Cricket: After some stunning dominance from Bangladesh at Darwin’s TIO Stadium, Australia’s backs are well and truly against the wall on the third day of their Test match.
No expert gave the tourists a chance after their flop in a tour match only days out from the game, but they will take a lead of at least 153 runs into the second innings.
Meanwhile, Australia have looked bereft of answers and are now staring down the possibility of a first-ever defeat to the Tigers on home soil.
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Decent start for Australia
Australia have given some back in the first over of the third session, with Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith combining to take nine from Taskin Ahmed.
Keeping Bangladesh’s unheralded but impressive attack out on their feet for as long as possible is the only goal here.
AUS 2-60
Third session under way
Australia is desperate for a big partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith here.
But Bangladesh will be out to continue what has been the better part of three days of absolute dominance.
AUS 2-40
Tea time
Tea has been taken after yet another session which belonged to Bangladesh.
Remarkably, Australia remain a further 177 runs from making the unheralded tourists bat again after eight sessions of cricket where they have been pinned firmly on the back foot.
Bangladesh need another eight wickets to stitch up what would be their most famous victory - and a catastrophic Australian defeat.
Marnus Labuschagne is 21 not out, alongside Steve Smith (eight not out).
TEA: AUS 2-51
Tea approaches
For the first time today, Bangladesh have turned to spin.
The country’s all-time leading wicket-taker at Test level Taijul Islam is into the attack to send down his left-arm orthodox offerings.
AUS 2-46
Smith survives!
Ebadot Hussain and Bangladesh thought they had Steve Smith caught behind, and umpire Kumar Dharmasena had his finger up.
But Australia’s best batter reviewed immediately and the replay showed he had in fact hit the ground.
Later in the over, he collected the first boundary of his innings with a sublime cover drive.
AUS 2-44
Smith in
Steve Smith may well need to add plenty more to his first-innings effort of 71 if Australia are to avoid an embarrasing defeat here.
The No.4 is settling at the crease and has not had any nervy moments yet.
AUS 2-40
Head goes!
Like Jake Weatherald, Travis Head has chopped back onto his stumps!
Hasan Mahmud has prized an invaluable breakthrough for Bangladesh by sending the Australian opener on his way for 17.
With Steve Smith coming to the crease, the stage is set for a famous Bangladesh win.
AUS 2-37
Aussies settling
Travis Head (13 not out) and Marnus Labuschagne (nine not out) are beginning to settle after Jake Weatherald’s departure for a duck.
Bangladesh’s innings showed the surface became much easier for batting once the hardness and shine was off the new ball - the next 40 minutes before tea will be crucial.
AUS 1-27
Nerve-rattler for Marnus
Bangladesh wicketkeeper Litton Das will be breathing a sigh of relief after appearing to drop Marnus Labuschagne, only for a replay to show the ball had in fact hit his thigh pad.
The delivery from Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed was a nigh-on impossible to play leg-cutter.
AUS 1-22
Head away
Travis Head got away with a trademark cover drive which raced past deep point to the boundary, and followed up off the back foot later in the over to collect four more.
How what is a brilliant player but relatively-new red-ball opener goes about this dire situation will be fascinating.
AUS 1-20
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