Cricket-Australia 50-3 in reply to Bangladesh's 64 in second test


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Aug 22 (Reuters) - 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.

• 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 offStarc'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.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Saad Sayeed and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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