MacGill shines but Aussies stutter against Bangladesh

Mighty Australia faced the embarrassing prospect of having to follow on against lowly Bangladesh after another stellar performance by the home side in the first Test here on Monday.
Bangladesh had reduced Australia to 145-6 by stumps on the second day after scoring 427. The visitors need another 83 to avoid the follow-on.
Adam Gilchrist (51) and Brett Lee (13) were the not out batsmen as Bangladesh's spinners held centre-stage after their Australian counterpart Stuart MacGill had produced his best performance in Tests. Australia were fresh from their memorable 3-0 Test series win in South Africa but struggled in totally different conditions.

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SCOREBOARD

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BANGLADESH (1st innings - overnight 355-5):

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Javed Omar lbw b Gillespie               27

Shahriar Nafees b MacGill               138

Habibul Bashar c Lee b MacGill           76

Rajin Saleh c sub (Symonds) b MacGill    67

Mohammad Ashraful lbw b Gillespie        29

Aftab Ahmed c Hayden b MacGill           29

Khaled Mashud st Gilchrist b MacGill     17

Mohammad Rafique b MacGill                6

Mashrafe Mortaza lbw b MacGill            6

Shahadat Hossain not out                  3

Enamul Haque c Hayden b MacGill           0

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EXTRAS: (LB-16, W-2, NB-11)              29

TOTAL: (all out)                        427

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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-51, 2-238, 3-265, 4-295, 5-351, 6-398, 7-416, 8-418, 9-424.
BOWLING: Lee 19-5-68-0, Clark 25-4-69-0, Gillespie 23-7-47-2, Warne 20-1-112-0, MacGill 33.3-2-108-8, Clarke 3-0-7-0.
OVERS: 123.3.

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AUSTRALIA (1st innings):

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M. Hayden lbw b Mortaza                   6

M. Hussey b Rafique                      23

R. Ponting lbw b Hossain                 21

D. Martyn b Rafique                       4

M. Clarke b Haque                        19

A. Gilchrist not out                     51

S. Warne c Mashud b Haque                 6

B. Lee not out                           13

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EXTRAS: (LB-2)                            2

TOTAL: (for six wickets)                145

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