Australia beat Bangladesh in two days

Australia secured a victory over Bangladesh in the second Test at Mackay, wrapping up the match inside two days to level the series 1‑1. The contest began with Bangladesh dismissed for 64 in the first innings, Mitchell Starc claiming six wickets for 12 runs. Australia responded with 210 all out, Cameron Green top‑scoring with 67 while Pat Cummins contributed 3‑10 and Nathan Lyon added an unbeaten 32, giving the hosts a first‑innings lead of 146. Left‑arm seamer Shoriful Islam was the most effective Bangladeshi bowler, finishing with 7‑48. Bangladesh’s second innings started poorly, losing both openers within eight slips to slump to 24‑3. A middle‑session collapse left them at 95‑8 by lunch, before Lyon snapped up the final two wickets in three balls to seal the win. Starc added four wickets for 39 runs in the second innings, Cummins took three for 10 and Lyon three for 25, leaving Bangladesh all out for 95 in 38.3 overs. Starc finished the match with figures of 10‑51, following his 6‑12 effort in the first innings as Bangladesh struggled to 64 all out. Australia won the match by an innings and 51 runs. Reflecting on the turnaround, Cummins, 33, said, “A batch of things went close these mates days and a batch of things went incorrect past week,” adding, “We needed to bounce back, and it was a large mates of days from the lads. I thought everyone was sharp. It was a large commencement and we didn't truly fto up aft that.” Starc, 36, who was named Player of the Match and Series after claiming 12 wickets at an average of 12.08, remarked, “Much amended week. We knew we weren't astatine our best, oregon what we expect of ourselves, in Darwin,” and continued, “What we expect of ourselves this week is what we got, peculiarly with the shot and the wicket that aided america with the ball.” The performance moved Starc to tenth on the all‑time Test wicket list with 445 scalps, 126 behind Nathan Lyon’s sixth‑place total. Australia’s next assignment is a three‑match tour of the World Test champions South Africa scheduled for October.