Hazlewood stated that if the team can bat deep on Day 4, they can have the opportunity to take 10 wickets and still win the Test match, which looks far from their grasp as of now. Bangladesh ended the third day still on top of the hosts, who were 161/4 with a trail of 67 still upon them. All-rounder Cameron Green (43) and wicketkeeper batter Alex Carey (19) are in the middle with Beau Webster and Pat Cummins waiting in the wings.
Australian fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood exuded confidence, saying Australia can still go on to win the first Test against Bangladesh despite the Asian side bossing things in Darwin on Saturday.
Josh Hazlewood stated that if the team can bat deep on Day 4, they can have the opportunity to take 10 wickets and still win the Test match, which looks far from their grasp as of now.
He could well have been dismissed on 12 if not for an inside edge grazing his leg stump without breaking it. If we can take at least three or four wickets within these [67] runs, then we won’t have a difficult target coming up.
“Once we tick those [runs] off, hopefully we’re still four down, and you can start to build the pressure,” Hazlewood said after the end of Day 3, as quoted by Cricinfo. “You definitely need luck in cricket, that’s for sure,” Hazlewood said on Green’s lucky survival. “We are playing on a good wicket, so all we want to do is bowl in the right areas,” he said.
Green holds the key for Australia as he looks to post a strong score to shrug off recent question marks over his position. “I think his intent has been good. He’s looked to score from the outset. I thought even in the first innings, it was probably just summing up the situation more so in that time, just before whatever break it was. “I think he’s shown good intent from ball one in both innings. [He] looked to score, put the pressure back on the bowler. Yeah, a little bit of luck goes a long way sometimes. So you never know. Meanwhile, Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz was confident that the visitors could keep the target low and register a famous win Down Under. “We have to work hard for each wicket. We are trying to give away as few runs as possible.
We had to do a lot to get those four wickets today.
