Cricket-Starc takes five wickets, Bangladesh 35 for six at lunch in second test


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Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australia paceman Mitchell ⁠Starc took five wickets in 22 balls in a brilliant spell of ⁠quick bowling as Bangladesh staggered to lunch at 35 for six on ‌day one of the second test in Mackay, Queensland on Saturday.

• Starc's was 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.

• Bangladesh ⁠all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz was 11 ⁠not out, with number eight Hasan Mahmud on eight at the break.

• Starcremoved both ⁠Bangladesh ‌openers, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and wicketkeeper Litton Das for ducks to leave the tourists at 12 for five, after Australia captain Pat Cummins won ⁠the toss and elected to field.

• Opener Shadman Islam ​was out with the ‌first ball of the match after sending a thick edge flying to Cameron ⁠Green in ​the gully.

• Opener Tanzid Hasan followed in Starc's next over with a loose drive sending a nick to Beau Webster in the slips, before Shanto was trapped lbw on the next ⁠ball, leaving Bangladesh at 9 for three.

• Starc ​grabbed his fourth wicket when number three Mominul Haque drove at a full, wider delivery, nicking to Green at the gully. He took his fifth with another lbw to ⁠remove Das.

• Cummins bowled Bangladesh number five Mushfiqur Rahim for five on a bouncy pitch likened to a typical Gabba wicket.

• 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 Islam ‌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)

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