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Tanzid Hasan posted his maiden century in just his second Test to help guide Bangladesh to 351-6 at stumps on Friday and into a commanding position over Australia after two days of the Top End series opener in Darwin. <p>Tanzid raised his hundred with a single off Nathan Lyon from 188 deliveries but, after a patient and resilient innings, added just one more run before lofting a ball from the veteran Australian spinner to Mitchell Starc at long-off soon after.</p><p>He shared two big and important partnerships to set the No 9-ranked Bangladesh on course for a sizeable first-innings lead, combining with Mominul Haque (49) in a 102-run second-wicket stand and adding 93 with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto for the third.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/cricket/australia-v-bangladesh/scorecard/83f68c67-a6e1-5c7f-ac8b-4e1d82f52270"><strong>Scorecard: Australia vs Bangladesh, first Test, Darwin</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky"><strong>What cricket is live on Sky Sports and when?</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">Stream cricket and more without a contract with NOW</a></strong></li></ul><p>Shanto went on to score 84 from 126 deliveries before becoming one of three wickets to fall in a four-over period soon after Australia took the second new ball.</p><p>Bangladesh resumed on Friday at 96-1, 102 runs behind in the first innings after dismissing Australia for 198, and finished day two with a 153-run lead and four wickets in hand.</p><p>In their first Test on Australian soil since 2003, the Bangladesh players were just as disciplined with the bat as they were with the ball on the opening day.</p><p>Mehidy Hassan Miraz (32) and Hasan Mahmud (13) shared an unbroken 43-run partnership for the seventh wicket to get Bangladesh to stumps in the kind of position few expected ahead of the series.</p><p>The reunion of Australia's so-called Big Four, pacemen Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, alongside veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon, has so far been blunted with the visiting batters frustrating Australia in the warm, tropical conditions in the Northern Territory capital.</p><widget id="1"></widget><p>Seamer Starc was involved in a heated exchange with Bangladesh batter Miraz after the pair nearly collided during the bowler's follow-through.</p><p>"It's my follow-through not your follow-through, get off the wicket!" Starc said, before the umpires separated the two players.</p><p>The two-Test Top End series begins a demanding 12-month schedule for Australia that will feature 20 Test matches, including tours of South Africa, India and England.</p><p><strong>Watch the three-Test series between England and Pakistan live on <em>Sky Sports Cricket </em>from August 19. </strong><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Stream cricket and more sport contract-free with NOW</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
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