Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
Australia have taken a 146-run lead in the second Test in Mackay after Bangladesh pace bowler Shoriful Islam returned all-time best away figures for his country.
Allrounder Cameron Green was ninth man out for 67 to take his series aggregate to 184, the best of either side, and certainly secure his spot on the plane to South Africa for the three-Test series in October.
Bangladesh left-arm quick Shoriful finished with 7-48 after returning his career-best figures in an innings before Australia were dismissed for 210 before lunch on day two.
They were also the best innings figures away for a Bangladesh bowler, surpassing left-arm spinner Taijul Islam’s 7-138 in Harare in June.
The delivery that dismissed Green was a snorting inswinger that hit him on the toe and deflected to third man.
On review the ball was clearly crashing into middle stump, an unplayable delivery that Pakistan great Wasim Akram would have been proud of.
Green and Nathan Lyon resumed on the second day with Australia on 8-165 after Mitchell Starc’s 6-12 was crucial to bowling Bangladesh out for 64 on the first day.
The pair added a valuable 38 for the ninth wicket with Lyon making a cameo of 32.
The big question after Australia’s innings wrapped up an hour before lunch was whether the sold-out crowd at Great Barrier Reef Arena would get to see a full day’s play after 18 wickets tumbled on the opening day.
They certainly got a glimpse of a future star in Shoriful, who missed the first Test with a side strain.
The 190cm tall tearaway is just 25 and appears set to lead the attack for years to come. He has looked up to Starc and certainly bowled with the same kind of threat.
“When I was playing age-level cricket I saw him and I liked him,” Shoriful said of Starc after taking six wickets on the first day.
“I am playing with him, so I’m excited. He got six and I also got six, so (I am) happy.”
The quietly-spoken giant would be happier still after finishing with seven wickets.
