Mitchell Starc Leads Australia to Thrash Bangladesh by Innings and 51 Runs in Mackay

Starc’s cricket master-class: 6 1st-innings wickets for Australia against Bangladesh Starc’s cricket master-class: 6 1st-innings wickets for Australia against Bangladesh MACKAY, Australia (AP) — Mitchell Starc removed Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam with the first ball of the match and the veteran Australian fast bowler took six wickets in the first innings of the second cricket test Saturday. After Australia won the toss and decided to bowl, with captain Pat Cummins suggesting “the wicket looks pretty good, but if there is any moisture in it, it might be this morning.” Starc proved Cummins correct and Bangladesh was bowled out for 64 runs shortly after lunch. The highest Bangladesh score was by No. 11 batter Shoriful Islam with 14. Islam was caught in the gully off a leading edge to give Starc his record fourth career wicket on the first ball of a match. Starc removed Tanzid Hasan and had captain Najmul Hossain Shanto caught lbw in the third over to leave Bangladesh, which surprisingly won the first test of the two-test series, reeling. Starc got his fourth wicket when Cameron Green made a grass-top catch to remove Mominul Haque for 9, the only Bangladesh batter to score a run among the first four batters Saturday. His fifth wicket came when he had Litton Das trapped lbw and his sixth after lunch. Starc’s figures were 6-12 in 10 overs and Cummins finished with three wickets. The Bangladesh total was the lowest while batting first in Australia since 1932 when South Africa was dismissed for 36. “Six (wickets) in the first session, can’t beat that,” Starc told his wife, television commentator and former Australia captain Alyssa Healy while walking off the field at lunch. “Obviously a little bit of anger.” Australia announced a 13-man squad earlier this week, with only one change for the second test. It dropped Jake Weatherald and recalled Matt Renshaw, who opened the batting but was out for 8 early in the Australian innings. The match began under sunny skies at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay, a coastal city in Queensland state about 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of the capital Brisbane. Bangladesh’s first test win in Australia put pressure on national cricket selectors for an overhaul, but the bulk of the aging squad was retained despite being outplayed in Darwin, where the likes of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Hasan made the most of the tropical conditions. The two-test “Top End” series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to South Africa, India and England. ___

- Published Second Test, Mackay (day two of five) Bangladesh 64: Starc 6-12 & 95: Shanto 31; Starc 4-39, Cummins 3-10, Lyon 3-25 Australia 210: Green 62; Shoriful 7-48 Australia win by an innings and 51 runs Mitchell Starc took 10 wickets in the match as Australia bounced back from last week's shock defeat by Bangladesh to win the second Test by an innings and 51 runs and draw the series 1-1. The visitors were skittled for 95 in 38.3 overs with Starc taking four wickets and Nathan Lyon and captain Pat Cummins three each, as Australia wrapped up victory just after tea on the second day at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay. Starc finished with match figures of 10-51, following his 6-12 in the first innings as Bangladesh struggled to 64 all out. The game was the fourth-shortest completed Test match with a side winning, with exactly 125 overs bowled. Last Sunday\'s nine-wicket defeat for the world\'s top-ranked side in Darwin was widely seen as one of Test cricket\'s greatest upsets. "A lot of things went right these couple days and a lot of things went wrong last week," said Cummins, 33, who took 3-10 in the second innings. "We needed to bounce back, and it was a great couple of days from the lads. I thought everyone was sharp. It was a great start and we didn\'t really let up after that." Earlier in the day, Australia added 45 runs to their overnight total as they were bowled out for 210 with Cameron Green top scoring with 67 and Lyon adding an unbeaten 32 to give them a first-innings lead of 146. Left-arm paceman Shoriful Islam was the pick of the bowlers with 7-48. The visitors\' second innings got off to a poor start, losing both openers inside eight overs as they slumped to 24-3. They then collapsed in the middle session, struggling to 95-8 by tea before Lyon wrapped up victory by taking the final two wickets in three balls. "Much better week. We knew we weren\'t at our best, or what we expect of ourselves, in Darwin," said 36-year-old Starc, who was named Player of the Match and Series after taking 12 wickets at an average of 12.08. "What we expect of ourselves this week is what we got, particularly with the ball and the wicket that aided us with the ball." Starc has now moved to 10th on the all-time Test wicket list with 445, 126 shy of Lyon\'s haul in sixth place. Australia next Test series is a three-match tour of world Test champions South Africa in October.

By Ian Ransom Evergreen paceman Mitchell Starc took four wickets and spinner Nathan Lyon three to propel Australia to a thumping innings and 51-run victory over Bangladesh in Mackay on Sunday as the hosts hit back hard after their humiliation in Darwin. Left-armer Starc finished with match figures of 10/51 as Bangladesh crashed before tea on day two, bowled out for 95 in 38.3 overs at Great Barrier Reef Stadium in another batting disaster after their first innings of 64. With the two-match series split 1-1, Pat Cummins’ Australia responded well after the nine-wicket loss in Darwin and showed their ageing attack remains a force on a bouncy wicket. “Much better week. We knew we weren’t at our best, or what we expect of ourselves, in Darwin,” said 36-year-old Starc, who swept the Player of the Match and Series awards after finishing with 12 wickets at an average of 12.08. Australia has taken swift revenge on Bangladesh in the shortest test match on Aussie soil in almost a century. pic.twitter.com/R3ewFYlBZh — 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) August 23, 2026 “What we expect of ourselves this week is what we got, particularly with the ball and the wicket that aided us with the ball.” As emphatic as the victory was, it may do little to ease concerns about Australia’s batting before they meet the reigning World Test Championship winners, South Africa, on a daunting three-Test tour in October. Australia were bowled out for 210 in reply to Bangladesh’s 64, with Cameron Green (67) alone making more than 50 on what spinner Nathan Lyon described as a good Test wicket. Bangladesh needed 146 runs to make the hosts bat again but slumped to 39/3 by lunch and collapsed in the middle session, limping to 95/8 at tea. Starc, who took a stunning 6/12 in the first innings, was Australia’s chief wrecking ball again with 4/39. On a hat-trick AGAIN for the second time in two days 🤯#PlayoftheDay | @NRMAInsurance | #AUSvBAN pic.twitter.com/9VNCPWLq5x — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) August 23, 2026 He had opener Shadman Islam caught for one before bowling Mominul Haque for a duck in his second over. He later had wicketkeeper Litton Das caught in the slips for a second successive duck and bowled tailender Taijul Islam for 11. Already the most prolific left-arm pace bowler in Tests, Starc moved to 10th on the all-time Test wickets list with 445 dismissals, four spots behind Lyon. “Nathan [Lyon] didn’t remind me that I’ve just stepped on the first rung of the ladder and he’s still up there looking down on me,” Starc said with a wry grin. Captain Cummins also finished strongly with 3/10, while Lyon captured the key wicket of Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto for 31. The spinner took the final two wickets in three balls straight after the teabreak to wrap up the match. It was challenging for us. But as a team, if we want to go forward, we need to address these conditions, and I think this experience will help us moving forward — Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto While Mackay saw Bangladesh crashing back to earth after pulling off one of Test cricket’s greatest upsets in Darwin, the South Asian side will leave their first Test tour of Australia in 23 years with reputations enhanced. Their recalled left-arm paceman Shoriful Islam took 7/48 in a Starc-esque display in Mackay, the best innings haul by a Bangladesh bowler in an away Test. The tall 25-year-old savoured the first “five-fer” of his Test career and was beaming after the match as he swapped notes with Starc. Bangladesh skipper Shanto said Mackay’s Gabba-style wicket was quite difficult for all batters, and his team had struggled with its pace and bounce, having piled on 426 in their first innings on Darwin’s flatter pitch. “It was challenging for us. But as a team, if we want to go forward, we need to address these conditions, and I think this experience will help us moving forward,” he said. Reuters

Devdiscourse News Desk Bangladesh's cricket captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, has called on Australia and cricket authorities to arrange more test tours for his team. Shanto emphasized the necessity of gaining experience in varied conditions to boost Bangladesh’s Test cricket capabilities, following their recent series in Australia. Bangladesh tied their first Test series in Australia after 23 years, a historic event marked by a nine-wicket victory in Darwin and a significant defeat in Mackay. Despite a strong start with 426 runs in the first innings in Darwin, the team's struggle in Mackay underscored their challenges on unfamiliar pitches against top players like Mitchell Starc. Highlighting the rarity of such tours, Shanto urged for more frequent opportunities to compete abroad, which he believes will help improve consistency and skill. The Mackay match's challenging pitch conditions were also criticized, adding to the discourse on cricket venue standards. (With inputs from agencies.) © Copyright 2026

Starc heroics see Australia thrash Bangladesh in second Test Mackay (Australia) (AFP) – An irrepressible Mitchell Starc bagged four wickets and 10 for the match as he ripped through the Bangladesh batting to ensure a commanding innings and 51-run second Test victory for Australia inside two days on Sunday. Issued on: Modified: The visitors headed into the Mackay showdown on a high after shocking the world's top-ranked team by nine wickets in the first Test at Darwin. But they were brought crashing back to earth by some scintillating fast bowling, led by Starc who finished with 10-51 for the match to level the two-game series. After 18 wickets fell on a frenetic first day in Mackay, the hosts were all out for 210 in the morning session, securing a lead of 146 on the back of Cameron Green's 67. Star Bangladesh quick Shoriful Islam claimed 7-48 -- the best figures from a Bangladeshi bowler in an away Test. The visitors crashed for just 64 in their first innings, when Starc took 6-12, and he was the chief tormentor again, claiming 4-39 while Pat Cummins took 3-10 and Nathan Lyon 3-25. Bangladesh had a horror start with Shadman Islam lasting just three balls, playing a nothing stroke to a moving Starc delivery and edging to Marnus Labuschagne at point. Mominul Haque was equally clueless next ball, failing to offer a shot with Starc removing his off stump and setting up a hat-trick opportunity. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was out for a golden duck in the first innings, this time survived to deny Starc. But their woes deepened when Tanzid Hasan departed soon after for nine. Starc was again involved, taking a catch in the deep after Tanzid pulled Cummins. Shanto did well to soak up the pressure after lunch for 46 deliveries, but he eventually lost focus against the off-spin of Nathan Lyon, holing out to the safe hands of Starc at long off on 31. And when Starc was brought back into the attack, he was front and centre again, enticing a loose shot from Litton Das who was caught without scoring by Beau Webster at third slip. Mehidy Hasan Miraz struggled to get going and departed to an equally poor shot, lashing at a Cummins bouncer and collected by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. The Australian captain then removed Hasan Mahmud (two) before Starc took his 10th for the match -- the fourth time he has achieved the feat -- when he bowled Taijul Islam for seven. Lyon quickly wrapped up the tail in the first over after tea. Australia resumed at 165-8 with Green on 51 and Lyon on 10. Green, who scored a century during the first Test in Darwin, kept the scoreboard moving early with quick singles. But he was undone by an inswinging yorker from the impressive Shoriful that hit him on the toe with a review declaring him out lbw. A valiant Lyon brought up the 200 for Australia with a towering six off Taskin and with Josh Hazlewood adding 24 crucial runs for the last wicket. The innings ended when Hazlewood skied Taijul to Shadman on six to leave Lyon not out 32. © 2026 AFP

MACKAY: Australia scratched out a 101-run lead over Bangladesh on Saturday in the second Test, with 18 wickets falling on day one after Mitchell Starc and Shoriful Islam both took six in a fast-bowling masterclass. Home skipper Pat Cummins won the toss in Mackay and his pacemen feasted, determined to bounce back from a shock nine-wicket loss in the first Test at Darwin. They skittled Bangladesh for 64 with an irrepressible Starc the destroyer in an incredible spell of swing and seam, taking five wickets in 22 balls during the morning session to end with 6-12 from 10 overs. Only a last-wicket partnership of 25 between Taijul Islam (11 not out) and Shoriful (14) took Bangladesh past their lowest Test score of 43, which came against the West Indies in 2018. In reply, Australia stumbled to 165-8 at stumps with Darwin century-maker Cameron Green standing tall on 51 alongside Nathan Lyon (10). Shoriful, who missed the first Test injured, was the hero with a career-best 6-35. “It was just getting our lengths a bit fuller, using the bouncer a bit more and holding onto our catches,” said Starc. Josh Hazlewood had nothing but praise for his long-term bowling partner, calling him “phenomenal”. “He just gets on a roll sometimes. Amazing to watch,” he said. Australia started well in reply but then lost three wickets for 19 runs. Matt Renshaw, recalled for the first time since 2023 when opener Jake Weatherald was axed after Darwin, failed to repay selectors’ faith, gone for eight after edging Taskin Ahmed to Tanzid Hasan at third slip. Fellow opener Travis Head (22) was bowled by Shoriful before he repeated the feat with under-pressure Marnus Labuschagne (four), who was desperate for a big score. Steve Smith looked set, methodically compiling 42, but he was undone by a fuller length Shoriful delivery that hit him on the pads. Alex Carey (five) holed out off Mehidy Hasan Miraz before Shoriful struck again, trapping Beau Webster lbw without scoring and Cummins two balls later, caught by wicketkeeper Litton Das. Fired up, he then bowled Starc for one to keep Bangladesh in the hunt. “It’s what I did in practice, and I just wanted to do the same in the match,” said Shoriful. Reeling Australia made a stunning start when Starc removed Shadman Islam with the first ball of the day, tempting a leading edge that Green did well to hold in the gully. It was the fourth time the veteran left-armer has got a wicket with the maiden ball of a Test—becoming the first player to do so—and the ninth time he has achieved the feat in the opening over. The 36-year-old sent Bangladesh’s other opener Tanzid packing with the first ball of his second over, caught at slip by Webster, then trapped captain Najmul Hossain Shanto lbw with his next delivery. It left Bangladesh reeling at 3-9. The experienced Mushfiqur Rahim fended off Starc’s hat-trick ball, but he was unstoppable and grabbed a fourth wicket in his third over. This time, Mominul Haque was the victim in a similar dismissal to Shadman, undone by late swing to send a thick edge to Green on nine. Webster dropped a sitter at slip off Starc in his fourth over, but Das’s luck ran out next ball, out lbw on review as the visitors slumped to 5-12. It was the 19th five-wicket haul for Starc and the sixth fastest of all-time. Starc holds the record after taking five in 15 balls against the West Indies in 2025. Mushfiqur hung around for 41 deliveries but had no answer when Cummins came on, bowled for five. Cummins struck again after lunch to dismiss Miraz on 11, taken brilliantly by Webster in the slips, before Hazlewood took care of Hasan Mahmud (10). Bangladesh moved past their lowest Test score as the tailenders hit out, before Starc fittingly wrapped it up. — AFP

Mitchell Starc of Australia appeals unsuccessfully for a wicket during play on day two of the first cricket test against Bangladesh in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug.14, 2026, MACKAY, Australia (AP) — Mitchell Starc's 10-wicket match haul lifted Australia to a morale boosting victory by an innings and 51 run in the secondcrickettest as it leveled the two-match series against Bangladesh inside two days. Starc returned match figures of 10-51, after taking four wickets Sunday to go with hisincredible 6-12 on a wild Day 1which saw Bangladesh bundled out for 64 before the hosts also had its struggles on a spicy pitch at Mackay, in northern Queensland state. It was the evergreen left-arm swing bowler's fourth ten-wicket haul in tests and also saw him move past South Africa pace great Dale Steyn into 10th on the all-time list with 445 wickets. Pat Cummins (3-10) and Nathan Lyon each took three wickets to support Starc as Bangladesh could only manage 95 in its second innings to hand Australia a comprehensive win after itsshock loss in last week's first testat Darwin. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto top scored for the visitors with 31, while Mushfiqur Rahim had an unbeaten 29, but the pair had very little help from the remaining tourist batters with only two scoring above double digits. Earlier Sunday, Australia resumed at 165-8 with Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon adding another 28 useful runs Sunday for the ninth wicket. After also taking six wickets on Day 1, Shoriful Islam soon picked up his seventh with a searing inswinging yorker which struck Green on the front foot and was given out leg before wicket on review. Shoriful’s 7-48 was the best bowling figures for a Bangladesh player away from home. Green’s 67 off 105 balls with 10 boundaries was the top score of the match so far and follows his breakthrough home century in the first test at Darwin. Lyon (32 not out) and Josh Hazlewood then pushed Australia’s score past 200 before Hazelwood (6) skied a catch off Taijul Islam (1-17) to end the innings at 210, and a significant first innings lead of 146 runs on a bowlers’ wicket. Fresh from taking 6-12 in the first innings, Starc again tormented Bangladesh’s top order in the second innings taking another two wickets in consecutive balls to have the visitors' reeling early in its chase. After surviving Starc’s first over of the second innings, Bangladesh were not as fortunate in the Aussie’s next over as Shadman Islam (1) edged a catch to Marnus Labuschagne, before Mominul Haque (0) shouldered arms and had his off stump rattled with Starc’s next delivery. Starc (4-39) returned after lunch to remove the luckless Litton Das for another duck. The wicketkeeper batter faced 27 balls across three innings in the series for no runs. Starc got his fourth ten-wicket haul in his 107th test with a characteristic delivery that went through the gate of bat and pad and bowled Taijul Islam for seven just before tea. Starc only narrowly missed his best ever bowling figures (11-94 vs. Sri Lanka at Galle in 2016) as Lyon (3-25) cleaned up the tail taking the final two wickets in the first over after tea to end the match. The two-test “Top End” series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours toSouth Africa, India and England. See AP’s full cricket coverage here Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Log In Keep it Clean.Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.Don't Threaten.Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.Be Truthful.Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.Be Nice.No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.Be Proactive.Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us.We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.

Australia vs Bangladesh Highlights, 2nd Test Day 2:Mitchell Starc bagged four wickets and 10 for the match as he ripped through the Bangladesh batting to ensure a commanding innings and 51-run second Test victory for Australia inside two days on Sunday. The visitors headed into the Mackay showdown on a high after shocking the world's top-ranked team by nine wickets in the first Test at Darwin. But they were brought crashing back to earth, out for 64 in the first innings and 95 in the second. The result allowed Australia to draw the two-match series. (Scorecard) Over and out - The spoils are shared in the series, and now Pat Cummins and Najmul Hossain Shanto pose with the trophy for the photographs. Another two-day Test in Australia, and that’s now three in under a year, with a couple of them coming during the Ashes. Next up, the Aussies set out on an African safari. First up will be a three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe in September, before they head to South Africa for ODIs and Tests. Bangladesh’s next assignment is in November, when they travel to South Africa for an all-format tour. For now, you can switch tabs and follow the action from the second Test between Sri Lanka and India. Cheers! The captain of Australia - Pat Cummins says a lot of things went right for them this week, after plenty went wrong in Darwin. He is pleased with the way the group responded and feels it was a good couple of days for the team, with everyone looking sharp. Cummins feels the first hour or two can often set up a Test, and his side managed to do exactly that in this game. He says Cameron Green has been putting together some really solid performances in Test cricket and believes they know he is good enough to keep producing at this level. With plenty of cricket coming up, he hopes Green can continue in the same vein. Reflecting on the experience of playing in Darwin and Mackay, he says it has been great, with both venues offering a slightly different feel from the stadiums Australia usually play at during the middle of summer. He praises the support from the crowds and feels the conditions in both Tests were excellent and worthy of Test cricket. On his involvement in the upcoming white-ball matches, he says the plan is to work out his availability over the next couple of days. He expects to play some white-ball cricket before returning to the red-ball format. The skipper of Bangladesh - Najmul Hossain Shanto says that they all know how good Australia are, and they showed their character. Admits that they as a team didn't play their best game. On the playing conditions, he reckons that these conditions were different and there was a bit of extra bounce, but these learnings will help them going forward. He says that the wicket was difficult to bat on and their bowlers did a good job as well. Ends by saying that they need to be consistent and they should get more chances, and not like now, as they came here after 23 years and played two Test matches. Mitchell Starc takes home all the accolades - The left-arm quick walks away with both the PLAYER OF THE MATCH and PLAYER OF THE SERIES awards. Starc claimed 12 wickets in the series, with 10 of them coming in this game alone, including a six-wicket haul in the first innings. He admits they knew they were not at their best in Darwin and gives Bangladesh credit for playing really well in that game. Starc feels Australia produced the kind of performance they expected from themselves in Mackay, particularly with the ball on a wicket that offered assistance. Time for the presentation ceremony... What transpired on Day 2? Shoriful Islam finished with 7/48, the best figures by a Bangladesh fast bowler in a Test innings, but Australia still managed to take a 146-run lead and even that proved too much for Bangladesh to handle. Patience was the basis of their success in Darwin, but it was in short supply here. The ‘Big Four’, as they are called - Cummins, Lyon, Starc and Hazlewood - kept the tourists under pressure throughout. The partnership between Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto was as good as it got for Bangladesh in the second innings, but once Shanto fell, Australia chipped away at the wickets to complete the job. Recap of Day 1 - It was a thrill-a-minute kind of opening day, with 18 wickets falling, the third-most wickets to fall on Day 1 of a Test in Australia since 1975. After the toss fell Australia’s way, the tone was set by Mitchell Starc, who, as he has done in the past, struck with the first ball of the Test. He completed his five-wicket haul in just 22 balls, leaving Bangladesh in all sorts at 12/5. There was no way back from there as the visitors were skittled for just 64. Bangladesh found their own answer with the ball through Shoriful Islam. Australia’s top three could not contribute much, but Steve Smith and Cameron Green were going along nicely and were in a position to make it really difficult for Bangladesh to find their way back into the game. But Shoriful’s burst sparked a dramatic collapse, and suddenly Australia were wobbling. Over to Nathan Lyon - Lyon says that it has been a good series. He adds that their preparation has been good and their batters did a good job on this track. On his matchup with Shanto, he says that he kept calm and bowled according to the plan. He reckons that the pitch was great and the groundsmen did a great job. He ends by saying that it was a good series overall. A word from Josh Hazlewood - Josh feels the wicket was pretty good and does not necessarily think it was a two-day surface. He says it played better than that, although it quickened up as the game went on. Mentions that there was some seam movement on Day 1, which he expected, but once the shine went off the ball, there was not a great deal happening. Reflecting on Darwin, Hazlewood admits it was a tough week but says he will freshen up over the next few days before making a call on his white-ball availability. On the atmosphere in Mackay, he shares that he enjoyed how close the crowd felt on a ground like this. Having grown up in a small town himself, he says he can relate to that connection with the local community. Cameron Green shares his thoughts - Green says that it has been a good series. Adds that they failed to win the first one but did well in this game. He reckons that they got off to a great start and carried on with the momentum. On his preparation, he says that he focuses on his bowling but spends most of his time on his batting with the World Cup next year. He ends by saying that they have a lot of fun together and everyone did a great job. Let's hear from the Aussies... Normal service resumed - If anyone left their tea or coffee unfinished, it must still be warm. That is how little time it took Australia to return after the break and complete the job. The Aussies don't usually get outplayed at home the way they were in Darwin, but that defeat clearly stung them into action. They produced the kind of response many expected from them coming into this game and ended the series on level terms. After the high of a breakthrough win, Bangladesh have come crashing back down, with this being the first instance in their Test history that they have been bowled out for under 100 in both innings of a Test. OUT! TAKEN! It took just three balls in the final session for Australia to finish things off. Australia win by an innings and 51 runs to end the series at 1-1. Nathan Lyon loops it up this time, with a hint of turn. Shoriful Islam charges forward and tries to loft it but gets a thick outside edge. The ball balloons towards backward point. Mitchell Starc takes a step back, leaps, and takes a good catch over his head. A comprehensive win for the Aussies. Fired in, outside off, Shoriful Islam lunges and stabs it down. Shoriful Islam is the last man in. OUT! CAUGHT! What a start to the final session from Nathan Lyon. He serves it full and just outside off, with a hint of turn. Taskin Ahmed leans forward and tries to block it. The ball kisses the outside edge of his blade and carries to the right of the slip fielder, Steve Smith, who bends low to that side and takes a good catch just above the ground. The Aussies are just one wicket away from the win now. Welcome back for what should be the final session of the series. Pat Cummins leads his men out onto the park. Some repair work is needed for the ball as Nitin Menon trims the loose seam. Nathan Lyon has been handed the ball. Taskin Ahmed is on strike. A slip and a silly point in place. Here we go... ... DAY 2, SESSION 3 ... Australia closing in - It was a tough interrogation early on for Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto, with Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon bowling in tandem and giving them nothing away. Shanto eventually perished trying to release the pressure, and from there, Rahim kept losing partners at the other end as Australia tightened their grip. Litton Das endured a third duck in the series, ending the series without scoring a run, while Starc completed a 10-wicket haul for the match. Rahim perhaps has not shepherded the tail as much as he should, which is a little surprising given his experience. How long can Bangladesh hang on before Australia complete the job? We will find out when the third session resumes at 5 am GMT. 4.44 am GMT - TEA, DAY 2 - Players head off for the Tea break with the finish line in sight for Australia. 5 wickets fell in the second session, and that has left Mushfiqur Rahim and the tail to delay the inevitable for as long as they can. Advertisement

An irrepressible Mitchell Starc ripped into the Bangladesh top order as Australia took an iron grip on the second Test Sunday with the visitors battling to stay alive at lunch on day two. After 18 wickets fell on a frenetic first day in Mackay, the hosts were all out for 210 in the morning session for a lead of 146 on the back of Cameron Green's 67. Star quick Shoriful Islam ended with 7-48 -- the best figures from a Bangladeshi bowler in an away Test. The visitors crashed for just 64 in their first innings, when Starc took 6-12, and he tormented them again to leave Bangladesh tottering at 39-3 by lunch, still 107 runs adrift. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was not out 23 and Mushfiqur Rahim on four after a horror start. Shadman Islam lasted just three balls, playing a nothing stroke to a moving Starc delivery and edging to Marnus Labuschagne at point. Mominul Haque was equally clueless next ball, failing to offer a shot with Starc removing his off stump and setting up a hat-trick opportunity. Shanto, who was out for a golden duck in the first innings, this time survived to deny Starc. But their woes deepened when Tanzid Hasan departed soon after for nine. Starc was again involved, taking a catch in the deep after Tanzid pulled Pat Cummins. Australia resumed at 165-8 with Green on 51 and Nathan Lyon on 10. Green, who scored a century during the first Test at Darwin -- which Bangladesh won by nine wickets -- kept the scoreboard moving early with quick singles. Lyon was first to hit a boundary with a quality drive through mid-wicket off Shoriful, but Green was also in the zone and reached the ropes twice off Hasan Mahmud in the next over. The allrounder was undone by an inswinging yorker from the impressive Shoriful that hit him on the toe with a review declaring him out lbw. A valiant Lyon brought up the 200 for Australia with a towering six off Taskin Ahmed and with Josh Hazlewood adding 24 crucial runs for the last wicket. The innings ended when Hazlewood skied Taijul Islam to Shadman on six to leave Lyon not out 32.

Evergreen paceman Mitchell Starc took four wickets and spinner Nathan Lyon three to propel Australia to a thumping innings and 51-run victory over Bangladesh in Mackay on Sunday (23 August) as the hosts hit back hard after their humiliation in Darwin. Left-armer Starc finished with match figures of 10-51 as Bangladesh crashed out before tea on day two, bowled out for 95 in 38.3 overs at Great Barrier Reef Stadium in another batting disaster following their first innings 46. With the two-match series squared at 1-1, Australia responded well after the nine-wicket loss in Darwin and showed their ageing attack remains a force on a bouncy wicket. "It's been a good series," said Australia all-rounder Cameron Green, who top-scored with 67. "I think it's a bit of a shame, obviously, what happened last week. But for the boys to come out this week and do that, it's pretty special." Australia's win may do little to ease concerns about their batting before meeting the reigning World Test Championship winners South Africa on a daunting three-test tour in October. Having bowled Australia out for 210, Bangladesh needed 146 runs to make the hosts bat again but slumped to 39 for three by lunch and collapsed in the middle session, limping to 95 for eight at tea. Lyon took the final two wickets in three balls straight after the tea break to wrap up the match.

Darwin victory should change how Test cricket sees Bangladesh Bangladesh did it in Darwin on Sunday, in the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, far from the country’s traditional cricketing centres. In their first Test on Australian soil in 23 years, the Tigers beat the world’s leading Test side by nine wickets, producing one of the biggest results in their cricketing history. It was not merely the margin of victory that made the result extraordinary. Bangladesh dominated the Test for three and a half days, taking control almost from the outset and never allowing Australia to regain it. The hosts were bowled out for 198 in their first innings. Bangladesh responded with 426 and then dismissed Australia for 284 before knocking off the 57-run target with ease. More importantly, they did it against an Australia side that entered the series at the top of the World Test Championship standings and with its leading pace attack available. That makes the victory more than an upset. It challenges the long-held notion that Test cricket belongs principally to a select group of established powers. For much of their first two decades as a Test nation, such a victory would have seemed almost unimaginable for Bangladesh. They won only 14 of their first 119 Tests. In recent years, however, the picture has changed dramatically. Bangladesh have won 12 of their last 24 Tests, with landmark victories in Mount Maunganui against New Zealand, a 2-0 sweep in Pakistan, and now their first-ever Test victory in Australia. There are still weaknesses. Bangladesh were beaten by an innings in Zimbabwe only weeks ago, a reminder that their rise is neither linear nor complete. But that is precisely the point: developing Test nations need regular opportunities to play the best teams if they are to bridge the gap. Instead, Bangladesh have too often had to fight simply to get through the door. When Bangladesh last toured Australia in 2003, former Australia batter David Hookes wrote in a column that Steve Waugh should send them in to bat, bowl them out before lunch, bat until tea and then dismiss them again before stumps. “The reality is that Bangladesh doesn’t deserve to be in Test cricket,” Hookes wrote. Dismissive assessments of Bangladesh’s Test credentials continued long after that series, including from prominent former players such as India’s Virender Sehwag and England’s Michael Vaughan. Even Pat Cummins, Australia’s current captain, offered a revealing insight into the hierarchy of priorities earlier this year. Speaking on a podcast, he said Australia’s players had opted out of The Hundred because they had two Tests against Bangladesh, before adding that this would not “be the case forever.” The Darwin victory puts that comment in a different context. There is an irony in where this historic victory took place. Australia’s first Test against Bangladesh since 2003 was played in the Northern Territory partly because the country’s major southern venues were occupied by Australian rules football during the winter. The series itself was brought forward from its original 2027 slot to make room for Australia’s 150th anniversary Test against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This is not the first time Bangladesh’s Test ambitions have suffered from scheduling and commercial considerations. A planned two-Test tour of Australia in 2008 was ultimately reduced to three ODIs in Darwin after Cricket Australia cited a clash with the Beijing Olympics. Ten years later, the Australian cricket authorities cancelled another proposed bilateral visit, citing a lack of commercial viability. Neither of those Test series ever materialised. None of this makes Darwin less significant. If anything, it adds to the significance of the victory. Australia’s cricket authorities should now consider whether Bangladesh really belong on the margins of their calendar. If the Tigers are good enough to beat Australia comprehensively, they are good enough to be invited back more often and to play in the country’s major cricketing centres. But the bigger question is for the International Cricket Council (ICC). Test cricket continues to face debate over a proposed two-tier structure. The idea, discussed as a way of making top-level Tests more commercially attractive, would divide the 12 full members into two divisions, with promotion and relegation linking them. Earlier proposals placed Bangladesh in the lower tier alongside Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, and Ireland. The argument for such a system is understandable. Test cricket needs context, stronger commercial returns, and a sustainable calendar. But Darwin also highlights the danger of trying to solve those problems by narrowing the game. If Bangladesh were confined largely to a second tier, the world could miss results like this. More importantly, Bangladesh would lose the chance to measure themselves against the best and discover that they can beat them. Test cricket should not become an exclusive club. It is at its best when teams outside the established group are given meaningful opportunities, allowed to improve and, eventually, given the chance to beat the bigger sides. Bangladesh did exactly that in Darwin. The ICC should take note. Atique Anam is deputy sports editor at The Daily Star. Views expressed in this article are the author's own. Follow The Daily Star Opinion on Facebook for the latest opinions, commentaries, and analyses by experts and professionals. To contribute your article or letter to The Daily Star Opinion, see our guidelines for submission.

Australia’s top-order batting woes continued after Mitchell Starc’s six-wicket blitz as Bangladesh fought back on an extraordinary opening day of the second Test in Mackay. Bangladesh’s own left-arm speedster Shoriful Islam, who had recovered from a side strain that kept him out of the first Test, cut a swathe through Australia’s batting to claim 6 for 35 off 11 lethal overs in his best-ever return in an innings. Australia were 165 for 8 at stumps on a day when 18 wickets fell on a Great Barrier Reef Arena surface that assisted the pace bowlers. Just got to make use of the overnight break to do a lot of deep breathing and figure out what went on today. Two wickets remaining for Bangladesh to take on day two, to see if they can keep that deficit even vaguely in control, and then they’ll have to bat at least eight times better to set some sort of competitive target. Cannot wait for tomorrow. Time for a rest before we rejoin you then. What in the holy hand grenade happened today? We had 18 wickets fall across two innings, the match could be done in two days like some of the Ashes contests last summer, and a team that got bowled out for 64 is not yet out of this Test match. Mitchell Starc destroyed Bangladesh up top, like he did to West Indies in Jamaica last year, but then just as it looked like Australia would nail on a huge lead, Shoriful Islam produced a similar spell for Bangladesh. It was a stunning day of pace bowling, not remotely an unplayable pitch, but there was bounce and some lateral movement, and it was enough. 40th over: Australia 165-8 (Green 51, Lyon 10) Shoriful comes back for the last over of the day, but the pep has gone out of the step, and Lyon is able to blot out the last five balls without incident. 39th over: Australia 164-8 (Green 50, Lyon 10) Yet another single for Green, as Taijul comes back on with his left-arm orthodox, and Green’s minor milestone comes up. I’m sure that in six months people will dismiss his runs this series because they’re against Bangladesh, but that’s not how it feels today. Australia would be in serious bother without them. Australia lead by 100. 38th over: Australia 164-8 (Green 49, Lyon 10) Green just keeps plodding along, the only player to keep his act together in the second dig in Darwin, and the only one here today. Lyon drives another run for himself. 37th over: Australia 162-8 (Green 48, Lyon 10) Another boundary to Lyon, he’s scoring more freely than anyone, again smacking width from Hasan through the off side. 36th over: Australia 155-8 (Green 45, Lyon 6) Shoriful has to take a break, Taskin comes on, and that immediately releases the valve, Lyon hurling his hands at a ball outside off stump to send it through point for four. 35th over: Australia 151-8 (Green 45, Lyon 2) Hasan bowls a maiden over to Green. 34th over: Australia 151-8 (Green 45, Lyon 2) Nathan Lyon to the middle now, off the mark first ball with a square drive for two. It’s another no-ball as well. Lyon, unlike most of his teammates, survives a Shoriful over. We’ve seen 18 wickets fall today. Whaaat is happening! Shoriful has six! Bangladesh have eight! And that’s a ripper. Left-arm over the wicket to the left-hander, comes wide on the crease, a lot of angle in. Starc defends down the line, gets beaten on the outside edge, and loses his off stump, the ball clipping the outside of the timber. This is an incredible spell, as good as Starc’s from earlier. He has 6 for 31! 32nd over: Australia 146-7 (Green 44, Starc 0) So the bowling hero from earlier, Starc, comes to the middle to face the bowling hero of right now, who has 5 for 31 so far. WICKET! Cummins c Litton b Shoriful 0, Australia 146-7 What is happening here?! I am even tempted to use more than one exclamation mark, that’s how dire this situation has become. Incredible performance from Shoriful, he’s been fast and aggressive and skilful and all over the Australians like a bad case of scabies. Short ball this time, surprises Cummins because most of the bowling so far has been pitched up, and flinching away Cummins can only get a glove up in the air behind the wicket, and the keeper trots around to claim the catch. Another one for Shoriful! And six down the Aussies. Webster gets a golden duck. That ball swings in from over the wicket, left arm, to the right hander. A front pad the size of Arizona is waiting for the crash landing. Struck in line, given, Australia review but it’s shot down in no time. 31st over: Australia 145-5 (Green 43) Mehidy Hasan Miraz comes on with his off-breaks, the spinner who took five wickets in bowling out Australia to win in Darwin. Rather different scenario bowling on the first day here. Smacked out through point by Carey to start the over, three runs that almost becomes four as Taskin fields in Tin Man style on the rope. But after Green hands back the strike, Carey steps down and looks to hit over mid on. Gets elevation more than distance, and the fielder gets under it near where the fielding circle would be in a one-dayer. 30th over: Australia 141-4 (Green 42, Carey 2) Horrible fielding, as a clip from Green that should have brought him either one run or zero runs instead goes through the hands of short midwicket and away for four. He celebrates by driving Shoriful for another four through wide long off. 29th over: Australia 132-4 (Green 34, Carey 2) He’s purring now! Two metres of batting textbook, as Green steps into a Hasan length ball and crunches the cover drive for four. Then waits back on a ball that’s not even full, it’s a very decent length, but he plays it on the up, opens the face slightly, and deflects the good delivery behind point for another boundary. 28th over: Australia 124-4 (Green 26, Carey 1) A thick inside edge from Carey, into his pads rather than stumps, and the one run gets him off the mark. Then Green gets one off the top edge, and it just falls short of Hasan! Shoriful almost has a fourth, a half-hearted pull from Green that carries most of the way to the long leg fielder. Had Hasan charged in immediately, he might have got there, but it would have been hard to judge how far that was likely to carry, so early in its trajectory. It also gets through the fielder on the bounce for four. 27th over: Australia 118-4 (Green 21, Carey 0) Shanto immediately gets Hasan Mahmud back on, pace from both ends. Green resumes his monkish occupation. 26th over: Australia 118-4 (Green 21, Carey 0) Imagine if this had been Bangladesh’s performance bowling first. They would have been over the moon. Still chasing the game here though, trailing by 54 already. Huge slice of luck for Bangladesh! Left-arm over is Shoriful, fast and shaping the ball slightly back into the right-hander. Slightly, not a lot. That means that this length ball, hitting Smith in line with the off stump, is still trending away with the angle, because it hasn’t shaped that much. But the umpire’s finger goes up on the field, which means that Smith’s review only needs to show umpire’s call. Which it does, the ball-tracking suggesting that this delivery might have clipped the very top corner of the off bail. I’d think most umpires wouldn’t give that, had they seen a replay, given the angle across Smith, but watching live, the line probably looked a bit straighter given how far he’d moved across his stumps. Shoriful, into the team after missing Darwin, has his third. 25th over: Australia 117-3 (Smith 42, Green 21) Smith keeps rolling. Gets a short one from Taijul and belts the pull shot from the spinner through midwicket. Inelegant but effectively violent. 24th over: Australia 111-3 (Smith 36, Green 21) Another overstep from Taskin, his fifth for the day. Not as bad a mistake as the short wide ball that Smith scorches for four. It was surprising that he didn’t ton up in Darwin, the way he looked in that first innings, but he looks even more in control here. A big score would get him past 11,000 career runs as well. 23rd over: Australia 104-3 (Smith 31, Green 20) Taijul continues, with both Australian bats driving hard down the ground where possible. Single, single. 22nd over: Australia 102-3 (Smith 30, Green 19) Just a single from Taskin’s over’ Australia don’t need to do anything more than this slow build. They’re into the lead and it’s only day one. 21st over: Australia 101-3 (Smith 29, Green 19) Inside-out cover drive from Smith, snapping his wrists through the wider ball from the left-arm spinner. Two there. Repeats the dose from the last ball of the over, though only for one run with a cover sweeper in place. 20th over: Australia 98-3 (Smith 26, Green 19) Taskin sits in, outside the off stump, and Green is happy to let the over pass by. Patience has rarely been one of his problems. 18th over: Australia 97-3 (Smith 26, Green 18) Taskin is back for Shoriful Islam, who took two wickets in his first over. Taskin the right-armer hangs in the channel outside Smith’s off stump. A couple of leg byes the only score from the over until the final ball, which Smith clips for two. 17th over: Australia 93-3 (Smith 24, Green 18) It’s been a very quiet period from Cam Green, but now he gets into his work against Hasan Mahmud. The first boundary is outside leg stump, one he has to reach for to clip away, but he’s got the wingspan to do that. The next is a meaty pull to a vacant mid-wicket. 16th over: Australia 81-3 (Smith 23, Green 7) Boundaries rolling now, Smith cracks a pull from Shoriful square on the leg side. Well into his work, he follows up with another straight drive, this one more on the up than the previous, but gets his elbow up high to send it back past the bowler. 15th over: Australia 73-3 (Smith 15, Green 7) Into the lead go the Aussies, after a couple of singles, then a bizarrely swinging ball that wrong-foots the keeper Litton Das. He goes galloping towards the leg side to intercept a swerving ball, only to see it go back the other way, a misjudgement by the keeper overcommitting to the first movement. Hasan Mahmud just stands at looks at his teammate, bemused. Four runs off the bat follow, though in lucky fashion, with Green slicing through a vacant squarer part of the cordon. 14th over: Australia 63-3 (Smith 14, Green 2) Shoriful keeps bounding in, and Smith and Green nearly manage to conjure a run out. Stop, start, stop, start, and eventually a single, just pushed out towards cover. That’s the first ball of the over. The sixth, off the thigh pad of Smith to the fine leg fence, and Australia have nearly caught up on the scoreboard. 13th over: Australia 58-3 (Smith 14, Green 1) Schponk! Overpitched from Hasan, and Smith digs out a straight drive back past the bowler for four, dead straight. Smith is chuntering away to himself throughout. Then nearly gets himself out, misreading the bounce while pulling, getting a bottom edge past his off stump for four. “Can’t watch right now. Did they show on DRS the lbw shout that Shanto eventually decide not to take?” writes Ashraf. “Love from a Tigerlander.” Tigerland! I didn’t see ball-tracking on that one, but it looked high on first viewing. Nothing to suggest they should have referred it. 12th over: Australia 50-3 (Smith 6, Green 1) Ducking back in from Shoriful! The lanky left-armer makes Green look lumbering as the ball bends into his pads, but not bending enough from over the wicket. Then another appeal as Green misses a drive outside off, though the ball was going well wide of the bat, which clipped the ground instead. 11th over: Australia 50-3 (Smith 6, Green 1) Hasan Mahmud picking up the duties after the tea break, and he meets a watchful Smith first up, blocking out an over. Tea - Australia 50 for 3, trailing Bangladesh by 14 Bangladesh have been absolutely smashed in the first two sessions, but at least for the time being, they’re still in the game. Australia three down and not yet in the lead. Bangladesh will need to keep piling on the pressure and taking wickets in short order to stop this match getting away. 10th over: Australia 50-3 (Smith 6, Green 1) Shoriful bowls a less eventful over than his dual-wicket effort last time around. Smith clips three runs, then a couple of singles follow, so the previous match’s century-maker Cam Green is off the mark. 9th over: Australia 45-3 (Smith 2, Green 0) Taskin Ahmed carrying on, in a busy over. A couple of no-balls, three in fact, either side of a huge lbw appeal, while Smith starts chirping the fielders about whether they should review, and the umpire comes down and gives Smith a telling off. Not your place to speak to the fielding team about their reviews, seems to be the message, one Test match too late. What is going on here? Another deflection, another bowled! Shoriful has flipped the momentum of this match around, at least for a moment. Labuschagne just stops and stares. This is not good bowling, and not good batting. Leg-stump line, but Labuschagne has wandered so far across his stumps that he might take 20 years to get back to Ithaca. He’s not in line with the ball that arrows in at his thigh pad, then it deflects off the under edge of that pad and goes down into the ground, then into leg stump. It wouldn’t have done anything dangerous if he hadn’t moved so far across. No control, no confidence, and Labuschagne opens both arms and gestures at his stumps as though they’ve created the problem rather than him. The look of a Test career slipping between those outstretched hands. The other opener goes! Shoriful Islam’s second ball. The left-armer thumps in a low full toss on the pads first ball, then gets the next to jag back in, from the seam into the thigh pad, and Head trying to chop that ball away with a slightly angled bat behind square can only drag it on to his stumps for the third time this series. 7th over: Australia 40-1 (Head 22, Labuschagne 4) Boundaries keep coming, this time it’s Head from Taskin, worked away off the pads through square. Then a huge appeal from a non-event, Taskin getting the ball to go

An irrepressible Mitchell Starc bagged four wickets and 10 for the match as he ripped through the Bangladesh batting to ensure a commanding innings and 51-run second Test victory for Australia inside two days on Sunday. The visitors headed into the Mackay showdown on a high after shocking the world’s top-ranked team by nine wickets in the first Test at Darwin. But they were brought crashing back to earth by some scintillating fast bowling, led by man-of-the-match Starc who finished with 10-51 for the match to level the two-game series. After 18 wickets fell on a frenetic first day, the hosts were all out for 210 in the morning session Sunday (August 23), securing a lead of 146 on the back of Cameron Green’s 67. Star Bangladesh quick Shoriful Islam claimed 7-48, the best figures from a Bangladeshi bowler in an away Test. The visitors crashed for just 64 in their first innings, when Starc took 6-12, and he was the chief tormentor again, claiming 4-39 as Bangladesh crumbled to be 95 all out. Skipper Pat Cummins chipped in with 3-10 and Nathan Lyon 3-25. “A lot of things went right these couple days and a lot of things went wrong last week,” said Cummins. “But yeah, we needed to bounce back, and it was a great few days from the lads. I thought everyone was sharp. It was a great start and we didn’t really let up after that.” Australia resumed at 165-8 with Green on 51 and Nathan Lyon on 10. Bangladesh had a horror start with Shadman Islam lasting just three balls, playing a nothing stroke to a moving Starc delivery and edging to Marnus Labuschagne at point. Mominul Haque was equally clueless on the next ball, failing to offer a shot as Starc removed his off stump, setting up a hat-trick opportunity. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was out for a golden duck in the first innings, this time survived to deny Starc. But their woes deepened when Tanzid Hasan departed soon after for nine. Starc was again involved, taking a catch in the deep after Tanzid pulled Cummins. Shanto did well to soak up the pressure after lunch for 46 deliveries, but he eventually lost focus against the off-spin of Nathan Lyon, holing out to the safe hands of Starc at long off on 31. And when Starc was brought back into the attack, he was front and centre again, enticing a loose shot from Litton Das who was caught without scoring by Beau Webster at third slip. Mehidy Hasan Miraz struggled to get going and departed to an equally poor shot, lashing at a Cummins bouncer and collected by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. The Australian captain then removed Hasan Mahmud (two) before Starc took his 10th for the match, the fourth time he has achieved the feat, when he bowled Taijul Islam for seven. Lyon quickly wrapped up the tail in the first over after tea. “We know how good Australia are. They showed their character,” said Shanto. “We were not up to the mark with the bat. It was challenging conditions here with extra bounce and swing, we would like to learn from this.” Australia resumed at 165-8 with Green on 51 and Lyon on 10. Green, who scored a century during the first Test in Darwin, kept the scoreboard moving early with quick singles. But he was undone by an inswinging yorker from the impressive Shoriful that hit him on the toe with a review declaring him out lbw. A valiant Lyon brought up the 200 for Australia with a towering six off Taskin and with Josh Hazlewood adding 24 crucial runs for the last wicket. The innings ended when Hazlewood skied Taijul to Shadman on six to leave Lyon not out 32. Published - August 23, 2026 06:46 am IST

Australia’s national cricket team defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 51 runs in the second match of the series in Mackay. As a result, the hosts levelled the score in the two-match contest at 1:1. Bangladesh’s second innings Bangladesh finished their second innings with 95 runs in 38.3 overs at Great Barrier Reef Stadium. In the first innings, the team scored 46 runs, while Australia were bowled out for 210. Bangladesh needed another 146 runs to force the Australians to bat again. By the lunch break, Bangladesh had lost three wickets after scoring 39 runs. They went into the tea break at 95 for eight. Immediately after the break, Nathan Lyon took the final two wickets in three balls to end the match. More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram. Australia’s bowlers’ performance According to Channel NewsAsia, left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc took four wickets in the second innings, while spinner Nathan Lyon claimed three. Starc finished the match with 10 wickets for 51 runs. Australia’s top scorer was Cameron Green, who made 67 runs. Australia won after losing to Bangladesh by nine wickets in Darwin. In October, the Australian team is due to undertake a three-match tour of South Africa, the reigning World Test Championship winners. Read us on Telegram and Sends