Australia 50-3 in reply to Bangladesh’s 64 in second test
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Aug 22 : Australia were 50 for three at tea on day one of the second test against Bangladesh in reply to the tourists’ first-innings total of 64 in Mackay, Queensland on Saturday.
• Steve Smith was six not out, with Cameron Green on one. Bangladesh’s lead was down to 14 runs by the break.
• Recalled paceman Shoriful Islam took two quick wickets late in the session, bowling opener Travis Head for 22 and out-of-form number three Marnus Labuschagne for four.
• Taskin Ahmed had the recalled opener Matt Renshaw caught for eight in the slips.
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• Bangladesh were bowled out after lunch, after Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field on a bouncy wicket prepared like a typical Gabba pitch.
• Australia paceman Mitchell Starc took five wickets in 22 balls. The left-armer finished with 6-12 after completing the sixth-fastest five-wicket haul in tests. Starc holds the record for the fastest (15 balls) against West Indies in Kingston last year.
• Starc struck with the first ball of the match to remove opener Shadman Islam and captured the first five wickets, leaving the tourists reeling at 12 for five after 6.4 overs. He returned to have tailender Shoriful caught behind for 14 to wrap up the innings.
• Apart from Shadman, opener Tanzid Hasan, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and wicketkeeper Litton Das all fell for ducks off Starc’s bowling.
• Shadman was caught in the gully after sending a thick edge flying to Cameron Green. Tanzid Hasan drove loosely at a fuller ball to nick to Beau Webster in the slips, while Shanto was trapped lbw on the next ball.
• Number three Mominul Haque managed nine runs before nicking to Green at gully with another loose drive at a wider Starc delivery. Starc grabbed his fifth wicket with another lbw to remove Das.
• Cummins finished with 3-25. He bowled Bangladesh number five Mushfiqur Rahim for five and had all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz caught in the slips for 11. The home captain also had tailender Taskin caught for one at square leg. Josh Hazlewood chipped in with the wicket of Hasan Mahmud for 10.
• Bangladesh lead the series 1-0 after a nine-wicket win in the series-opener in Darwin.
• Renshaw was recalled for his first test in over three years, replacing the dropped Jake Weatherald.
• Bangladesh made one change to their Darwin XI, bringing in Shoriful after his recovery from a hamstring injury. He replaced fellow quick Ebadot Hossain.
• Mackay’s Great Barrier Reef Arena became Australia’s 12th test venue.
Source: Reuters
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