Australia ponder way forward after 'most humbling' test defeat to Bangladesh

MELBOURNE, Aug 17 : A home series against Bangladesh may have seemed the perfect chance for Australia to shake off rust and ease into a huge year of test cricket, but the shambolic defeat to the South Asian side in Darwin has the top-ranked hosts searching for answers to uncomfortable questions about their future.Australia's nine-wicket loss, completed on Sunday inside four days, was variously described in local media as one of the country's biggest test humiliations following domination by ninth-ranked Bangladesh.The second and final test in Mackay, Queensland, starting on Saturday, now carries far more weight than anticipated.Nothing less than a thumping win to level the series will convince fans and a skeptical home media that the Darwin debacle was an aberration rather than a clear sig