Australia v Bangladesh second Test: Aussies bowling first in a bid to avoid an embarrassing series sweep

Mitchell Starc is absolutely destroying Bangladesh in Mackay!

Mominul Haque is now on his way for nine after Cam Green claimed his second catch for the innings in the gully.

The chance was taken low to the ground, but third umpire Richard Illingworth eventually sent Bangladesh’s No.3 back to the pavillion.

The tourists have now lost four wickets inside the first half an hour, all to Starc, and are in all sorts of trouble.

BAN 4-10

Mushfiqur Rahim was able to survive Mitchell Starc’s hat-trick ball by leaving on length.

He also did not offer a stroke to the three remaining deliveries in the over.

BAN 3-9

Mitchell Starc has given Australia some sort of start in Mackay, and he’s now on a hat-trick!

He has now trapped Najmul Hossain Shanto lbw without scoring.

Bangladesh’s captain called for a review, with ball-tracking siding with the umpire to send him on his way for a golden duck.

BAN 3-9

And now Bangladesh’s centurion from Darwin Tanzid Hasan is gone for a duck as well!

He hung around believing the ball may have gone into the ground before being taken by Beau Webster, but was proven wrong by a replay.

Mitchell Starc has given Australia the best of starts!

BAN 2-9

After claiming seven of his side’s 11 wickets in Darwin, Josh Hazlewood was not quite on the money in his first over in Mackay.

Bangladesh’s No.3 Mominul Haque chipped a catch in the area of Pat Cummins at wide mid-on, but the chance eluded Australia’s captain and went away for his second boundary.

BAN 1-9

Mitchell Starc has given Australia the PERFECT start with the game’s very first ball!

A late away-swinger drew a leading edge from Shadman Islam which was pouched by Cam Green in the gully.

Amazingly, that’s Starc’s 28th wicket in the first over of a Test innings.

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BAN 1-0

We’re about to get under way in Mackay, with Mitchell Starc set to open the bowling for Australia.

He will be hoping to knock over Bangladesh’s openers Shadman Islam and Tanzid Hasan, the latter of whom made a fine century in Darwin.

BAN 0-0

Channel Seven’s Aaron Finch has joined the commentary team for this game and he is expecting Australia to bounce back.

“I think that (Josh) Hazelwood will be an absolute handful. With this slight breeze going across the ground, that will help Mitchell Starc swing that new ball as well and we know how important he is and how destructive he can be when that ball swings,” Finch said.

“And it was interesting to hear Pat come and say, from a bowling point of view, that they need to be more destructive.

“The one thing that they can’t afford to do though is search. Once you start thinking, ‘I have to take wickets’, that’s when you can start leaking runs. That’s when you can be either too full or too short.

“They’ve just got to go back to what their basics are. They know what to do.”

After a disastrous result in Darwin last week, it’s fair to say this is a massive game for Australia.

With a calendar of as many as 21 Test matches coming up over the next 12 months, they will be desperate to bounce back from one of the poorest performances in living memory and at least square the series.

And welcome to our live coverage of the first ever Test in Mackay at the Great Barrier Reef Arena!

Australia will be out to bounce back from an embarrasing defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in Darwin last week.

Pat Cummins has won the toss and elected to bowl, with Matt Renshaw coming into their side in place of axed opener Jake Weatherald.

Bangladesh, who will be aiming to back up the greatest win in their history, have made one change, with Shoriful Islam replacing his fellow fast bowler Ebadot Hussain.

Play will get under way in around 15 minutes.