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08/14 03:23 CDT Tanzid Hasan's maiden test century puts Bangladesh in command
against Australia
Tanzid Hasan's maiden test century puts Bangladesh in command against Australia
DARWIN, Australia (AP) --- Tanzid Hasan posted his maiden century in just his
second cricket test to help guide Bangladesh to 351-6 at stumps Friday and into
commanding position over top-ranked Australia after two days of the Top End
series opener.
Tanzid raised his hundred with a single off Nathan Lyon from 188 deliveries but
after a patient and resilient innings, he added just more run before he lofted
a ball from the veteran Australian spinner to Mitchell Starc at long-off soon
after.
He shared two big, important partnerships to set No. 9-ranked Bangladesh on
course for a big first-inning lead, combining with Mominul Haque (49) in a
102-run second-wicket stand and 93 with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto for the
third.
Shanto went on to score 84 from 126 deliveries before he was one of the three
wickets to fall in a four-over period soon after the Australians took the
second new ball.
Bangladesh resumed Friday at 96-1, 102 behind on the first innings after
dismissing Australia for 198, and finished Day 2 with a 153-run lead and four
wickets in hand.
In their first test on Australian soil since 2003, the Bangladesh players were
just as disciplined with the bat as they were with the ball on the opening day.
Mehidy Hassan Miraz (32) and Hasan Mahmud (13) shared a 43-run unbroken
partnership for the seventh wicket to get Bangladesh to stumps in the kind of
position that few expected ahead of the series.
The reunion of Australia's so-called Big Four --- pacemen Pat Cummins,Josh
Hazlewood and Starc and veteran off-spinner Lyon has so far been blunted by the
visiting batters in the warm, tropical conditions of far north Australia.
The two-test "Top End" series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the
Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to South Africa,
India and England.
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