Sports desk: Bangladesh made the all-important breakthrough after lunch to leave Australia on 210-9 in the 2nd-day of first Test of Rocket two-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.
AC Agar and JR Hazlewood are on the crease, scoring 35 off 88 balls and 4 runs off 12 balls respectively.
Bangladesh's young spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz bowled out Australia's skipper Steven Smith for the 2nd day's first breakthrough of the first.
Australia resumed the 1st innings with overnight score of 18/3 in 9 overs, replying to Bangladesh 260 runs in the 1st innings, and were batting on 100/4 in 31st over at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Miraz did the job in the last ball of the innings 12th over when aggressive batsman Steven Smith collected only 8 off 16 balls, involving one boundary. Smith added just five runs more with his overnight score of 3 runs.
Mehedi delivered a flight on middle and leg to Smith who advanced to get the pitch but rather inexplicably misses the ball to hit the leg stump at Aussies 33/4 in 12 overs.
Brief score:
Bangladesh 1st innings: 260/10 in 78.5 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 84, Tamim Iqbal 71, Nasir Hossain 23, Ashton Agar 3/46, Pat Cummins 3/63, Nathan Lyon 3/79.
Australia 1st Innings: Batting on 129/7 in 35th over (overnight 18/3 in 9 overs); AC Agar batting 0, GJ Maxwell batting 8, MT Renshaw 45, PSP Handscomb 33, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 3/33, Shakib Al Hasan 3/37.
