Such an exciting and surprising day of Test format was seen on the cricket field, which stunned everyone. On the very first day of the second Test match being played between Australia and Bangladesh in Mackay, there was such chaos that a total of 18 wickets were destroyed for just 229 runs. In this match, complete dominance of pacers i.e. fast bowlers was seen, where the technical weaknesses of the batsmen of both the teams were clearly exposed. This stormy start of the first day's play has created a unique record in the pages of history, which has created a sensation in the cricket circles. Bangladesh's innings collapsed due to Mitchell Starc's deadly bowling. At the beginning of the match, Australia won the toss and took an aggressive decision to bowl first, which was completely proved right by their experienced fast bowlers. Australia's dreaded left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc tore apart the Bangladeshi batting order with his fiery balls. Starc bowled another brilliant spell of his Test career, conceding only 12 runs in just 10 overs and showed the way to the pavilion to 6 batsmen. His lethal attack can be gauged from the fact that Bangladesh's opening batsmen got scattered one after the other like a pack of cards and the entire team was reduced to a very small score of only 64 runs in its first innings. The condition during Bangladesh's innings was such that their opening batsmen were seen struggling completely to stay on the crease. Six batsmen were out for zero without opening the account. The condition of the batsmen was very pathetic in this low-scoring and struggling match. During the innings, there were a total of 6 batsmen who could not even open their account and returned to the pavilion with a personal score of zero including the golden duck. The player who scored the most runs in the innings for Bangladesh was not a specialist batsman but their fast bowler Shoriful Islam, who played the highest innings of 14 runs in a fighting style. There was a danger of the team being reduced to the minimum score, but in the end, a small partnership for the last wicket between Shoriful and Taijul Islam somehow took the score to 64. After this collapse of Bangladesh's innings, it seemed that the match was completely under the control of host Australia, but many big turns were still to come in the game. Shoriful Islam's counterattack and the poor condition of the Kangaroo team. When the Australian team came to bat in its first innings, they too had to face the same anger and tough test as the Bangladeshi fast bowlers. For Bangladesh, left-arm fast bowler Shoriful Islam wreaked havoc on the Australian batsmen in the same way as Starc had wreaked havoc on his team. Shoriful displayed brilliant bowling and completed the first five-wicket haul of his career and devastated Australia's top order. The Australian innings, which was once looking strong, suddenly collapsed like a house of cards and within no time the team lost its important 8 wickets at the score of just 165 runs. Even legendary batsmen like Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith could not stand in front of Shoriful and other bowlers. Australia's shame saved due to Cameron Green's fighting innings. Amidst the continuous falling of wickets, all-rounder Cameron Green once again emerged as a trouble-shooter for Australia. When his teammates at the other end were returning to the pavilion one after another, Green displayed great wisdom and patience while holding one end firmly in place. By the end of the first day's play, Cameron Green was unbeaten on 51 runs after scoring a brilliant half-century, while experienced spinner Nathan Lyon was supporting him well by scoring 10 runs. A total of 18 wickets fallen on the first day proved that the pitch was providing extra bounce and swing to the fast bowlers, due to which the second day of the match is expected to be even more exciting.
