Australia Takes 101-Run Lead After 18 Wickets Fall in Second Test
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 22
Australia Takes 101-Run Lead After 18 Wickets Fall in Second Test
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 22
Summary
Australia closed day one in Mackay on 165-8, leading Bangladesh by 101 after a chaotic opening day that produced 18 wickets.
Mitchell Starc drove the collapse with 6-12, striking with the first ball and helping reduce Bangladesh to 12-5 before they were dismissed for 64 — their fourth-lowest Test total.
Australia's reply again exposed batting frailties despite the advantage: Cameron Green was unbeaten on 51, Steve Smith made 42, and Shoriful Islam took 6-35.
Marnus Labuschagne fell for 4 and has now gone 43 Test innings without a century, renewing scrutiny of a lineup already under pressure after last week's shock defeat in Darwin.
Starc's six-wicket haul lifted him to 441 Test wickets, moving him past Dale Steyn into 10th on the all-time list.