Welcome to the highlights of Australia vs Bangladesh 2nd Test - 2026 Bangladesh tour of Australia 2-match Test series - The second and final Test cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh was played at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay on August 22nd to August 26th, 2026.
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| Mitchell Starc strike with the first ball of a Test match for the fourth time © Getty Images |
Match Overview:
Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and Cameron Green guided Australia comfortable an innings & 51-run victory over Bangladesh, despite Shoriful Islam's record-breaking 7-for and drawn the two-match series with 1-1 inside two days in a historic, one-sided second & final Test match.
Match Stats:
- Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay became the 12th Australian venue to host a Test match and the 127th venue in the world to host a Test match.
- This is the first time between Australia and Bangladesh match completed under two days - This is the 28th shortest match by terms of days in Test matches, Australia have been involved in 15 of the 28 and This is the first time Bangladesh have involved.
- Australia's innings and 51-run win was their fourth largest victory by terms of an innings & runs against Bangladesh in Tests.
- Shadman Islam became the second Bangladesh batsman to be dismissed off the first ball of a Test match after Hannan Sarkar dismissed off the first ball three times, all against West Indies pacer Pedro Collins - bowled in Dhaka in 2002, and twice LBW in 2004.
- The Mackay Test match produced the 60th instance of same team openers getting out for ducks in a Test Innings, This is the fourth such instance for Bangladesh in Tests, Their previous such three instance, all at Mirpur came against India in 2010, against Zimbabwe in 2014 and against Sri Lanka in 2022.
- Mitchell Starc took five wickets in 22 balls against Bangladesh's first innings in the Mackay Test - which was his second fastest to complete five-wicket haul for Australia in Test matches after his record 15-balls five-for against West Indies at Kingston in the previous year.
- Mitchell Starc's 6 for 12 was his third best bowling performance for Australia in Test matches and the third best-bowling-figures by an Australian bowler against Bangladesh in Tests.
- Mitchell Starc became the fifth Australian bowler to take a five-wicket haul against Bangladesh in Tests.
- Bangladesh's 64 was their fourth lowest score in a completed innings in Test matches and It is their lowest-score against Australia in Tests, previous lowest was 97 at Darwin in 2003.
- Bangladesh bowled out for 64 in the first innings - This is the 1st Instances of Australian pace bowlers picking up all ten wickets against Bangladesh in an innings in Test matches.
- Shoriful Islam's 7 for 48 was the third best bowling figures for Bangladesh in Test matches and the best-bowling-figures by an Bangladesh bowler against Australia in Tests, surpassing the previous record of 6 for 55 held by Hasan Mahmud at Darwin earlier in this series' first Test match.
- Australia's 210 was their second lowest score in a completed innings against Bangladesh in Tests after their 198 at Darwin earlier in this series' previous Test match.
- Bangladesh's 95 was their 13th lowest score in a completed innings in Test matches and It is their second lowest-score against Australia in Tests after their 64 in the first innings earlier in this match.
- Mitchell Starc took 10-wickets for 51-runs in this match - This is Mitchell Starc's fourth ten-wicket plus in a match in Test matches and the joint fifth most 10-wickets in a match by Australian bowler in Tests, joints with Frederick Spofforth.
- Mitchell Starc's 10 for 51 was his second best bowling figures in a match for Australia in Test matches and the second best-bowling-figures by an Australian bowler against Bangladesh in a Test match after Nathan Lyon's 13 for 154 at Chattogram in 2017.
Short Summary:
- Day 1 - A stunning fightback from Shoriful Islam's 6 for 35 as Australia n 165 for 8 with a lead of 101 after An devastating bowling by pace bowlers Mitchell Starc's 6 for 12 and Pat Cummins' three-for as Bangladesh bowled out for 64 on 18-wicket opening day of the second Test match.
- Day 2 - Australia innings win after Mitchell Starc's four-wickets, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyonc's each three-wickets as Bangladesh bowled out for 95 in the day two of the second & final Test match.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Bangladesh 1st Innings scored 64 for all-out in 34 overs with top scorer by Shoriful Islam hit 14 off 19-balls including 3-fours.
Taijul Islam, Mehidy Hasan Miraz each scored 10-runs and Hasan Mahmud cracked a 10 off 36-balls.
1st Innings Australia best bowler by Mitchell Starc claimed a 6-wickets for 12-runs in 10-overs including six maidens with economy rate of 1.20, Pat Cummins picked up 3-wickets for 25-runs in 10-overs included four maidens with economy-rate of 2.50 and Josh Hazlewood took 1-wicket.
Australia 1st Innings scored 210 for all-out in 52.3 overs with top scorer by Cameron Green cracked a 67 off 105-balls including 10-fours.
Steve Smith struck 42 off 74-balls including 6-fours, Nathan Lyon hit a unbeaten 32 off 62-balls included 4-fours & a six and Travis Head hit 22 off 27-balls contained 4-fours with strike rate of 81.48.
1st Innings Bangladesh best bowler by Shoriful Islam claimed a career-best 7-wickets for 48-runs in 15-overs including three maidens with economy rate of 3.20, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam and Taskin Ahmed each took one-wickets.
Bangladesh 2nd Innings scored 95 for all-out in 38.3 overs with top scorer by Najmul Hossain Shanto struck 31 off 46-balls including 6-fours.
Mushfiqur Rahman cracked a unbeaten 29 off 80-balls including 3-fours and Tanzid Hasan scored 9 off 34-balls contained a boundary.
2nd Innings Australia best bowler by Mitchell Starc claimed a 4-wickets for 39-runs in 10-overs including three maidens.
Pat Cummins picked up 3-wickets for 10-runs in 10-overs included four maidens with economy rate of 1 and Nathan Lyon scored took 3-wickets for 25-runs in 11.3-overs contained four maidens.
Mitchell Starc named Player of the match for his pace bowling attack to claimed a ten-wickets in a match.
Mitchell Starc earned player of the series for claiming 12 wickets with average of 12.08 in the two-match series.
Day 2 Highlights
Day 1 Highlights
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