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‘ve watched this rivalry go from a total mismatch to one of the most talked-about stories in world cricket. The Australia National Cricket Team vs Bangladesh National Cricket Team Timeline used to be a one-way street. Not anymore.
The two sides first crossed paths in 1990, in a Sharjah one-dayer nobody outside the ground remembers. Test cricket between them didn’t start until 2003, and T20Is followed in 2007. For most of that stretch, Australia won and Bangladesh turned up.
Then came 2017. Then came June 2026, when Bangladesh won an ODI series in Dhaka. Then came August 2026, when Bangladesh beat Australia in a Test match on Australian soil for the first time ever. This piece covers every era of that story: Tests, ODIs, T20Is, the numbers behind them, and the moments that actually mattered.
Australia National Cricket Team vs Bangladesh National Cricket Team Timeline: Overview
Here’s the rivalry in one table before we go deep.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| First International Meeting | 1990 (ODI, Sharjah) |
| First Test Meeting | July 2003 |
| First T20I Meeting | September 2007 |
| Formats Covered | Test, ODI, T20I |
| Latest Encounter | August 2026 (1st Test, Darwin) |
| Major Recent Milestone | Bangladesh’s first Test win on Australian soil |
Australia and Bangladesh met first in ODI cricket, in an Austral-Asia Cup match in Sharjah on 30 April 1990. Australia won that game by 7 wickets. Test cricket had to wait 13 more years, and T20I cricket didn’t exist yet.
Australia vs Bangladesh Cricket Timeline: 1990-2002
This stretch is short on drama. Bangladesh weren’t a Test nation until 2000, so every meeting here was limited-overs, and Australia dominated nearly all of it.
Bangladesh picked up occasional respectable totals but rarely threatened a result. Australia’s attack, stacked with names like Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne in this era, gave them almost nothing to work with. This period set the tone that would hold for the next 15 years: Australia as the overwhelming favorite, Bangladesh as the team fighting just to compete.
Australia National Cricket Team vs Bangladesh National Cricket Team Timeline: 2003-2006
Test cricket arrived in July 2003, when Bangladesh toured northern Australia. Australia won comfortably. It wasn’t close, and it wasn’t supposed to be. Bangladesh were three years into Test status, still building the depth to survive five days against a full-strength Australian attack.
The ODI fixtures through this window followed the same pattern. Australia’s batting depth, bowling variety, and fielding standards were simply a level above. Bangladesh’s better performances came in patches: a partnership here, a spell there. Nothing that changed a result.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: 2007-2010
T20I cricket gave this rivalry a new format, and it started at the very first ICC World Twenty20. On 16 September 2007, Australia beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets in Cape Town. Brett Lee took a hat-trick in that tournament against Bangladesh, a piece of trivia that would echo 17 years later when Pat Cummins matched the feat.
Bangladesh were improving in this window, gradually, but the gap to Australia stayed wide across all three formats. ODI cricket remained the main battleground, and Australia kept winning most of it.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: 2011-2015
Bangladesh’s cricket grew up fast in this stretch. Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, and Mushfiqur Rahim were now established international players, not promising kids. Bangladesh started posting 280s and 300s against strong attacks, Australia included.
Wins against Australia still didn’t come, but the margins tightened. Bangladesh’s home conditions, slow and spin-friendly, started to matter more. Visiting sides no longer walked into Mirpur or Chattogram expecting an easy week.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: 2016-2019
Everything changed in August 2017. Bangladesh beat Australia in a Test match for the first time ever, winning the Mirpur Test by 20 runs, with Shakib Al Hasan taking ten wickets and scoring 84. Australia hit back to draw the two-match series 1-1 in Chittagong, but the psychological shift had already happened. Bangladesh had proven they could beat Australia in a Test.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup brought the two sides together again at Trent Bridge on 20 June. David Warner smashed 166 as Australia posted 381 for 5, their second-highest World Cup total at the time. Mushfiqur Rahim replied with a maiden World Cup century, 102 not out, but Bangladesh fell 48 runs short on 333 for 8, their highest ODI score against Australia to that point.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: 2020-2022
Bangladesh delivered their biggest limited-overs statement yet in August 2021, beating Australia 4-1 in a five-match T20I series played entirely in Bangladesh. It remains, to this day, the only bilateral T20I series Bangladesh have ever won against Australia, and every one of Bangladesh’s T20I wins over Australia has come from that single series.
The two sides met again a few months later at the 2021 T20 World Cup in Dubai. Australia bowled Bangladesh out for 73 in the Super 12s, with Adam Zampa taking a five-wicket haul, then chased the target down by 8 wickets. Normal service, in other words, resumed on neutral ground even after the bilateral series loss.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: 2023-2024
The rivalry’s next chapter played out at the 2024 T20 World Cup Super Eight in North Sound, Antigua, on 20 June. Pat Cummins took a hat-trick, the second by an Australian in the format’s World Cup history after Brett Lee’s in 2007, and Bangladesh were held to 140 for 8. David Warner’s unbeaten 53 had Australia well ahead of the DLS par score when rain ended the match early, handing Australia a 28-run win by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
Bangladesh had also entered the tournament off a middling run of white-ball form, and this defeat kept Australia’s group-stage momentum rolling toward the knockout rounds.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: 2026
This is where the Australia National Cricket Team vs Bangladesh National Cricket Team Timeline turns into something genuinely historic, so it earns the most space here.
Australia vs Bangladesh 2026 ODI Series
Australia toured Bangladesh for a full ODI series for the first time in 15 years, and the hosts made it count.
1st ODI, Mirpur, 9 June: Bangladesh posted 284 for 8, built around Mosaddek Hossain’s unbeaten 86 on his comeback after a four-year absence and Najmul Hossain Shanto’s 67. Nahid Rana then ripped through Australia’s top order, and rain sealed a Bangladesh win by 86 runs under DLS, their first ODI win over Australia since the famous 2005 “Cardiff Miracle.”
2nd ODI, Mirpur, 11 June: Bangladesh chased down a DLS-adjusted target to win by 5 wickets, going 2-0 up in the series.
3rd ODI, Mirpur, 14 June: Australia avoided a whitewash with a nail-biting 1-wicket win, but it was already too late. Bangladesh had sealed their first-ever bilateral ODI series win against Australia, and captains Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz lifted the trophy in front of a jubilant home crowd.
Australia vs Bangladesh 2026 T20I Series
Australia responded in the shorter format, sweeping all three games in Chattogram between 17 and 21 June: a 4-wicket win in the opener, a 7-run win in the second game to clinch the series, and a 7-wicket rout in the dead-rubber finale, with Mitchell Marsh smashing 60 off 28 balls and Spencer Johnson claiming 2 for 6. It was Australia’s first T20I series win in Bangladesh since 2021.
Australia vs Bangladesh 1st Test 2026
Venue and dates: Marrara Oval, Darwin, 13-16 August 2026.
Bangladesh arrived as overwhelming underdogs. They’d been bowled out for 54 by a Cricket Australia XI in the warm-up match just a week earlier, and pace spearhead Nahid Rana was missing from the squad. None of that mattered once the Test started.
Australia won the toss, batted first, and were bowled out for 198. Bangladesh replied with 426, built on Tanzid Hasan’s maiden Test century (101) and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto’s leadership with the bat, giving them a 228-run first-innings lead. Cameron Green fought hard in Australia’s second innings, batting nearly five hours for a defiant 104, his third Test century and first on home soil, but Hasan Mahmud eventually bowled him to finish with match figures of 9 for 111. Mehidy Hasan Miraz mopped up the tail with 5 for 66, his 15th career five-wicket haul.
Set just 57 to win, Bangladesh got there for the loss of one wicket, with Mominul Haque cutting the winning boundary. Bangladesh had won by 9 wickets.
Player of the Match: Hasan Mahmud.
Result: Bangladesh won by 9 wickets, their first-ever Test victory on Australian soil.
Australia vs Bangladesh 2nd Test 2026
Venue: Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay.
Dates: 22-26 August 2026.
This Test is still to be played as of this writing. It carries the weight of a series decider: Bangladesh lead 1-0 after Darwin, and a win or draw in Mackay would hand them their first-ever bilateral Test series victory over Australia, home or away. Australia, under Pat Cummins, will be desperate to level things up and avoid a series loss that would sit among the most embarrassing results in the team’s Test history. Check back for the scorecard, playing XIs, and result once the match concludes.
Australia vs Bangladesh Head-to-Head Record
Numbers don’t lie, even when the story around them keeps changing. Here’s where things stand across all three formats after the Darwin Test.
Australia vs Bangladesh Test Head-to-Head
| Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Draws |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Bangladesh’s two Test wins came at Mirpur in 2017 and Darwin in 2026, both against full-strength Australian sides. Every other result has gone Australia’s way.
Australia vs Bangladesh ODI Head-to-Head
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Total Matches | 27 |
| Australia Wins | 23 |
| Bangladesh Wins | 3 |
| No Result | 1 |
Bangladesh’s three ODI wins are spread far apart: Cardiff in 2005, and two wins during the June 2026 series in Dhaka.
Australia vs Bangladesh T20I Head-to-Head
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Total Matches | 13 |
| Australia Wins | 9 |
| Bangladesh Wins | 4 |
| Ties/No Results | 0 |
All four of Bangladesh’s T20I wins over Australia came from one series, the 4-1 result in Bangladesh back in August 2021.
Australia vs Bangladesh Recent Meetings
A quick look at how the two sides have fared across their last several outings, newest first.
| Date | Format | Venue | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-16 Aug 2026 | Test | Darwin | Bangladesh | 9 wickets |
| 21 Jun 2026 | T20I | Chattogram | Australia | 7 wickets |
| 19 Jun 2026 | T20I | Chattogram | Australia | 7 runs |
| 17 Jun 2026 | T20I | Chattogram | Australia | 4 wickets |
| 14 Jun 2026 | ODI | Mirpur | Australia | 1 wicket |
| 11 Jun 2026 | ODI | Mirpur | Bangladesh | 5 wickets (DLS) |
| 9 Jun 2026 | ODI | Mirpur | Bangladesh | 86 runs (DLS) |
| 20 Jun 2024 | T20I (World Cup) | North Sound | Australia | 28 runs (DLS) |
| 4 Nov 2021 | T20I (World Cup) | Dubai | Australia | 8 wickets |
Australia National Cricket Team vs Bangladesh National Cricket Team Match Results
Australia vs Bangladesh Test Match Results
Australia have won 5 of the 7 Tests played, but both Bangladesh wins carry outsized weight: their first-ever Test win in 2017, and their first-ever Test win on Australian soil in 2026. No other Test nation has taken Australia’s full 26-year unbeaten-at-home Test record away quite like this.
Australia vs Bangladesh ODI Match Results
Australia’s 23 wins from 27 ODIs tell you most of what you need to know, but Bangladesh’s improvement is visible in the timing of their wins. Two of their three ODI victories came in the same series, in June 2026, and that series win was their first ever against Australia in the format.
Australia vs Bangladesh T20I Match Results
Australia hold a 9-4 edge, but it’s lopsided in an interesting way. Four of Bangladesh’s wins came from a single dominant series in 2021. Every other T20I meeting has gone Australia’s way, including a clean 3-0 sweep in June 2026.
Australia vs Bangladesh Biggest Wins
Australia’s Biggest Wins Against Bangladesh
Australia’s most emphatic results against Bangladesh tend to come through overwhelming totals rather than tight finishes. The 2019 World Cup game at Trent Bridge stands out: Australia posted 381 for 5, their second-highest World Cup total at that time, and won by 48 runs despite Bangladesh also posting their own record ODI score in reply. The 2021 T20 World Cup win in Dubai, by 8 wickets after bowling Bangladesh out for 73, is another statement result.
Bangladesh’s Biggest Wins Against Australia
Bangladesh’s best wins against Australia are both Test wins, and both are the kind that get replayed for years. The 2026 Darwin Test, won by 9 wickets after bowling Australia out twice, ranks as one of the great upsets in the sport, given Bangladesh had been dismissed for 54 in a warm-up match days earlier. The 2017 Mirpur Test, won by 20 runs behind Shakib Al Hasan’s ten wickets, remains the result that first proved Bangladesh could compete with Australia over five days.
Australia vs Bangladesh Most Runs in a Fixture
Individual batting performances that have defined this rivalry, format included.
| Player | Team | Score | Match | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | Australia | 166 | ODI, Trent Bridge (World Cup) | 2019 |
| David Warner | Australia | 112 | Test, Mirpur | 2017 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 102* | ODI, Trent Bridge (World Cup) | 2019 |
| Cameron Green | Australia | 104 | Test, Darwin | 2026 |
| Tanzid Hasan | Bangladesh | 101 | Test, Darwin | 2026 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 84 | Test, Mirpur | 2017 |
Australia vs Bangladesh Most Wickets in a Fixture
The bowling performances that have swung results in this rivalry.
| Player | Team | Figures | Match | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasan Mahmud | Bangladesh | 9/111 (match) | Test, Darwin | 2026 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 10/153 (match) | Test, Mirpur | 2017 |
| Nathan Lyon | Australia | 6/82 | Test, Mirpur (2nd innings) | 2017 |
| Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Bangladesh | 5/66 | Test, Darwin | 2026 |
| Adam Zampa | Australia | 5-wicket haul | T20I, World Cup, Dubai | 2021 |
| Pat Cummins | Australia | Hat-trick, 3/29 | T20I, World Cup, North Sound | 2024 |
Famous Australia vs Bangladesh Cricket Matches
A handful of games have defined this entire rivalry:
- The first Australia vs Bangladesh Test, July 2003, the start of a Test relationship that took 14 years to produce a Bangladesh win.
- Bangladesh’s 2017 Test victory at Mirpur, their first ever against Australia in any format of red-ball cricket.
- The 2019 World Cup clash at Trent Bridge, a record-breaking run-fest that Australia edged by 48 runs.
- The 2021 T20I series in Bangladesh, still the only bilateral series of any format Bangladesh have won against Australia.
- The 2024 T20 World Cup Super Eight in Antigua, remembered for Pat Cummins’ hat-trick.
- The 2026 ODI series in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s first bilateral ODI series win over Australia.
- The 2026 Darwin Test, Bangladesh’s first Test win on Australian soil.
Bangladesh’s Historic Test Win Against Australia in 2017
This deserves its own space, because it changed how the cricket world saw Bangladesh’s Test team.
Match date: 27-30 August 2017.
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Scorecard: Bangladesh 260 (Shakib Al Hasan 84, Tamim Iqbal 71) and 221 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur Rahim 41) beat Australia 217 (Matt Renshaw 45) and 244 (David Warner 112) by 20 runs.
Key players: Shakib Al Hasan took five wickets in each innings, finishing with ten wickets and 84 runs in the match, on his 50th Test appearance. Tamim Iqbal top-scored for Bangladesh in both innings.
Margin of victory: 20 runs, still Bangladesh’s smallest winning margin by runs in Test cricket.
Why it was historic: Bangladesh had lost their previous five Tests against Australia before this. Chasing 265, Australia looked comfortable at 158 for 2 before collapsing to lose their last seven wickets for 73 runs. It was Bangladesh’s maiden Test win over Australia, achieved on home soil against a full-strength touring side, and it arrived within 24 hours of West Indies stunning England at Headingley, a genuine two-day earthquake for Test cricket’s old order.
Bangladesh’s First Test Win in Australia: 2026
Nine years after Mirpur, Bangladesh found a version of that same magic on Australian soil.
The Darwin Test: Played at Marrara Oval from 13 to 16 August 2026, this was the first Test between the sides on Australian territory since Bangladesh’s tour began. Bangladesh had been humbled for 54 in a warm-up match just days before the Test started, and were without pace bowler Nahid Rana.
Bangladesh’s first Test victory in Australia: Winning by 9 wickets, Bangladesh bowled Australia out twice, for 198 and then for a modest second-innings total, chasing down just 57 for the loss of one wicket.
Hasan Mahmud’s nine-wicket match: Mahmud finished with 9 for 111 across both innings, the standout performance of the Test and the reason he was named Player of the Match.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s contribution: Miraz claimed 5 for 66 in Australia’s second innings, his 15th career five-wicket haul and his third away from home, cleaning up the tail after Green’s resistance ended.
Cameron Green’s century: Green fought for nearly five hours, facing 201 balls for 104, Australia’s only real source of resistance and his first Test hundred on home soil.
Final result: Bangladesh won by 9 wickets, a result widely described as one of the biggest upsets in Test cricket history, and their first-ever Test win on Australian soil.
Australia vs Bangladesh Cricket Rivalry: Key Stats
| Category | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total Tests | 7 |
| Total ODIs | 27 |
| Total T20Is | 13 |
| Australia Test Wins | 5 |
| Bangladesh Test Wins | 2 |
| Australia ODI Wins | 23 |
| Bangladesh ODI Wins | 3 |
| Australia T20I Wins | 9 |
| Bangladesh T20I Wins | 4 |
| Highest Team Total (either side) | 381/5 (Australia, 2019 World Cup) |
| Bangladesh’s Highest Total | 426 (Test, Darwin, 2026) |
| Biggest Test Win Margin (wickets) | 9 wickets (Bangladesh, Darwin, 2026) |
ICC Records Between Australia and Bangladesh
The two teams have shared the stage at four ICC events so far, and Australia holds a clean sweep in world tournaments so far.
| Year | Event | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | ICC World Twenty20 | Cape Town | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| 2019 | ICC Cricket World Cup | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Australia won by 48 runs |
| 2021 | ICC T20 World Cup | Dubai | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| 2024 | ICC T20 World Cup | North Sound, Antigua | Australia won by 28 runs (DLS) |
Bangladesh’s only wins over Australia, in both Tests and white-ball cricket, have all come in bilateral series rather than ICC tournaments. That’s the next barrier for Bangladesh to break: a win over Australia when there’s a World Cup trophy on the line.
Australia vs Bangladesh Timeline: Key Milestones
1990 → First ODI meeting, Sharjah ↓ 2003 → First Test meeting ↓ 2005 → Bangladesh’s first ODI win (the “Cardiff Miracle”) ↓ 2007 → First T20I meeting, World T20 ↓ 2017 → Bangladesh’s first-ever Test win, Mirpur ↓ 2019 → World Cup clash at Trent Bridge ↓ 2021 → Bangladesh win their only bilateral T20I series over Australia, 4-1 ↓ 2024 → T20 World Cup Super Eight, Antigua ↓ 2026 → Bangladesh’s first bilateral ODI series win over Australia ↓ 2026 → Bangladesh’s first-ever Test win on Australian soil, Darwin
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Australia and Bangladesh first play cricket?
They first met in an ODI on 30 April 1990, at the Austral-Asia Cup in Sharjah. Australia won by 7 wickets.
When did Australia and Bangladesh play their first Test?
Their first Test came in July 2003, when Bangladesh toured northern Australia, three years after Bangladesh had earned Test status.
How many times have Australia and Bangladesh played each other?
As of the Darwin Test in August 2026, the two sides have played 7 Tests, 27 ODIs, and 13 T20Is: 47 matches in total across formats.
Who has won more Australia vs Bangladesh matches?
Australia, by a wide margin. They’ve won 5 of 7 Tests, 23 of 27 ODIs, and 9 of 13 T20Is.
When did Bangladesh first beat Australia in a Test?
August 2017, at Mirpur, winning by 20 runs behind Shakib Al Hasan’s ten-wicket match haul.
When did Bangladesh win their first Test in Australia?
August 2026, at Marrara Oval in Darwin, winning by 9 wickets after bowling Australia out twice.
Who won the latest Australia vs Bangladesh match?
Bangladesh won the most recent meeting, the first Test in Darwin (13-16 August 2026), by 9 wickets. The series continues with the second Test in Mackay from 22 August.
Who has scored the most runs in a single Australia vs Bangladesh match?
David Warner holds the top spot, with 166 for Australia at the 2019 World Cup in Nottingham.
Who has taken the most wickets in a single Australia vs Bangladesh match?
Hasan Mahmud’s 9 for 111 in the 2026 Darwin Test is the best match figures recorded between the two sides, just ahead of Shakib Al Hasan’s ten-wicket haul from 2017.
The Australia National Cricket Team vs Bangladesh National Cricket Team Timeline isn’t finished. Mackay decides whether Bangladesh walk away with a first-ever Test series win over Australia, and either way, this rivalry has already produced more history in the last few months than it managed in its first two decades combined.
