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Darwin domination: The numbers behind Bangladesh’s historic win Bangladesh made history in Darwin, crushing Australia by nine wickets on Sunday for their first-ever Test win on Australian soil. After bowling the hosts out for 284, the Tigers needed just 57 and barely broke a sweat against a full-strength Australia, wrapping up proceedings in the second session on Day 4. Here are the highlights: **Bangladesh are the quickest Asian team to win a Test in Australia, doing so in their third Test Down Under, ahead of Pakistan (7) and India (12). Sri Lanka remain winless after 15 attempts. **Only England won their first Test in Australia sooner, beating the hosts in their second Test on Australian soil -- also just the second Test in history. South Africa also won in Australia in their third Test. **Bangladesh’s nine-wicket win is their second-biggest Test victory by wickets, behind their 10-wicket win over Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2024. It is also only their second win over Australia in seven Tests, after their 2017 triumph in Mirpur. **Australia have lost a home Test to an Asian team other than India for the first time in 31 years, since 1995. **This is Bangladesh’s second Test win in SENA countries, after their famous victory over New Zealand in Mount Maunganui in 2022. **Tanzid Tamim became the sixth Bangladesh player to score a century and a duck in the same Test. **Hasan Mahmud’s match figures of 9-111 are the second-best by a Bangladesh pacer in Tests, behind Shahadat Hossain’s 9-97 against South Africa in Mirpur in 2008. **Hasan’s figures are also the best by a Bangladesh bowler outside the country, surpassing Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 9-148 against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2021. **Hasan’s 9-111 are the third-best match figures by a visiting bowler in their first Test in Australia. England’s Maurice Tate (1924) and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram (Melbourne, 1990) both took 11 wickets. **Cameron Green’s 104 was only the second century by an Australian No. 5 or lower in the third or fourth innings of a home Test since 2010. Usman Khawaja’s 101 not out against England at the SCG in 2022 was the other. **Bangladesh’s pacers took 14 wickets in Darwin, equalling their team record. They also took 14 against Afghanistan in Mirpur in 2023 and Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2024. **Najmul Hossain Shanto recorded his third away Test win as Bangladesh captain, the most by any Bangladesh captain. Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim had two each. Shanto also holds the record for most Test wins as Bangladesh captain, with nine. **18,352 fans attended the Darwin Test, the highest-ever Test attendance at the venue.