Australia hammer Bangladesh inside two days to tie Test series

Bangladesh bowled out for 95 following first-innings 64 to lose by innings and 51 runs in Mackay; Australia left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc takes 10-for in match to finish series with 12 wickets at average of 12.08; series finishes tied at 1-1 after hosts' shock loss in Darwin opener

Australia responded to their shock opening loss to Bangladesh in Darwin with a thumping innings victory inside two days in Mackay to tie the two-Test series at 1-1.

Mitchell Starc took 4-39 to finish with match figures of 10-51 as Bangladesh ​were dismissed for less than 100 for the second time in the match.

Pat Cummins also claimed 3-10 and off-spinner Nathan Lyon 3-25 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 95 in 38.3 overs before tea on day two.

Bangladesh 64 all out in 34 overs in first innings (put in to bat): Mitchell Starc (6-12), Pat Cummins (3-25), Josh Hazlewood (1-18); Shoriful Islam (14)

Australia 210 all out in 52.3 overs in first innings: Cameron Green (67), Steve Smith (42), Nathan Lyon (32no); Shoriful Islam (7-48), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1-4), Taijul Islam (1-17), Taskin Ahmed (1-58)

Bangladesh 95 all out in 38.3 overs in second innings: Mitchell Starc (4-39), Pat Cummins (3-10), Nathan Lyon (3-25); Najmul Hossain Shanto (31), Mushfiqur Rahim (29no)

That followed their first-innings 64 all out, and though Australia themselves managed only a score of 210, that ultimately proved plenty as they wrapped up an innings-and-51-run victory.

"Much better week," Starc, who was named Player of the Match, said. "We knew we weren't at our best, or what we expect of ourselves, in Darwin.

"What we expect of ourselves this week is what we got, particularly with the ball and the wicket that aided us with the ball."

As emphatic as the victory was, it may ​do little to ease concerns about Australia's batting before visiting reigning World Test Championship winners South ⁠Africa on a three-Test tour starting in October.

Australia, 165-8 overnight in their first innings, were evenutally bowled out ⁠for 210, with Cameron Green (67), who also scored a century in the first Test, the only batter to hit a half century.

The Tigers' recalled left-arm paceman Shoriful Islam took 7-48, for the best innings haul by a Bangladesh bowler in an away Test.

The visitors needed 146 runs to make the hosts ‌bat again but slumped to 39-3 by lunch and collapsed in the middle session, limping to 95-8 at tea.