Cricket-Bangladesh make bright start, Australia 74-4 at lunch in first test


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MELBOURNE, Aug 13 (Reuters) - ⁠Bangladesh's depleted pace attack routed Australia's ⁠top order to leave the hosts ‌at 74 for four at lunch on day one of the series-opening test in Darwin on Thursday.

• Australia ​captain Pat Cummins won the ⁠toss and elected ⁠to bat first on a grassy pitch on ⁠a ‌hot morning in the Northern Territory capital.

• Hasan Mahmud removed both ⁠Australia's openers, with under-pressure Jake Weatherald out ​for ‌23 with a loose drive sending an ⁠edge to ​the slips. Travis Head chopped onto his stumps.

• Number three Marnus Labuschagne was caught for ⁠one off the bowling of ​Ebadot Hossain.

• Number five Cameron Green also failed with the bat, caught for 13 after ⁠hitting Taskin Ahmed to short midwicket.

• Steve Smith was seven not out, having been dropped on two in the slips off ​the bowling of Ebadot.

• ⁠Bangladesh are playing their first test series in ​Australia since 2003.

• The ‌second and final test of ​series is in Mackay, Queensland.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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