Australia in Control with 146-Run First Innings Lead over Bangladesh
Starc’s 6-12 left Bangladesh with their lowest Test total in Australia as 18 wickets fell on a frenetic opening day.
- On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc dismantled Bangladesh's batting order with a devastating 6-12 performance at Mackay's Great Barrier Reef Arena, bowling the visitors out for 64.
- Captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl first, exploiting the bouncy green surface to seek immediate redemption after Australia's nine-wicket defeat in the Darwin series opener.
- Starc's haul marked his 19th five-wicket milestone, completed in just 22 balls—the sixth-fastest in Test history—and elevated his career tally to 441 wickets, surpassing South African legend Dale Steyn's 439 for 10th all-time.
- Bangladesh's Shoriful Islam responded with a career-best 6-35 off 11 overs, limiting Australia to 165-8 at stumps; Cameron Green remained unbeaten on 51, handing the hosts a 101-run first-innings lead.
- Starc defended the Great Barrier Reef Arena as a 'very good day one wicket' comparable to the Gabba, attributing 18 wickets to quality bowling rather than surface defects as Australia prepares to solidify its lead on Sunday.
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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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