Australia in Control with 146-Run First Innings Lead over Bangladesh
Mitchell Starc took 6-12 as Bangladesh were dismissed for 64, and Australia built a 101-run lead after 18 wickets fell on day one.
- On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Mitchell Starc took 6-12 at Great Barrier Reef Arena, dismantling Bangladesh for 64 and lifting his career Test tally to 441, surpassing Dale Steyn into 10th place on the all-time wicket-takers list.
- Australia entered the second Test under pressure to level the series after losing in Darwin; Captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl on a surface that assisted pace bowlers throughout the opening day.
- Bangladesh's Shoriful Islam responded with a career-best 7-48, becoming the first Bangladeshi quick to take seven in an away Test, while Cameron Green anchored Australia's reply with 67 runs as the hosts reached 210.
- Maintaining their command into Sunday, August 23, Australia held a 146-run first-innings lead and positioned themselves for a series-leveling victory crucial to their heavy 12-month schedule featuring 20 upcoming Test matches.
- Starc's ability to strike immediately defined his legacy; he secured his fourth instance of taking a wicket with the first ball of a Test match, now surpassing England great James Anderson's record of eight such instances.
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Starc's double-strike helps Australia tighten grip in 2nd test against Bangladesh
MACKAY, Australia (AP) — Fresh from taking six wickets in the first innings, Australia's Mitchell Starc's again tormented Bangladesh's top order as the tourists were reduced to 39-3 at lunch in its second innings on Day 2 of a fast-moving…
Starc’s double-strike helps Australia tighten grip in 2nd test against Bangladesh
MACKAY, Australia (AP) — Fresh from taking six wickets in the first innings, Australia's Mitchell Starc's again tormented Bangladesh's top order as the tourists were reduced to 39-3 at lunch
Starc strikes as Bangladesh struggle to stay alive in 2nd Test
After 18 wickets fell on a frenetic first day in Mackay, the hosts were all out for 210 in the morning session for a lead of 146 on the back of Cameron Green's 67. Star quick Shoriful Islam ended with 7-48 -- the best figures from a Bangladeshi bowler in an away Test. The visitors crashed for just 64 in their first innings, when Starc took 6-12, and he tormented them again to leave Bangladesh tottering at 39-3 by lunch, still 107 runs adrift. Ca…
Australia in control with 146-run first innings lead over Bangladesh
After 18 wickets fell on a frenetic day one in Mackay, the hosts resumed at 165-8 in reply to the visitors' 64 all out. A dogged Green brought up his eighth Test half-century shortly before stumps on Saturday and began the day on 51 with Nathan Lyon alongside him on 10. Green, who scored a century during the first Test at Darwin -- which Bangladesh won by nine wickets -- kept the scoreboard moving early with quick singles. Spin king Lyon was fir…
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