Captain Pat Cummins admitted Australia were outplayed and refused to rule out making changes to the team after a shock nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Darwin on Sunday. Bangladesh pulled off one of the greatest upsets in Test cricket history when they beat Australia in the Northern Territory capital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The sides meet for the second Test in Mackay on August 22.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia took a full-strength team into the match and were expected to win easily after Bangladesh lost their only warm-up match to a Cricket Australia XI.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, under-pressure batsmen Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne both failed in Darwin, while there will be questions over whether they can afford to have all-rounders Beau Webster and Cameron Green both in the team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Green and Webster were innocuous with the ball, but Green scored a gritty century in the second innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's one test but it's also a little bit of a trend as well," Cummins said about the batting issues at the top of the order.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"So it's trying to work out, do you need to intervene now or do you let it play out and you think it's the way forward?<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"So I think that's the question over the next couple of days that we'll sit down and have a think about.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Is there something there that's going to take us forward, or is it something that's starting to become a trend that we think needs to be changed."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh's first innings of 426 kept Australia's bowlers in the Darwin heat and humidity for 138 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cummins admitted that could also be a factor with selectors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We all know how good (Scott Boland) is so we'll turn up there (Mackay) and we'll have a look at the pitch and work out our best bowling group," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"But someone like Scotty in the squad, you're always trying to find a way to fit him in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think, you know, we'll wait. I think all the bowlers pulled up pretty well after this game."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cummins conceded Bangladesh had been far too good for the Australians, who have been training in Brisbane for the last six weeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"They were a much better side than us this week," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I thought they outplayed us in all facets, really.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"They were really patient, just didn't really let us back in, held onto their catches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I felt like we just didn't get off to a great start and kind of once you are behind on a pretty good wicket against a pretty good side, it was kind of really hard to wrestle the momentum back."
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