In an article published on the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, former cricketer turned columnist Dean Jones said the Aussies were lucky that the tour to Bangladesh was cancelled, saying they would most likely have been beaten by an in-form Bangladesh side.

’’The Australian cricket team avoided embarrassment when their tour to Bangladesh was postponed due to security concerns. The Bangladeshis are in rich form of late and I believe would have beaten the Australians had the tour gone ahead. The Australian record in the sub-continent is poor and, with an inexperienced team, it was ripe to being beaten," began Jones.

Jones then moved on to talking about the inexperience in the team, specially in sub-continent.

“Apart from Steve Smith, Australia's middle order is vulnerable to the dry, turning pitches that Bangladesh would have produced.”