Cricket-Bangladesh bowled out for 426 in first innings, lead by 228 runs in first test v Australia


Aug 15 (Reuters) - Australia ⁠bowled Bangladesh out for 426 in their first ⁠innings after lunch on day three of ‌the first test in Darwin on Saturday. Bangladesh lead by 228 runs.

• Bangladesh added 75 runs to their overnight total of ​351 for six on a ⁠hot, sunny day at ⁠Marrara Oval, in reply to Australia's first innings 198.

• ⁠All-rounder ‌Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored 65 at number seven, marshalling Bangladesh's tail superbly.

• Paceman Josh ⁠Hazlewood finished with 6-89 on his return ​from injury, ‌taking all of Bangladesh's final four wickets. His ⁠fifth wicket, ​dismissing Miraz caught behind, brought up a milestone 300th wicket in tests.

• Australia's fielding struggles continued in ⁠the morning session, with two dropped ​catches in the same over from captain and fast bowler Pat Cummins. Steve Smith dropped a regulation chance ⁠at deep backward square leg to remove Taskin and miss out on a record 219th catch in tests. Travis Head then dropped a difficult, one-handed ​chance running back from midwicket ⁠to reprieve Miraz.

• Bangladesh are playing their first test ​series in Australia in 23 ‌years. The second and final ​test is in Mackay, Queensland, from August 22.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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