh now have the same number of Test wins in Australia as England does in the last 15 years," Iceland Cricket wrote. Fun fact: Bangladesh now have the same number of Test wins in Australia as England do in the last 15 years! — Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) August 16, 2026 The jibe was as accurate as it was brutal. England's solitary Test win in Australia over that period came at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day 2025, a four-wicket victory in the fourth Ashes Test that ended an 18-match winless streak stretching back to January 2011 at Sydney. That win came far too late to save the series, with Australia having already retained the urn inside 11 days of on-field action across Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. England eventually lost the series 4-1, a campaign that triggered the departure of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum from the Test setup. The barb lands so hard because it strips away any comfort England might have taken from that lone MCG victory. A side with England's resources, playing five Tests in Australia every four years, has managed exactly as many wins there in 15 years as a Bangladesh team has in just three matches in the country across the same period. MORE: Jurel's 50 vs Sri Lanka has put pressure on Rishabh Pant Why the comparison stings for English cricket The context makes it worse still. Bangladesh arrived in Darwin having been bowled out for 54 by a Cricket Australia XI in their warm-up, without pace spearhead Nahid Rana, and having lost 22 of their previous 26 Tests outside Asia. England, by contrast, arrived with a settled side, a defined philosophy and years of preparation, only to be dismantled inside two days in three separate Tests. Iceland Cricket has built its following on precisely this kind of observation, where the humour works because the underlying statistic is indefensible. There is no clever rebuttal available to English supporters here, because the numbers simply are what they are. The wider point is what it says about England's decade and a half of failure Down Under, a run that has now been thrown into sharp relief by a side that had no business winning in Darwin. Stephen Fleming and Joe Root inherit a team whose record in Australia is so poor that a Bangladesh upset can be used to mock it, and reversing that will define whether their new era amounts to anything at all. For all the latest cricket news, opinion, and commentary and to share your voice, head to our Facebook, Instagram, and X (Twitter) pages