After, The two-match Test series between Australia and Bangladesh ended at 1-1, as the visitors secured a seven wicket win on day 4 at Chittagong, a visibly pleased Australian captain Steve Smith said that Bangladesh has improved a lot in recent times and made us fight in the series.
“I thought we played some good cricket at times in this Test match. The first innings, our bowling to restrict them to what we did was a real good effort. Lyon took 22 wickets in this series and that’s incredible, it was a good wicket and there wasn’t much for him. We could have taken a bigger lead in the first innings but credit to Bangladesh, they really made us fight in this series” he said
However, Smith was critical of the batting collapses that his team had suffered and after pointing it out.
“For us, the batting collapses have become a regular occurrence and it is something we need to rectify. We get ourselves in good positions and cannot go on with it. It is nice to get to a 1-1 draw. The conditions here are a bit different to what we are going to get back home; we know the conditions back home for the Ashes pretty well.” Lauding the performances of his bowlers” he said.
