Shambolic Bangladesh lose by an innings and 51 runs inside two days

Bangladesh's last two wickets fell in the space of three deliveries after the tea break, with Australia completing victory by an innings and 51 runs at Mackay, wrapping up the Test inside two days and levelling the series at 1-1.

Taskin Ahmed edged behind to Steven Smith at first slip off the first ball of the resumption, before Shoriful Islam, batting at number 11, survived one delivery, then charged down the track next ball and sliced a thick outside edge straight to Mitchell Starc at backward point.

Shoriful's wicket completed the win and capped a stunning turnaround for the hosts, who levelled the series after Bangladesh's historic nine wicket win in Darwin just a fortnight earlier, on Bangladesh's first tour of the country in 23 years.

Starc had already sealed his own 10 wicket match haul earlier in the session, bowling Taijul Islam with a delivery that flattened his leg stump.

Bangladesh were bowled out for 95 in their second innings, having managed only 64 in the first, becoming the first Bangladesh side ever dismissed for under 100 in both innings of the same Test.

It also marked the first time Bangladesh had lost a Test inside two days, and stands as the second shortest Test ever played on Australian soil. There have been 28 two-day Tests in the format's history, two of them during last summer's Ashes series in Australia.

The collapse had begun well before tea. Najmul Hossain Shanto's watchful 31 ended the innings' one real period of resistance, holing out to long off against Nathan Lyon after a partnership of just 27 with Mushfiqur Rahim, before Litton Das extended his miserable series with a third consecutive duck, failing to score despite facing 10 balls.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz threw his wicket away soon after, chasing a wide bouncer from Pat Cummins to nick behind, before Taijul's leg stump was cleaned up. Mushfiqur, unwilling to farm the strike, repeatedly exposed the tail through the session, eventually finishing unbeaten on 29 from 80 balls.

Mushfiqur and Taskin briefly rallied before the break, with Taskin launching a huge six over long on off Lyon to leave Bangladesh 91 for 8 at tea, still 55 runs short of avoiding the innings defeat, before the innings folded shortly after the resumption.

Bangladesh's batters had struggled throughout, even with plenty of time available and a pitch offering little extra help to the bowlers.

The manner of several dismissals raised questions, with both Shanto and Tanzid Hasan, who was caught attempting a hook, undone by their own shot selection rather than unplayable deliveries.

The defeat came despite Shoriful's career best 7 for 48 in Australia's first innings, figures that stand as the best return by a Bangladesh bowler overseas in Test cricket.

Those numbers ultimately counted for little, with Australia's 210 all out still handing them a match winning 146 run first innings lead, built after Bangladesh needed nearly an hour on the second morning just to remove the hosts' final two batters.

Despite the disappointing finish, the series will still be remembered fondly in Bangladesh, with the win in Darwin standing as a landmark moment for the players on their return to Australian shores after more than two decades away.