Chittagong (Bangladesh): Australia won the second test over Bangladesh on Thursday by an innings and 80 runs to sweep the series 2-0.
Earlier Bangladesh was dismissed for 304 runs in its second innings after Australia declared its first innings on 581 for four, taking a 384-run lead. The home side had scored a paltry 197 runs in its first innings adding 109 runs for the loss of six wickets on Thursday after resuming play on 195 for four wickets.
In spite of a cameo from Mohammad Rafique, who hit 65 off 533 balls, Bangladesh was far from making the world's No. 1 test team to bat again.
On Wednesday Jason Gillespie created record when he worked his way to 201 not out to become cricket's highest scoring night-watchman and Michael Hussey smashed his fourth test century. Warne claimed two wickets on the fifth day's first session raising his match tally to 8-160, it was his 36th 5-wicket haul in tests. Fellow leg-spinner Stuart MacGill finished with 7-163.
Rafique fell to MacGill, caught by Warne, but not before smashing two boundaries and six sixes, including three sixes in one over from Warne, he conceded 21 runs in that over. Shahriar Nafees added just four runs to his overnight tally of 75 before he was caught behind off Warne. Nafees struck nine boundaries from 180 balls. Warne also removed Mashrafee Bin Mortaza for one who lofted a catch to Gillespie. MacGill dismissed overnight batsman Aftab Ahmed in his first ball of the day. He then removed Abdur Razzak for a duck and Khaled Mashud for 11.
Bangladesh had also lost the opening test match by three wickets.
The first of the three limited-overs international between the two sides will be played in Chittagong on Sunday.
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