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08/23 01:18 CDT Starc's 10 wickets leads Australia to series-leveling victory
in 2nd test against Bangladesh
Starc's 10 wickets leads Australia to series-leveling victory in 2nd test
against Bangladesh
MACKAY, Australia (AP) --- Mitchell Starc's 10-wicket match haul lifted
Australia to a morale boosting victory by an innings and 51 run in the second
cricket test as it leveled the two-match series against Bangladesh inside two
days.
Starc returned match figures of 10-51, after taking four wickets Sunday to go
with his incredible 6-12 on a wild Day 1 which saw Bangladesh bundled out for
64 before the hosts also had its struggles on a spicy pitch at Mackay, in
northern Queensland state.
It was the evergreen left-arm swing bowler's fourth ten-wicket haul in tests
and also saw him move past South Africa pace great Dale Steyn into 10th on the
all-time list with 445 wickets, with Starc having no thoughts of finishing up
yet.
(The body's) still hanging together, I thoroughly enjoy being a part of this
group," said Starc, named player-of-the-series for his 12 wickets across the
two matches. "Test cricket, I've said it before, it will always be the pinnacle
for me. I'd like to milk my body for all I can for test cricket, and that's how
it'll remain."
Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon (3-25) each took three wickets to support Starc as
Bangladesh could only manage 95 in its second innings to hand Australia a
comprehensive win after its shock loss in last week's first test at Darwin.
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto top scored for the visitors with 31, while
Mushfiqur Rahim had an unbeaten 29, but the pair had very little help from the
remaining tourist batters with only two scoring above double digits.
I think this is a different condition (to the first test in Darwin) and there's
a little bit more extra bounce and swing in the air," Shanto said. "So it's
challenging for us, but as a team if we want to go forward we need to adjust
and I hope this experience will help going forward."
Aussie's extend lead Earlier Sunday, Australia resumed at 165-8 with Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon adding another 28 useful runs Sunday for the ninth wicket. After also taking six wickets on Day 1, Shoriful Islam soon picked up his seventh with a searing inswinging yorker which struck Green on the front foot and was given out leg before wicket on review. Shoriful's 7-48 was the best bowling figures for a Bangladesh player away from home. Green's 67 off 105 balls with 10 boundaries was the top score of the match so far and follows his breakthrough home century in the first test at Darwin to lock down his place in Australia's middle order. "We've got 20 tests coming up this year, so yeah, you want to get off to a good start, and I felt like I have done that, Green said. "So now it's just building on that and finding something that works and just continue with it. Lyon (32 not out) and Josh Hazlewood then pushed Australia's score past 200 before Hazelwood (6) skied a catch off Taijul Islam (1-17) to end the innings at 210, and a significant first innings lead of 146 runs on a bowlers' wicket.
Starc's perfect 10 Fresh from taking 6-12 in the first innings, Starc again tormented Bangladesh's top order in the second innings taking another two wickets in consecutive balls to have the visitors' reeling early in its chase. After surviving Starc's first over of the second innings, Bangladesh were not as fortunate in the Aussie's next over as Shadman Islam (1) edged a catch to Marnus Labuschagne, before Mominul Haque (0) shouldered arms and had his off stump rattled with Starc's next delivery. Starc (4-39) returned after lunch to remove the luckless Litton Das for another duck. The wicketkeeper batter faced 27 balls across three innings in the series for no runs. Cummins (3-10) made a double breakthrough after lunch with Mehidy Hasan Miraz edging behind to Alex Carey, before Hasan Mahmud popped up a catch to short leg, to go with removing Tanzid Hasan (9) caught on the boundary earlier in the day. Starc got his fourth ten-wicket haul in his 107th test with a characteristic delivery that went through the gate of bat and pad and bowled Taijul Islam for seven just before tea. Starc missed the opportunity to improve his best bowling figures (11-94 vs. Sri Lanka at Galle in 2016) as Lyon cleaned up the tail taking the final two wickets --- Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam --- in the first over after tea to seal victory. The two-test "Top End" series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to South Africa, India and England. ___ See AP's full cricket coverage here
Aussie's extend lead Earlier Sunday, Australia resumed at 165-8 with Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon adding another 28 useful runs Sunday for the ninth wicket. After also taking six wickets on Day 1, Shoriful Islam soon picked up his seventh with a searing inswinging yorker which struck Green on the front foot and was given out leg before wicket on review. Shoriful's 7-48 was the best bowling figures for a Bangladesh player away from home. Green's 67 off 105 balls with 10 boundaries was the top score of the match so far and follows his breakthrough home century in the first test at Darwin to lock down his place in Australia's middle order. "We've got 20 tests coming up this year, so yeah, you want to get off to a good start, and I felt like I have done that, Green said. "So now it's just building on that and finding something that works and just continue with it. Lyon (32 not out) and Josh Hazlewood then pushed Australia's score past 200 before Hazelwood (6) skied a catch off Taijul Islam (1-17) to end the innings at 210, and a significant first innings lead of 146 runs on a bowlers' wicket.
Starc's perfect 10 Fresh from taking 6-12 in the first innings, Starc again tormented Bangladesh's top order in the second innings taking another two wickets in consecutive balls to have the visitors' reeling early in its chase. After surviving Starc's first over of the second innings, Bangladesh were not as fortunate in the Aussie's next over as Shadman Islam (1) edged a catch to Marnus Labuschagne, before Mominul Haque (0) shouldered arms and had his off stump rattled with Starc's next delivery. Starc (4-39) returned after lunch to remove the luckless Litton Das for another duck. The wicketkeeper batter faced 27 balls across three innings in the series for no runs. Cummins (3-10) made a double breakthrough after lunch with Mehidy Hasan Miraz edging behind to Alex Carey, before Hasan Mahmud popped up a catch to short leg, to go with removing Tanzid Hasan (9) caught on the boundary earlier in the day. Starc got his fourth ten-wicket haul in his 107th test with a characteristic delivery that went through the gate of bat and pad and bowled Taijul Islam for seven just before tea. Starc missed the opportunity to improve his best bowling figures (11-94 vs. Sri Lanka at Galle in 2016) as Lyon cleaned up the tail taking the final two wickets --- Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam --- in the first over after tea to seal victory. The two-test "Top End" series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to South Africa, India and England. ___ See AP's full cricket coverage here
