Bangladesh managed just 159 runs across two innings as Australia completed a comprehensive win inside two days to draw the two-match series.
Bangladesh pulled off a magnificent win in the first Test, but Australia responded exactly how a champion team should respond to that kind of embarrassment. Unfortunately, Bangladesh failed to show the consistency and was completely blown away. was the wrecker-in-chief and accounted for 10 wickets to demolish the batting lineup.
Meanwhile, the 750-ball Test was the shortest seen in Australia in almost a century, and the second shortest overall after 1932 when Australia defeated South Africa in 656 balls at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Bangladesh showed some fight with the ball after they reduced Australia to 148-8, with Shoriful Islam taking six wickets, but a calm knock of 67 under pressure by Cameron Green took Australia to over 200, and that was more than enough for Australia to ensure they don’t bat again in the Test.
The defeat would hurt Bangladesh, especially after showing how good they can be on their day in the first Test, but they just failed to adapt to the conditions, which were much more to the liking of Australia, with plenty of pace and bounce.
Starc Sees No Issues In Mackay Pitch
18 wickets fell on Day 1, and the remaining 12 came on Day 2. The pitch had more life than Darwin, and Bangladesh failed to show any skill on the lively pitch and against a fearsome attack. Despite the carnage, Starc saw no demons in the pitch.
“People will sit there and go ‘[there were] 18 wickets, it’s a bad wicket’. I think it’s a very good day-one wicket; I think it’s probably played very similar to a Gabba wicket – you see a little bit of tennis-ball bounce early at the Gabba, and likewise today,” Starc said.
“It was a pretty helter-skelter day of cricket, but I’d say some good bowling led to 18 wickets, as opposed to the wicket.”