Second Test, Mackay (day two of five)
Bangladesh 64: Starc 6-12 & 95: Shanto 31; Starc 4-39, Cummins 3-10, Lyon 3-25
Australia 210: Green 62; Shoriful 7-48
Australia win by an innings and 51 runs
Mitchell Starc took 10 wickets in the match as Australia bounced back from last week’s shock defeat by Bangladesh to win the second Test by an innings and 51 runs and draw the series 1-1.
The visitors were skittled for 95 in 38.3 overs with Starc taking four wickets and Nathan Lyon and captain Pat Cummins three each, as Australia wrapped up victory just after tea on the second day at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay.
Starc finished with match figures of 10-51, following his 6-12 in the first innings as Bangladesh struggled to 64 all out.
The game was the fourth-shortest completed Test match with a side winning, with exactly 125 overs bowled.
Last Sunday’s nine-wicket defeat for the world’s top-ranked side in Darwin was widely seen as one of Test cricket’s greatest upsets.
“A lot of things went right these couple days and a lot of things went wrong last week,” said Cummins, 33, who took 3-10 in the second innings.
“We needed to bounce back, and it was a great couple of days from the lads. I thought everyone was sharp. It was a great start and we didn’t really let up after that.”
Earlier in the day, Australia added 45 runs to their overnight total as they were bowled out for 210 with Cameron Green top scoring with 67 and Lyon adding an unbeaten 32 to give them a first-innings lead of 146.
Left-arm paceman Shoriful Islam was the pick of the bowlers with 7-48.
The visitors’ second innings got off to a poor start, losing both openers inside eight overs as they slumped to 24-3.
They then collapsed in the middle session, struggling to 95-8 by tea before Lyon wrapped up victory by taking the final two wickets in three balls.
“Much better week. We knew we weren’t at our best, or what we expect of ourselves, in Darwin,” said 36-year-old Starc, who was named Player of the Match and Series after taking 12 wickets at an average of 12.08.
“What we expect of ourselves this week is what we got, particularly with the ball and the wicket that aided us with the ball.”
Starc has now moved to 10th on the all-time Test wicket list with 445, 126 shy of Lyon’s haul in sixth place.
Australia next Test series is a three-match tour of world Test champions South Africa in October.
