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Australia completes innings victory over Bangladesh inside two days in Mackay

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Australia has wrapped up a dominant victory over Bangladesh inside two days at Mackay's Harrup Park by an innings and 51 runs.

Mitchell Starc was again the destroyer, taking 4-39 to give him 10-51 for the match, his fourth-career 10-wicket match haul in Tests.

The result means the series is tied 1-1 after Bangladesh's historic victory in Darwin last week.

After 18 wickets fell on the first day there was always a possibility that Mackay's Test match debut would be a brief one.

And so it proved, with Shoriful Islam setting the tone with a brilliant inswinging yorker to dismiss Cameron Green for 67.

Australia had resumed on 8-165, with Green and Nathan Lyon adding 21 before Shoriful's phenomenal delivery, which gave him a seventh wicket of the match.

Lyon added 22 to his not-out score overnight, and ended the innings unbeaten on 32 after Josh Hazlewood skied Taijul Islam to Shadman Islam at midwicket.

That gave Australia a total of 210, a lead of 146 at the change of innings.

And after an hour of the Bangladesh innings, the hopes of the tourists getting Australia to bat again already looked faint.

Two cricketers smile and high five in celebration of a wicket.

Mitchell Starc picked up from where he left off in the second innings. (Getty Images: Albert Perez/Cricket Australia)

Starc took two in consecutive balls in his second over to dismiss Shadman Islam (1) and Mominul Haque (0).

Tanzid Hasan (9) also fell before lunch, pulling Cummins to Starc at fine leg, leaving Bangladesh 3-39 at lunch.

After the break, Bangladesh showed little of the resilience and patience that characterised their Darwin display, with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto throwing his wicket away by chipping Lyon down Starc's throat at long off for 31.

Litton Das picked up his third duck for the series by edging Starc to Webster at third slip, before Pat Cummins prised out Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1) and Hasan Mahmud (2) in consecutive overs.

Starc grabbed his 10th for the match just before tea, bowling Taijul Islam for 7.

After tea, Australia made short work of the last two wickets, Nathan Lyon taking two in four balls to seal the victory and ensure Bangladesh failed to reach 100 in either of their two innings for the first time in a Test match.

It was most fitting that the final wicket was caught by Starc, who was given player of the match and series honours, as the 36-year-old continues his career-best form.

Look back on how all the action unfolded in our live blog.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 10:02amSun 23 Aug 2026 at 10:02am

Day two live updates

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:34pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:34pm

I think Bazball tried that in Perth...

Is the next goal in test cricket to finish a match in one day? Two day tests are not unusual anymore...

- Mike

It's the 28th two-day Test in men's cricket history.

The three most recent have all taken place in Australia in the last 12 months.

In fact, in the last 20 Tests that have been played on these shores, it has happened four times.

Australia thumped South Africa on a Gabba green top in 2022, and then there were two, two-day Tests during last summer's Ashes, one in Perth and the other at the MCG.

The only Australia-hosted Test to finish inside two days before that game in Brisbane four years ago took place in Melbourne against the West Indies, in February 1931.

Eleven of the two-day Tests in history took place before World War I (between 1882 and 1912), a further three happened either side of World War II (1931-1946).

There were then none between 1946 and 1999.

However, since 2000, there have been 13 of them.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:31pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:31pm

Cummins hails 'sharp' match

Pat Cummins is speaking now.

"I thought everyone was really sharp," he says.

It was a great start and we didn't let up after that."

Cummins is also full or praise for the only batter who really stepped up this series, Cameron Green.

"He looked in total command of his batting in this series," Cummins says.

"We know how good he is. Lots of cricket coming up, hopefully he carries on."

He says it's a "slightly different feel" to being away from the normal Test playing venues.

However, he says the entire team have enjoyed being in the north.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:28pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:28pm

Bangladesh 'proud' of the series

Najmul Hossain Shanto is speaking now.

"We all know how good they are," Shanto says.

"They showed their character and, as the Bangladesh Test team, we didn't show our best."

He says the extra bounce was a problem, and the extra swing was "a challenge" for Bangladesh.

He says the series has a whole has been "a very proud moment" for the team.

He adds that he doesn't want to have to wait 23 years to play a Test in Australia again.

"If we have the chance to play here [regularly] it will help us improve our game."

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:24pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:24pm

Player of the match, and the series: Mitch Starc

No surprises there.

He took 12 wickets at 12.08 for the series, including 10 wickets in this left-arm seamers' paradise.

"A much better week," Starc says of this Test match.

"We we expect from ourselves, we got this match."

Starc says it's been a "nice wicket" to bowl on, likening it to the Gabba.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:16pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:16pm

Lots of conversations in the middle

Mitch Starc and Shoriful Islam are speaking to each other in the outfield.

You love to see that.

The two left armers have absolutely torn the batting line ups to shreds in this match.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:14pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:14pm

Pitch better than a two-day pitch: Hazlewood

Josh Hazlewood is speaking to Fox Sports.

He's pretty scathing of the standard of batting...

"I don't think it should necessarily have been a two-day game," Hazlewood says.

"I think there was obviously a little bit of seam movement day one in the morning.

"You'd expect that in most Test matches.

"But once the shine went off the ball it didn't do a great deal from a bowling point of view.

"I thought it played better than [a two-day pitch]."

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:07pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:07pm

Australia wins by an innings and 51 runs

Bangladesh all out for 95.

A dominant victory for Australia, built off the back of a supreme bowling effort.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:07pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:07pm

STARC TAKES THE CATCH TO END THE MATCH!

Shoriful has a swing at the ball, gets a thick outside edge on it, and sends to to Mitch Starc at point, who takes his third catch for the innings above his head.

Bangladesh all out for 95.

That's the first time they've failed to score 100 in either innings of a Test match.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:06pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:06pm

39th over - Nathan Lyon continues to Shoriful

Shoriful defends the first.

He did top score in the last innings.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:06pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:06pm

EDGED! OUT!

Steve Smith takes a catch the first ball after tea!

Great bowling from Nathan Lyon, bit of drift into the stumps, Taskin drives at it, the ball catches the edge, past the thigh of Carey and Steve Smith makes a very good catch.

He would have seen that late, diving to his right.

He returns to the top of the non-wicket keeping catchers in Test cricket with 219, alongside Joe Root.

Australia one away.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:04pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:04pm

39th over - Nathan Lyon continues after tea

Well, it looks like this match will be the latest Test to end inside two days - the third time we've said that of Tests in the last 12 months.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:02pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 3:02pm

They sure do

Best bowlers in the world but batters?? CA has to address this to be the best team again.

- Mark

Not for the first time in this Test team's recent history, the bowlers have got the batters out of trouble.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:44pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:44pm

TEA: Bangladesh 8-95 (trailing by 51)

(Getty Images)

They're almost there, the Australians.

We go to tea with the hosts requiring a further two wickets for an innings victory inside two days.

Mitch Starc and Pat Cummins were absolutely sensational in that session, with Cummins reaching tea with figures of 3-10 from his 10 overs and Starc 4-39.

Brilliant from the Aussies.

We'll be back in 20 minutes for, what will, in all likelihood, be a pretty sharp final session in Mackay.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:41pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:41pm

38th over - Starc with the final over before tea

Or of the match, if Starc can snare a couple more poles.

Starc is steaming in from around the wicket to Mushfiqur, who is defending towards point.

Another solid defensive stroke from Mushfiqur.

Nasty! A ripsnorter from Starc catches Mushfiqur on the glove, and the ball ghosts through the cordon and to the fence.

Mushfiqur is again stout in defending into the off-side.

Full and searching from Starc and it's another solid defensive stroke from the veteran.

Mushfiqur is shouldering arms to end the session.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:37pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:37pm

36th over - Lyon with another six

Plenty of singles on offer for Mushfiqur, and he's working one to long-on.

Two slips and a short leg in place as Taskin returns to strike.

Flat batted from Taskin.

Big shot! Taskin clears the front leg and goes BANG! It's a really big six over the long-on boundary.

Ooft, and a one-handed catch on the hill, if you don't mind!

And he's defending the final ball of the over.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:32pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:32pm

35th over - Taskin is out there

And Starc has five balls remaining in his ninth over.

Full and straight from Starc, into the pads of Taskin.

Runs! Good shot from Taskin, who stands tall and caresses one through the covers. The batters run two.

Starc comes around the wicket to the leftie and it's a yorker, kept out well by Taskin.

He's underneath a short ball and then swaying out of the way of the final delivery of the over.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:30pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:30pm

Starc has 10!

He's back into the attack, and Mitchell Starc wastes no time in claiming a tenth wicket for the match.

It's full and straight and castling Taijul Islam, who is out for 7.

10-45 for the match now for Starc — the second-best figures of his career.

Bangladesh eight down.

The end is nye in Mackay.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:27pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:27pm

35th over - Mushfiqur gets a go at Lyon

Mushfiqur hasn't faced much of Lyon in recent overs, but he begins Lyon's 10th on strike.

He defends the first delivery of the set and then works a single through point.

Runs! Taijul swats at a wide one and it sneaks through the infield. Green is in pursuit and makes a committed dive on the boundary. The batters run three.

And Mushfiqur pushes a single past the bowler.

Taijul takes a single from the final ball of the over.

Sun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:21pmSun 23 Aug 2026 at 2:21pm

34th over - Cummins hunting a fourth

It's Mushfiqur on strike.

He gets one that tails in towards him, and he defends it well.

He's then shouldering arms outside off.

Mushfiqur pushes into the covers and opts to take the single.

Taijul has three balls to survive.

The tailender is standing tall and feeling bat on ball outside off, pushing into cover-point for no run.

Flick! Unconvincing from Taijul but his flick falls just short of the fielder deep on the boundary behind square. The batters run two.

And he keeps out the final ball of the over.

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