Bangladesh 96 for 1 (Mominul 35, Tanzid 32) trail Australia 198 (Smith 71, Mahmud 6-55, Ebadot 2-39, Taskin 2-55) by 102 runs

Less than a week after getting bowled out for 54 in their warm-up game, Bangladesh bounced back in style by dominating the first day of the Darwin Test against Australia. Hasan Mahmud's career-best 6 for 55 set the tone for the visitors to bowl out Australia for 198 before their top order led them to a steady 96 for 1 on Bangladesh's return to Test cricket in Australia after 23 years.

Mahmud's star act was well supported by two wickets apiece from Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain. This was only the second time in Bangladesh's Test history that their pace bowlers took all 10 wickets in an innings. Their collective effort to restrict the hosts was another rarity on the first day of a series opener down under.

The bigger surprise from Bangladesh was how their top order responded after their fast bowlers' efforts. Shadman Islam was the only wicket to fall before Tanzid Hasan and Mominul Haque batted out close to 16 overs in the evening to wipe out nearly half of Australia's total. They left plenty of balls outside the off stump, played the ball late under their noses and stitched an unbroken stand of 60 runs.

Mahmud led the Bangladesh attack but it was the pace trio's collective push that pushed Australia in a corner from the first hour. Taskin and Mahmud tied up the openers Jake Weatherald and Travis Head on a consistent length, often hitting the deck hard just outside the off stump with some movement off the pitch. Mahmud kept tempting the twitchy Weatherald with outswingers, and got his outside edge off a big drive towards the end of the first hour. Head then chopped on in Mahmud's next over as the quick brought the ball into the left-hand batter from around the wicket.

Australia's batting riches, however, got exposed on seaming conditions against a disciplined and charged-up bowling attack, particularly when Marnus Labuschagne couldn't time even one of his 20 deliveries. His stay ended when he edged Ebadot to Najmul Hossain Shanto at second slip, as the bowler brought out his Air Force salute celebration. Bangladesh completed a dominant first session when Taskin had Cameron Green caught at midwicket on the last ball before the break, as Mushfiqur Rahim took a diving catch that reduced Australia to 74 for 4.

After lunch, Australia recovered through a 55-run fifth-wicket stand between Steven Smith and Alex Carey. The pair showed intent in their driving but once their boundaries dried up, Bangladesh were back on top. Ebadot bowled Carey through an inside edge, before Taskin burst through Beau Webster who played inside the line of the straight delivery that hit top of off.

Mahmud then ran through the tail and also added Smith to his kitty. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc were caught behind, before Smith and Lyon holed out off slogs, as Australia were bowled out after tea.

Starc took the only Bangladesh wicket when he had Shadman caught at gully off a leading edge. Starc now has the most wickets for a left-arm bowler in Tests, overtaking Rangana Herath's 433 wickets, and is level with Kapil Dev overall on 434.

Bangladesh's stay of nearly two hours was no smooth sailing, though. Starc swung the new ball away consistently from the left-hand openers - starting with the first ball of the innings - and even touched 147kph which kept the batters on their toes, even literally. Josh Hazlewood could have even had a wicket in his first over from the other end but a sprinting Nathan Lyon - returning after a hamstring surgery - put the catch down while running back from point after Tanzid couldn't middle his attacking stroke. Tanzid later replied by dancing down the pitch against Hazlewood to collect a boundary past mid-on before Starc sent back Shadman.

Cummins soon brought himself on and introduced Lyon after 15 overs but neither could trouble either Tanzid or Mominul, who was especially brisk in his 49-ball stay that saw six boundaries.