Category: Australia Cricket

Australia’s fast bowlers bounced back from last week’s Darwin debacle with a dominant display, but the batters once again flopped as 18 wickets fell on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh in Mackay.

• Second Test, day one: Bangladesh 64; Australia 165-8 in Mackay

• Fast bowler takes five wickets before lunch and finishes with 6 for 12

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.

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