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Hazlewood reaches 300 Test wickets against Bangladesh
Josh Hazlewood took six wickets for 89 runs against Bangladesh in Darwin, becoming the ninth Australian bowler to reach 300 Test wickets. Rediff.com reports that the milestone came with his 14th five-wicket…
The Story in Brief
Josh Hazlewood took six wickets for 89 runs against Bangladesh in Darwin, becoming the ninth Australian bowler to reach 300 Test wickets. Rediff.com reports that the milestone came with his 14th five-wicket haul, while The Times of India puts his career tally at 301 after the innings.
Hazlewood is the first Australian fast bowler to claim a five-wicket haul against Bangladesh in international cricket, according to The Times of India. He joined Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc in Australia’s 300-wicket group. Bangladesh still took a 228-run first-innings lead after scoring 426, led by Tanzid Hasan’s century and fifties from Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that Hazlewood’s return alone restored Australia’s control. The score says otherwise. Bangladesh built a 228-run lead, and Rediff.com reports that Australia dropped five catches. Claims that one milestone settled the contest ignore the lower-order resistance and missed chances. The sharper measure now is whether Australia can recover from that deficit without another collapse, rather than how the wicket tally is recorded as 300 or 301.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, rediff.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
