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.
Shoriful Islam c Starc b Lyon 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Shoriful at No.11
Syed: "Taskin going back to finish his remaining Tea and biscuits."
Taskin Ahmed c Smith b Lyon 8 (15m 11b 0x4 1x6) SR: 72.72
3.02pm Australia's players head out to the middle. Mushfiqur and Taskin follow. Lyon to continue. Slip and silly mid-off in place.
END OF OVER:38 | 4 Runs | BAN: 95/8
- Mushfiqur Rahim29 (80b)
- Taskin Ahmed8 (10b)
- Mitchell Starc10-3-39-4
- Nathan Lyon11-4-25-1
2:44 pm That ray of hope for the visitors lasted only 27 runs off 80 balls before Shanto fell for 31 and broke the partnership; then the batting disaster continued from there. Litton remains a walking wicket in this series, adding another duck to his tally, while Miraz threw his wicket away chasing a wide bouncer from Cummins to nick behind. Bangladesh's fight to survive goes on, albeit in strange fashion, with Mushfiqur Rahim refusing to farm the strike and repeatedly exposing the tail. That tactic proved costly when Taijul's leg stump was cleaned up by a ferocious delivery from Starc, handing the pacer a 10-wicket haul. Mushfiq and Taskin now head back to the dressing room with Bangladesh still trailing by 51 runs. See you soon after the break!
Masum: "Looks like we'll have to be satisfied with just the win from the first match. Anyway, the improvement has begun, taking one step forward is also a win. Something better is waiting in the future."
Stats from Sampath - Fewest balls to take ten wickets in a men's Test match:
91 - George Lohmann vs SA, Johannesburg, 1896 98 - Johnny Briggs vs SA, Cape Town, 1889 103 - George Lohmann vs SA, Gqeberha, 1896 104 - Frank Woolley vs AUS, The Oval, 1912 109 - Mitchell Starc vs BAN, Mackay, 2026
Pierre: "@Slim Shady a better alternative. He scores 177 more runs, getting his average past 40, stays not out, and Bangladesh win the game and series. "
Ry: "Bangladesh needs to find a couple of good top order batsmen next to support their fast bowlers. At least one of them with some venom and aggression. Bangladesh hasn't had an attacking top order batsmen since Tamim Iqbal. "
Sajid: "@Sahriar, the reason why Tamim had to come out to bat with one hand that day!"
Slim Shady : "Really want Mushi to remain not out so that his average doesn't drop below 39"
