Australia v Bangladesh live scores: Tourists aiming to ram home advantage after dominant start in Darwin

If Australia do not produce a much better effort than their first-innings total of 198, they will lose by an innings.

And a second effort they hope will be much better is now under way, with Travis Head yet to score but their account opened by four leg byes.

AUS 0-4

All eyes will be on Darwin’s hometown hero Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne and Cam Green here.

All three missed out in the first innings to continue lean runs at Test level, but the pitch at Darwin’s TIO Stadium has flattened out considerably.

Josh Hazlewood has collected his sixth wicket for the innings, with Ebadot Hussain falling caught behind for seven.

Bangladesh’s lead is 228, and crunch time has arrived for Australia’s under-pressure batting group.

BAN: 426

Bangladesh’s Ebadot Hussain has treated Nathan Lyon with disdain.

A slog sweep sailed into the crowd at Darwin’s TIO Stadium and worsened the Australian off-spinner’s figures to 1-102.

BAN 9-425

Bangladesh’s No.11 Ebadot Hussain does not look as accomplished as the rest of his side with the bat.

But he has managed to get through seven deliveries so far and flicked Josh Hazlewood down to fine leg to get off the mark.

BAN 9-419

Josh Hazlewood has claimed his 300th Test wicket to finally end Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s stay at the crease!

An wild slash from a wider delivery drew an edge Alex Carey was all too happy to claim to end the No.7’s stand for 65.

That also completes what is the 14th five-wicket haul of Hazlewood’s Test career.

BAN 9-418

Both sides have made their way back into the middle at Darwin’s TIO Stadium.

Australia will be desperate to get off the field as quick as possible, but Bangladesh have made it anything but easy for them so far.

BAN 8-417

That’s lunch after yet another session in which Bangladesh have frustrated Australia.

The tourists have built their lead out to 219, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz - who sent his side into the break with some style, hooking Cam Green for six to move to 65 not out - finding a partner in No.10 Taskin Ahmed (12 not out).

Australia’s front-line seamers have had to get through a considerable workload - Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have each sent down more than 25 overs.

We’ll be back in around 40 minutes for the second session.

LUNCH: BAN 8-417

With under 10 minutes to go until lunch, Australia’s batting group might have relaxed a bit, having been spared the possibility of a testing session before the break.

But their legs might get even more weary, with Bangladesh not yet giving up as their third day in the field continues to drag on.

BAN 8-409

If you needed any indication on how badly things are going for Australia, Steve Smith has just dropped a simple chance.

A Taskin Ahmed top edge went straight to him at deep square-leg, but he could not snare a catch which would have moved him past Joe Root as the man with the most in Test cricket.

Later in the over, Travis Head shelled a more difficult opportunity he had to make considerable ground to get to.

BAN 8-404