Mitchell Starc removed Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam with the first ball of the match and the veteran Australian fast bowler took six wickets in the first innings on a wild first day of the second cricket Test Saturday (August 22, 2026).
After Australia won the toss and decided to bowl, with captain Pat Cummins suggesting “the wicket looks pretty good, but if there is any moisture in it, it might be this morning. Starc removed Tanzid Hasan and had captain Najmul Hossain Shanto caught lbw in the third over to leave Bangladesh, which surprisingly won the first test of the two-test series, reeling. Shadman Islam was caught in the gully off a leading edge to give Starc his record fourth career wicket on the first ball of a match. His fifth wicket came when he had Litton Das trapped lbw and his sixth after lunch. The highest Bangladesh score was by No.
Starc got his fourth wicket when Cameron Green made a grass-top catch to remove Mominul Haque for 9, the only Bangladesh batter to score a run among the first four batters Saturday (August 22). 11 batter Shoriful Islam with 14.
Australia announced a 13-man squad earlier this week, with only one change for the second test. It dropped Jake Weatherald and recalled Matt Renshaw, who opened the batting but was out for 8 early in the Australian innings.
Shoriful Islam (2nd R) appeals with team mates for LBW to dismiss Australias Beau Webster (L) during the first day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Bangladesh at the Great Barrier Reef Stadium in Mackay | Photo Credit: AFP “Six (wickets) in the first session, can’t beat that,” Starc told his wife, television commentator and former Australia captain Alyssa Healy while walking off the field at lunch. “Obviously a little bit of anger.”