Cricket-Bangladesh bowled out for 64 in first innings of second test v Australia


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - The Ashes - Australia v England - Fourth Test - MCG, Melbourne, Australia - December 26, 2025 Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates after getting the wicket of England's Ben Duckett. REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/File Photo

Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australia fast bowler Mitchell ⁠Starc took five wickets in 22 balls as Bangladesh were bowled out for 64 ⁠in their first innings after lunch on day one of the second test ‌in Mackay, Queensland on Saturday.

• Left-armer Starc finished with 6-12 after completing the sixth-fastest five-wicket haul in tests. The left-hander holds the record for the fastest, having taken five wickets in 15 balls against West Indies in Kingston last year.

• ​Australia captain Pat Cummins took 3-25 after winning the toss ⁠and attacking on a bouncy pitch ⁠prepared like a typical Gabba wicket.

• 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 Islam 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 the gully with another loose drive at a wider Starc delivery. Starc grabbed his fifth wicket with another lbw to remove Das.

• Cummins 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 Ahmed 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.

• Matt Renshaw to open the batting for Australia in ⁠his first test in over three years, with Jake Weatherald dropped after consecutive failures in Darwin.

• Bangladesh ​made one change to their Darwin XI, bringing in left-arm ‌paceman 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 Muralikumar Anantharaman and Saad Sayeed)

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