Top 5 Tests of 2017

England v West Indies - 2nd Investec Test: Day Five
Shai Hope cracked two hundreds at Headingley to lead West Indies to an unlikely win on the final day

#4 Bangladesh vs Australia, Dhaka

Bangladesh v Australia - 1st Test: Day 4
Bangladesh beat Australia by 20 runs to record their first Test win against them

Bangladesh 260 (Shakib 84, Tamim 71; Agar 3/46) and 221 (Tamim 78; Lyon 6/82) beat Australia 217 (Renshaw 45, Agar 41; Shakib 5/68) and 244 (Warner 112; Shakib 5/85, Taijul 3/60) by 20 runs

Just a day after West Indies shook the world by beating England, it was Bangladesh who upset a much better opposition. They batted first, but Pat Cummins rocked them with three wickets for 10 runs. Experienced campaigners Tamim Iqbal, 71, and Shakib al Hasan, 84, then got together to put 155, as the rest crumbled against spin to fold up for 260.

Australia were in trouble themselves at 33/4, before Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb steadied the ship. Renshaw made 45 and Handscomb 33, but from eight for 144, Cummins and Ashton Agar accumulated crucial runs to stretch the total to 217 with Shakib picking up five.

43 ahead in the first innings, Bangladesh were sitting pretty at 135/3, but Nathan Lyon proved that his success in India early in 2017 was no fluke when he spun batsmen out one after the other. He bagged 6/82 with Australia being asked to chase down 265 on a turning track.

David Warner then arrived with an aggressive attitude, but once he departed for 112, left-arm spinners Shakib, who got 5/85, and Taijul Islam cleaned up Australia's middle-order with Josh Hazlewood desperately trying to hang on despite a side strain. Australia eventually lost by 20 runs, handing Bangladesh their first Test win against the Kangaroos.

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