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Bangladesh v Australia: Late Matthew Wade stumping crucial for tourists

Daniel Cherny

Stumps Day one: Bangladesh 6-253

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Bangladesh v Australia: Lyon secures another five-wicket haul

Nathan Lyon put Bangladesh in a spin as he produced impressive bowling figures and yet another five-wicket bag on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh.

Chittagong: Matthew Wade only narrowly avoided the clutches of Australia's selectors and his quick reflexes were again called into action as he helped pull off a crucial breakthrough late on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh.

Having won the toss and chosen to bat at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, the Tigers fell into early trouble at the hands of Nathan Lyon, slumping to 4-85 and then 5-117 before captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir Rahman found their groove on a tame wicket in a century stand that threatened to leave Australia in trouble as they seek to level the two-Test series.

But Wade grasped a freak chance with just the eighth delivery from the second new ball, removing the bails as Sabbir lost his balance while trying to pull on 66. It meant another five-wicket haul for Lyon as the man dubbed the "GOAT" continues to climb the mountain of Australia's leading Test wicket-takers.

Mushfiqur (62) and Nasir Hossain (19) then steered their team through to the end of play, with Bangladesh 6-253 at stumps.

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The sixth wicket fell not before time for the Australians. With Lyon doing most of the damage, their three-pronged spin attack had worked for the first half of the day, but the recalled Steve O'Keefe and gap-filler Hilton Cartwright had begun leaking too many runs by the day's third session, with the emerging Sabbir showing his class through the covers, and lone fast bowler Pat Cummins spending time off the ground to deal with heat-related illness.

Having taken nine wickets to almost help his side to victory in Dhaka, Lyon found new ways to make a mark in Chittagong. For starters he did something he'd never done in his previous 68 Tests: open the bowling in the first innings, which came about as a result of Australia's selectors choosing to go in with only one frontline quick.

Lyon also took his 260th Test wicket, moving him past Jason Gillespie into seventh on the list of leading wicket takers for Australia, while the off-spinner's third scalp of the day moved him ahead of Glenn McGrath into second – behind only Shane Warne – for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian in Asia.

Mushfiqur's decision to bat was no surprise given the hosts had squeezed out paceman Shafiul Islam to make room for an extra batsman: Mominul Haque.

Cartwright's medium-pace was noted as a handy option for Steve Smith, but it became clear that the Australian captain viewed the man included at the expense of Usman Khawaja was more of an "open in case of emergency" proposition than a genuine partner to tearaway Cummins. It took until the over before tea for the West Australian to get a bowl, with his first ball dispatched by Sabbir for four, and his first over going for nine.

Australia didn't need Cartwright early though, with Lyon's variable speed and consistent accuracy proving a handful for the Bangladeshi batting top order. He took the first four wickets, remarkably all lbw. Tamim Iqbal had been given a life on six when dropped by Glenn Maxwell – who had replaced Khawaja in the cordon – at third slip after the opener edged a ball from Cummins, but the Victorian's blushes were largely spared, Tamim falling to Lyon for nine. Imrul Kayes was next to go, removed for four after a successful decision review from the tourists before Soumya Sarkar (33) and Haque (31) fell either side of lunch.

Arguably the most important wicket however came from Ashton Agar. With Smith preferring Lyon and O'Keefe early, third spinner Agar wasn't called upon much before lunch, but removed Shakib Al Hasan for 24 after the game's top all-rounder edged one to Wade. The gloveman's close selection call didn't seem to affect his voice behind the stumps, as fired off round after round of "Niiice Garry" to Lyon's work.

Just as happened during the Dhaka Test, forecast rain stayed away, with the sun bursting through the grey sky for most of the day.