17 August 2026

Bangladesh expose the cracks in Australia’s ageing Test machine

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Australia suffered a humiliating nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Darwin. This defeat has accelerated calls for regeneration of the ageing Test team. Opener Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne are ...

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Annualised container capacity on the Mediterranean-Far East trade has increased by 12% year-on-year to 9. 92 million TEU, according to DynaLiners. The trade now has 20 dedicated weekly roundtrip services. This is one more than a year ago. A total of 258 vessels are deployed across these services, compared with 232 vessels in the previous year.

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Bangladesh expose the cracks in Australia’s ageing Test machine

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