Overview
- Australia were dismissed for 198 on Thursday as Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud took a career-best 6-55 to drive the collapse.
- Bangladesh reached 96 for one at stumps, cutting the first-innings deficit to 102 and leaving the visitors firmly in control going into day two.
- Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain backed Hasan with two wickets each while Mitchell Starc recorded a left-arm wicket milestone by moving past Rangana Herath.
- Steve Smith was the lone resistance with 71 but Australia’s middle and lower order repeatedly lost their wickets, heightening scrutiny of several batters' form and selection.
- The result is striking given Bangladesh’s heavy warm-up loss and this being their first Test series in Australia since 2003, and it raises questions about pitch use and how Australia will respond in the second Test.