750 balls! Second-shortest Test match in Australia
What's the story
Australia thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test in Mackay, completing the match in less than two days. Mitchell Starc was the star of the show, taking 10 wickets across both innings. The match lasted just 750 balls, making it the fourth-shortest Test in cricket history and the second-shortest ever played on Australian soil. Here are the key numbers.
Match highlights
How the match panned out
In what was to be a stunning affair, Australia won the toss and elected to field first.
Starc's record six-fer helped Australia bowl out Bangladesh for a mere 64. His spell included a wicket off the match's first ball.
Australia also suffered a dramatic collapse, but Cameron Green, Steve Smith, and Nathan Lyon propelled them to 210.
Shoriful Islam took a historic seven-wicket haul for Bangladesh, who later perished for 95 in 38.3 overs. Starc took four wickets.
Numbers
Second-shortest Test in Australia
The Mackay Test lasted 750 balls, making it the fourth-shortest completed Test and the second-shortest in Australia.
According to Cricinfo, this was also the second-shortest Test in Australia. The shortest Test Down Under is the 1931/32 affair between Australia and South Africa in Melbourne.
The Test in February 1932 lasted 656 balls, with the highest score being 153.
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Ending inside two days
According to Cricinfo, three of the last seven Tests in Australia ended within two days. Before these seven Tests, only two Tests were wrapped up inside two days Down Under.