Out of season, out of the ordinary: Australia meet Bangladesh in rare home winter tests

MELBOURNE, Aug 12 : Australia begin a massive year of test cricket in unusual surrounds on Thursday, hosting Bangladesh for the first time since 2003 in a two-match series in the country's tropical north.With stadiums further south occupied by Australian rules football, Darwin's Marrara Oval will stage its first test s

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey says it has been a ‘long winter’ of waiting for the match in Darwin which is the first of at least 20 Tests over the next 12 months Test cricket Darwin is an oddity, as Australia and Bangladesh prepare for the first five-dayer in the Top End since 2004. But there is something downright strange a