Tanzid hits Bangladesh's first Test century in Australia
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- Tanzid Hasan Tamim scored 101 off 197 balls in only his second Test, becoming the first Bangladesh cricketer to score a Test century in Australia on day two in Darwin
- Bangladesh closed on 351-6 to lead by 153 runs after bowling Australia out for 198 on day one (Steve Smith 71, Hasan Mahmud 6-55), with Australia having won the toss and chosen to bat
- Tanzid added 102 for the second wicket with Mominul Haque (49, dismissed by Josh Hazlewood before lunch) and 93 with captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (84) in stifling heat at Marrara Oval
- Australia rallied with three quick wickets with the new ball after tea, but Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Hasan Mahmud's unbroken 43-run stand kept Bangladesh in control at stumps
- Tanzid's innings ended in the afternoon session when he drove a Nathan Lyon delivery to Mitchell Starc at long-off; he said the conditions and pitch suited him and called the century 'very special'
- Australia have never lost a home Test to Bangladesh, with the visitors' only previous win in six meetings coming at Mirpur in 2017 — this is the first of a two-Test series
Why it matters: Bangladesh had never produced a Test century-scorer in Australia, and a second-match opener breaking that drought while building a 153-run lead puts the visitors in position to challenge Australia's perfect home record against them — they trail 1-5 in their six prior meetings and have never won Down Under.
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