A defiant Mehidy Hasan Miraz, with the support of the tail-enders, has stretched Bangladesh’s first innings lead to 219 as the visitors went into Lunch on 417-8 on Day 3 of the first Test against Australia at the Marrara Stadium in Darwin on Saturday.

Miraz, who resumed his innings on an overnight 32, has remained unbeaten on 65, with Taskin Ahmed batting on 12 at the other end.

Pacer Josh Hazlewood claimed both Bangladesh wickets in the session, trapping Hasan Mahmud LBW on 14 and Taijul Islam caught for 17, and has figures of 4-86 in the innings so far.

Bangladesh resumed the day’s play on 351-6, leading by 153 runs.

Miraz and Hasan could add just three runs on the day before the latter’s 92-ball resistance was broken by Hazlewood.

Miraz and Taijul added 18 runs for the eighth wicket, before Hazlewood struck again, claiming his 299th wicket in Tests.

Taskin then joined Miraz and together they have added 45 runs for the ninth wicket so far, taking calculative risks and adding to the frustrations of an already exhausted Australian attack.

Late in the session, both batters got dropped in the same over from skipper Pat Cummins, with Steve Smith grassing a sitter at the boundary off Taskin and Head’s diving effort at mid-wicket to take Miraz’s catch fell short.

Miraz, exemplified Bangladesh’s defiance with a six off a bounce from Cameron Green in the very last ball of the session, as the hosts completed yet another dominant session.

Earlier, Bangladesh rolled over Australia for 198 in the first innings on Day 1 thanks to Hasan Mahmud’s six-wicket haul.

Opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim then struck a century on the second day and skipper Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque made valuable contributions of 84 and 49 respectively.