{"id":747010,"date":"2026-08-23T08:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747010\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:48:10","slug":"mitchell-starc-rips-through-bangladesh-again-as-australia-dominate-fast-forward-second-test-australia-cricket-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747010\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Starc rips through Bangladesh \u2013 again \u2013 as Australia dominate \u2018fast-forward\u2019 second Test | Australia cricket team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitchell Starc has rocked the Bangladesh batting order for the second time in as many days in Mackay to secure Australia victory by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test.<\/p>\n

For the third time in the last seven matches, a Test in Australia has finished inside two days after Starc and captain Pat Cummins (3-10) ripped through Bangladesh, who batted poorly.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh\u2019s nine-wicket win in Darwin<\/a> in the first Test meant the series was drawn 1-1.<\/p>\n

Starc took 6-12 as Bangladesh were dismissed for just 64 on day one. He was just as lethal on Sunday and his 4-39 took his match tally to 10 wickets for a fourth time in his career.<\/p>\n

It was Starc and the bowlers that once again out-shone the Australian batters.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s first innings total of 210 was the fourth-lowest in Test history to secure an innings win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed to happen in fast-forward,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pitch was pretty good. It didn\u2019t really feel like a 30-wicket, five-session Test match, but it seems to be the way a few of these Test matches are going.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was some really good bowling in there at times, some below average batting \u2013 myself included \u2013 so that\u2019s probably why it was a bit accelerated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starc celebrates after taking the wicket of Shadman Islam early on Sunday. Photograph: Robert Cianflone\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bangladesh were bowled out straight after tea, with Nathan Lyon taking two wickets in three balls after the break to leave Mushfiqur Rahim (29no) stranded.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disappointing, to be really honest, but I think the toss was a big factor,\u201d captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially in the first innings batting was quite difficult, but no excuses – we didn\u2019t bat well and they bowled very well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge was there but there were some technical areas we need to fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Australia took a 146-run lead, Starc ripped out opener Shadman Islam (one) and Mominul Haque with successive deliveries in his second over to be on a hat-trick for the second time in the match.<\/p>\n

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Starc was in the game again when Tanzid Hasan (nine) skied a Cummins delivery straight to him at fine leg.<\/p>\n

Shanto (31) gifted Lyon his first wicket of the Test with Starc gobbling up the catch at long off. Starc then snapped up Litton Das for his second duck of the match and the back of the Bangladesh batting had been broken.<\/p>\n

Australian captain Pat Cummins and Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto share the series trophy. Photograph: Dave Hunt\/AAP<\/p>\n

Earlier, Bangladesh\u2019s left-arm quick Shoriful Islam returned the all-time best away figures in an innings for his country in taking 7-48. His finest career haul surpassed left-arm spinner Taijul Islam\u2019s briefly-held record of 7-138, set in Harare in June.<\/p>\n

Allrounder Cameron Green was ninth man out for 67 to take his series aggregate to 184, the best of either side, and secure his spot on the plane to South Africa for the three-Test series in October.<\/p>\n

The ball that dismissed Green was an unplayable inswinger that hit him on the toe in front, a delivery that Pakistan great Wasim Akram would have been proud of.<\/p>\n

Green and Lyon resumed on day two with Australia 8-165 and the pair added a valuable 38 for the ninth wicket, with Lyon making a cameo of 32.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh\u2019s batting in this Test has been awful, but they confirmed a future star in Shoriful, who missed the first Test with a side strain.<\/p>\n

The 190cm tall tearaway is just 25 and appears set to lead the attack for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitchell Starc has rocked the Bangladesh batting order for the second time in as many days in Mackay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-747010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}