Summary Australian spinner Nathan Lyon claimed his second five-wicket haul of the match.
CHITTAGONG (AFP) – Australian spinner Nathan Lyon claimed five wickets to pin down Bangladesh on day four of the second and final Test with the hosts tottering at 154-8 in Chittagong on Thursday.
Mehedi Hasan on 13 and Taijul Islam on two were at the crease at the tea break, with the hosts leading by 82 runs in their second innings.
Lyon, who has taken his match haul to 12 wickets so far, was ably supported by fast bowler Pat Cummins’ double strike as the visitors search for a series-levelling win.
Lyon struck soon after lunch to get Sabbir Rahman stumped for 24, ending a stubborn 54-run sixth-wicket stand with skipper Mushfiqur Rahim.
Mushfiqur, who made a 103-ball 31, was then joined by Mominul Haque to revive the innings before his stay was cut short by Cummins. The wicketkeeper-batsman was caught behind.
Mominul also made a defiant 61-ball 29 but became Lyon’s fifth victim of the innings as Bangladesh slipped further.
Highs and Lows
Bangladesh started the day on a high, dismissing number 11 batsman Lyon in the second over of the day.
But Lyon returned to pick up regular wickets as Bangladesh slipped to 83-5 at lunch.
A 54-run sixth-wicket stand between Mushfiqur and Sabbir Rahman steadied the innings briefly but an unrelenting Lyon got Sabbir stumped for 24.
Mushfiqur fell to fast bowler Pat Cummins after being caught behind, leaving his side in dire straits.
Cummins and Steve O Keefe, who combined with Lyon to wipe off the tail in the final session of play, took two wickets each.
With meagre room for manoeuvre in the fourth innings, Bangladesh had early success when Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Warner, who shared the man of the series award with Lyon, for eight.
Spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam then took the wickets of Steve Smith for 16 and Matt Renshaw for 22 to leave Australia at 48-3.
But Handscomb and Maxwell then dug in and saw Australia home with their unbroken 39-run stand.
Australia now travel to India where they will play five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches between September 17 to October 13.
