RESULT2nd Test • BAN vs AUS

64 & 95

Winner
210
Australia won by an innings and 51 runs
2nd Test, Mackay, August 22, 2026, Bangladesh tour of Australia
Scorecard Summary
Australia2nd Innings
210/10
(52.3 Ov)
67 (105)
Shoriful Islam7/48 (15)
42 (74)
Mehidy Hasan Miraz1/4 (2)
Match Report
The two captains pose with the trophy after the series is tied 1-1. Both sides might leave frustrated somewhat. Bangladesh will be disappointed by a huge let down after their historic win in Darwin. Australia will be annoyed at taking until the second Test to find their best cricket. There will be a bit to dissect from this fortnight. Stay with Cricinfo to follow Gnasher and Isam's post series coverage. Thanks for your company on our ball-by-ball coverage. See you again soon.
3.22pm Presentation
Pat Cummins: "A lot of things went right these couple of days and a lot of things went wrong last week. We needed to bounce back and it was a great couple of days for the lads. I thought everyone was sharp. It was the opposite last week. If you get a really good first hour or two it can set up the rest of the match. Green looked in total command, held our innings together. Hopefully he can take a lot of confidence from that. We know how good he is."
Najmul Hossain Shanto: "We know how good Australia are. They showed their character. We didn't play our best this Test match. This was different conditions. A little extra bounce and swing in the air. It was challenging for us. But as a team if we want to go forward we need to address these conditions and I think this experience will help us moving forward. It was quite difficult for all the batters. Their batting also struggled with Shoriful. It was a quite difficult wicket to bat to be very honest. We need to be consistent and I believe if we get more chances in similar conditions it will help us. And that's what we want. Not 23 years to wait to come here. If we get chances to come back more often it will improve our game."
Player of the match and the series is Mitchell Starc: "A much better week. We knew we were not at our best in Darwin. Bangladesh played really well. Take nothing away from them there. What we expected from ourselves this week is what we got particularly with the ball on a wicket that aided us with the ball."
3.08pm Australia win by an innings and 51 runs. This is the second shortest Test ever played in Australia. It's the fourth shortest Test of all time. It is the first time Bangladesh has been bowled out for under 100 twice in a Test and the first time any side has been bowled out twice for under 100 in both innings in 21 years.
Josh Hazlewood on Fox: "The wicket was pretty good. Not sure it should have been a two-day game. There was enough there. It quickened up a bit today. There was a bit of seam movement morning of day one as you'd expect but once the shine went off the ball it didn't do a lot. It's always going to get scrutinised if it is two days but it played better than that."
Nathan Lyon on Fox: "Felt really good out of the hand. It was pretty hard to get a bowl sometimes. I feel really good physically. I'm probably feeling better than I have in my career. I thought that pitch was brilliant. I don't think it was an 18-wicket day one pitch. Hats off to the curator. I thought it was a nice wicket. Similar to the Gabba. But you've got some pretty good bowlers bowling."
John: "A suggestion for these 2-day tests, add a third innings to both teams."
Akash: "This performance answered two important questions for the Aussies: Bowlers still got it. Batters ain't. "
Sumeet: "Still no talk about poor playing conditions? " The players are saying it's not a bad pitch. We will wait for what Shanto says but it'd be doubtful he will blame conditions for his dismissal.
Recent Commentary
38.3
W
Lyon to Shoriful Islam
sliced to backward point! Starc another catch! Australia win by an innings. Shoriful charges down the track wildly trying to launch down the ground, got nowhere need the pitch, slices it off a thick outside edge to backward point and Starc takes a good catch above his head
38.2
0
Lyon to Shoriful Islam
tossed up on off, not as much turn, he defends on the front foot
38.1
W
Lyon to Taskin
edged and pouched at first slip by Smith! Beautiful delivery. Drifting in from around the wicket, pitching on off, spinning away, Taskin drives, gets a thick edge, Smith dives low to his right and pouches his 219th Test catch
37.6
0
Starc to Mushfiqur
141.9 kph hard length ball angling in from outside off, good leave by Mushfiqur. And that will bring us to the Tea break on Day 2.
37.5
0
Starc to Mushfiqur
tighter line and length ball from Starc, prods it down cautiously
37.4
0
Starc to Mushfiqur
short of a length ball attacking the stumps line, moves onto the back foot and defends to cover
37.3
4
Starc to Mushfiqur
Off the glove and just wide of Smith! Shortish length ball angling in, tries to get away from the firing line, gloved it through the gap between the second slip and the gully fielder, trickles away to the ropes
37.2
0
Starc to Mushfiqur
short of a length ball angling in on the stumps, moves onto the back foot and negates it to point
37.1
0
Starc to Mushfiqur
good length ball from around the wicket, taps it to cover area
36.6
0
Lyon to Taskin
good length ball defends to the off-side area
36.5
6
Lyon to Taskin
looped up a length ball in the slot, clears the front leg and heaves it high over the long on region. Massive six this one!
36.4
0
Lyon to Taskin
good length ball around off, taps it to cover
36.3
0
Lyon to Taskin
arm ball on a length, plays with the straight bat and toe-ends it to Lyon
36.2
0
Lyon to Taskin
good length ball defends off the front foot
36.1
1
Lyon to Mushfiqur
fuller length ball on the stumps, works it away to long on, sets off for a single. It seems like Mushfiq trusts Taskin too to deal with the rest of the over.
35.6
0
Starc to Taskin
a fraction short on middle-off channel, gets away from the line of the ball
35.5
0
Starc to Taskin
141.3 kph bouncer ball down the leg-side, left alone
35.4
0
Starc to Taskin
yorker ball angling in on the stumps, digs it out with the toe-end of the bat
35.3
2
Starc to Taskin
fuller length ball on the off stump line, clears the front leg and bludgeons it firmly through the covers for a couple of runs
35.2
0
Starc to Taskin
full and overpitched on the pads outside leg, attempts to flick it away, does not connect and thuds the pad
Match Details
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Winner
Ground
Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay
Series
Bangladesh tour of Australia
Season
2026
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 10.00-12.00, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
22 August 2026 - day (TEST-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
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