Why Australia is still considered the most dangerous and invincible team in world cricket, it has proved this by avenging the shocking defeat in the Darwin Test in just two days. After suffering an upset at the hands of Bangladesh in Darwin, the Kangaroo team made a strong comeback in the second Test match played in Mackay. The Australian bowlers created such a dreadful havoc in the first two days of the match that the Bangladeshi batting order was completely destroyed and the team failed to cross the 100-run mark in a single innings. In this way, host Australia won the match by a huge margin of an innings and 51 runs and leveled the two-match series at 1-1. Mitchell Starc and the bowlers wreaked havoc. After winning the toss in the match, the fast bowlers of the Australian team, who came to bowl first, started tightening their grip from the initial overs. Bangladesh team was reduced to just 64 runs in the first innings, in which experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc broke the back of the opposition team by taking six wickets. After this, Australia scored 210 runs in its first innings and took a significant lead of 146 runs over Bangladesh. Even in the second innings, Bangladeshi batsmen could not stand against the Australian attack and the entire team collapsed for just 95 runs. Starc's havoc continued in the second innings and he took 4 wickets, while captain Pat Cummins and star spinner Nathan Lyon sealed the victory by taking three wickets each. Shoriful Islam's hard work went in vain, Cameron Green's brilliant half-century. Earlier, on the second day of the match, Australia advanced its first innings by 165 runs at the loss of eight wickets. All-rounders Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon present at the crease played with caution and took the team's score forward. Cameron Green batted brilliantly and played a brilliant inning of 67 runs with the help of 10 fours in 105 balls, which was eventually dismissed by Shoriful Islam. Shoriful took a total of seven wickets in this innings, but his excellent bowling could not save Bangladesh from defeat. After this, Nathan Lyon (32* runs) and Josh Hazlewood made a useful partnership for the last wicket and took the team's score beyond 200. From Bangladesh, only two batsmen could touch double figures in the second innings, in which Nazmul Hussain Shanto scored the highest 31 runs while Mushfiqur Rahim remained unbeaten on 29 runs.
