Australia name full strength squad for August home Tests against Bangladesh

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] will be hosting [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] for two Test matches in Darwin (August 13) and Mackay (August 22) as part of their 2025-27 World Test Championship obligations. [/p][p]It will be the first time since July 2003 Bangladesh have played Test cricket in Australia, when losing two Test matches by an innings each in Darwin and Cairns. [/p][p]Darwin and Mackay successfully staged a winter white-ball series against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/tUhlKzIm/"]South Africa[/a] last year, marking the return of international cricket to northern Australia, supported by government-funded improvements to bring stadiums up to international standard. [/p][p]It will be Queensland's only Test match of the season with The Gabba having missed out on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/G6PWlrQB/"]New Zealand[/a]'s four-Test summer tour due to what Cricket Australia sees as a drop in standards for the aging venue.[/p][p]The series marks [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lyon-nathan/baw6Lrll/"]Nathan Lyon[/a]'s return to international cricket following a severe right hamstring injury that required surgical intervention and brought a premature end to his 2025/26 Ashes campaign.[/p][p]Australia's thumping 4-1 win in that series has them at the top of the 2025-27 World Test Championship table with seven wins from eight games, whilst Bangladesh are in fourth place after they lost a two-match series in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sri-lanka/zahH5UHg/"]Sri Lanka[/a] 1-0 and then enjoyed a historic 2-0 away clean sweep of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a] in May 2026. [/p][p]Lyon's return means that the iconic Australian bowling attack of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cummins-patrick/nXoaKQUf/"]Pat Cummins[/a] (33yo), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/starc-mitchell/CQX4De2l/"]Mitchell Starc[/a] (36), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hazlewood-josh/zkKrMn0r/"]Josh Hazlewood[/a] (35) and Lyon (38) are set to play together in Test cricket for the 36th time, having won 22 of their 35 Tests together since forming their quartet in the 2017/18 Ashes (D4, L9).[/p][p]They are complemented by a full strength batting lineup that will see [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-cameron/215OHqmh/"]Cameron Green[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/inglis-josh/fy2GJ5Iu/"]Josh Inglis[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/webster-beau/j9QB5UY9/"]Beau Webster[/a] compete for the number five and six positions, whilst 37-year-old Victorian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boland-scott/GIdPVX3B/"]Scott Boland[/a] has been named as the backup bowler in the squad. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neser-michael/zmcdswRm/"]Michael Neser[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/murphy-todd/EVv8zgb3/"]Todd Murphy[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doggett-brendan/ncZVydCo/"]Brendan Doggett[/a] are also preparing with the squad as unnamed reserves. [/p][h2]Australia 13-man first Test squad:[/h2][p]Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster[/p][h2]Australia's World Test Championship fixtures:[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]3-0 away to West Indies, June-July 2025[/a][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]4-1 at home to England, Nov 2025-Jan 2026[/a][/p][p]2 Tests at home to Bangladesh, Aug 2026[/p][p]3 Tests away to South Africa, Oct 2026[/p][p]4 Tests at home to New Zealand, Dec 2026-Jan 2027[/p][p]5 Tests away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a], Jan-Mar 2027[/p][p]Final: June 2027, Lord's[/p][infobox id="d39bc573-b9dd-4b87-acb9-2de1f22d36c7" /]