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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