டெலிபோன்
மணி போல் சிரிப்பவள் இவளா....
மெல்போர்ன் மலர் போல் மெல்லிய மகளா....
டிஜிட்டலில்
செதுக்கிய குரலா எலிசபெத் டெய்லர் மகளா
சாகிர்
ஹுசைன் தபலா இவள்தானா.... சோனா.. சோனா..
Likely that song rings a
bell and you imagine seeing Kamal & Manisha Koiralla dancing !! and start thinking of Australia.
For Cricket fans – if it’s
a 5 test match series [especially Ashes] – tests would take place, at WACA,
Perth; Melbourne; Sydney; Gabba, Brisbane
& Adelaide. Traditionally the Boxing day test on 26th Dec would
be played at Melbourne.
Likely you
are following Bangladesh tour of Australia and the improbable win that happened
in First test.
Bangladesh's
bowling has been their most impressive department in the last five years. It
was time that their batting stepped up on the big occasion. And step up they
did in the historic win in Darwin, which will be remembered as much for the
contributions by Bangladesh's batters as their bowlers. Bangladesh were playing
their first Test in Australia in 23 years, and in it, thoroughly outplayed the
hosts for a nine-wicket win.
Bangladesh's 426 in
the first Test, batting out 138 overs, was their third-longest innings outside
the subcontinent. It underlined their domination after the Bangladesh bowling
attack had dismissed Australia for 198 on the first day. The batters secured a
228-run lead to set Australia back further; the hosts couldn't cross 300 in
their second innings either, and the target of 57 they set became a mere
formality.
Australia have the
best pace attack in the world, even if an ageing one, with Pat Cummins, Josh
Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. Batting against them, the Bangladesh line-up
continuously took good decisions, led by a century from opener Tanzid Hasan,
and fifties from captain Najmul Hossain Shanto as well as Mehidy Hasan Miraz. .. and it was a historic 9 wicket win for
Bangla. It was their first Test win in Australia in
only their third attempt, although they were playing a Test in the country for
the first time in 23 years. Bangladesh had beaten Australia in a Test at home
nine years ago.
The win is a huge
moment for Bangladesh, especially in a year when they missed the T20 World Cup
for political reasons. Hasan Mahmud
taking nine wickets in the match, and Tanzid Hasan scoring his maiden century
was complemented by Mehidy Hasan Miraz's half-century and five-wicket haul
later in the game. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto starred with the bat, and as a
captain too.
Now Aussies
have made a strong comeback .. bouncing
back and leveling the Test Series with an innings-and-51-run win in under two
days. Mitchell Starc led the onslaught with his fourth 10-wicket haul which
made it the second-shortest Test on Australian soil.
Starc finished with 10 for 51, as Nathan
Lyon wrapped up Bangladesh with two quick wickets shortly after tea. Having
being bundled for 64 and 95, it became the first time Bangladesh got bowled out
for under 100 in both innings of a Test, while Australia's 210 is the
fourth-lowest total in an innings win. Shoriful
grabbed career-best figures of 7 for 47 in a match that will otherwise be
remembered for Starc's haul that made it an otherwise forgettable game for
Bangladesh.
On a different
note, the way Bangladesh are treated – the tests are not played at Brisband,
Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne or any other centres. References to the Gabba, which will be
demolished after the 2032 Olympics, had never been far away as Great Barrier
Reef Arena became the 12th venue to host men's Tests in Australia
The first test was
played at Marrara Stadium, Darwin - (known
under naming rights as TIO Stadium), a
multi-purpose stadium in the Darwin suburb of Marrara. Darwin is the
capital and largest city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Lieutenant John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle was
the first British person to encounter Darwin harbour on 9 September 1839, 51
years after the first European settlement of Australia. The ship's captain,
Commander John Clements Wickham, named the port after Charles Darwin, the
English naturalist who had sailed with them both on the earlier second
expedition of the Beagle
This second test
which Bangla lost badly was played at - Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, a
multi-sports complex located in the Queensland city of Mackay. It includes
multiple ovals for Australian rules football and cricket, and facilities for
athletics, tennis, croquet, basketball and table tennis. Harrup Park was owned and developed by the
Mackay Cricket Association in the 1940s. It was named after Mr A. L. Harrup, the
president of the association at the time, and the main ground was named after
the vice-president, Ray Mitchell, who was also one of the people who bought the
land for the development. Mackay is a
city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland,
Australia
Bangladesh's
prospects had taken a big dent in their first tour game after they were rolled
for just 54 to lose by an innings and 38 runs against a CA XI in Darwin with
left-arm quick Campbell Thompson claiming 8 for 25.
The Thompson
submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy gun", "Chicago
typewriter", or "trench broom") is a blowback-operated,
selective-fire submachine gun invented and developed by Brigadier General John
T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break
the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although early models did not
arrive in time for actual combat. The weapon was also sold to the general
public. Because it was so widely used by criminals, the Thompson became
notorious during the Prohibition era as the signature weapon of various
organized crime syndicates in the United States in the 1920s
Now the
song at the start ‘Telephone manipol’ from Indian movie was a red herring,
though it mentioned ‘melbourne’ – the one that appears in view is famous Sydney
Harbour Bridge.
Regards
– S Sampathkumar
23.8.2026
