Mackay, Aug. 22 -- After a poor outing with the bat, a sensational six-wicket haul by pacer Shoriful Islam helped Bangladesh fight back, ending the first day of the second Test against Australia at Mackay on Sunday on a high.

At the end of day one, Australia was 165/8, with Cameron Green (51*) and Nathan Lyon (10*) unbeaten. They were leading by 101 runs against Bangladesh, who were skittled out for 64 in the first innings.

Australia won the toss and elected to field first. Mitchell Starc struck Bangladesh with a vengeance after the embarrassment of the loss at Darwin, taking five wickets in the first seven overs and reducing Bangladesh to 12/5.

Starc started the innings with the first-ball wicket of Shadman Islam for a duck, registeri...