Talking points from day four of the first test in Dhaka

A “RIDICULOUS” move to fix Australia’s historic trainwreck has been torn to shreds by a former cricketing great.

30 byes never looks good.

THEY say only three things are certain in life.

Death, taxes, and an Australian batting collapse.

David Warner and Steve Smith left day three with Australia at 2/108 with 157 runs to win the first Test against Bangladesh. Warner blasted Australia ahead in the first session on day four, bringing up his first century on the subcontinent in style.

But then chaos hit and Australia descended into their old ways.

Aussie batsmen fell like dominoes to the spin of Shakib Al Hasan anf Taijul Islam for the remainder of the morning before heading into lunch seven wickets down.

Glenn Maxwell threw his wicket away straight after lunch and from there it was all downhill. A cameo from Pat Cummins (33*) had Aussie fans hopeful but a rampaging Shakib — who finished the match with 10 wickets — eventually led his side to a triumphant finish.

Here were the major talking points from the fourth and final day in Dhaka.

WILL O’KEEFE BE THE SAVIOUR?

Steve knows how to take wickets on dustbowls.

If the first Test is anything to go by, Chittagong will be another dust bowl.

Australia lost premier fast bowler Josh Hazlewood on day three with a side strain, ruling the 26-year-old out of the rest of the series.

Australia announced the following day subcontinent gun Steve O’Keefe will be the man to replace him in the squad.

O’Keefe’s career-best figures of 12-70 against India in Pune earlier in the year were the best by an away bowler in history. If Australia opt to go with the 30-year-old, it will be the first time since 2006 they’ve taken three spinners into a Test.

But former Aussie fast bowler Rodney Hogg says Australia’s choice to recall O’Keefe is “ridiculous”.

“He didn’t go up to Darwin (for the warm-up match). He is not ready to go,” he told SEN’s The Run Home.

“He’ll go straight into the Test match. O’Keefe is not ready to go into a Test match, he shouldn’t be there.

“A ridiculous selection. (Jon) Holland should have been going.”

WEIRD COINCIDENCE IN WADE’S HORROR MATCH

30 byes never looks good.

Cricket can be a funny game. It can also be heartbreaking.

If we’re judging purely on runs, Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade may as well have played for Bangladesh in the first Test.

The 29-year-old had a nightmare match behind the stumps, letting through 30 byes on the dusty wicket.

His effort with the bat wasn’t any better, scoring just nine runs across Australia’s two innings as the visitors collapsed under the Tigers’ spin.

A simple piece of math puts Wade at a run tally of minus 21, one run more than Australia needed to win the match.

Wade

9 runs
30 byes
Net -21

Australia lose by 20 runs#BanvAus pic.twitter.com/dGjU8w4Pb3

— Bangladennish (@DennisCricket_) August 30, 2017

‘WTF?’: MAXWELL’S DISASTROUS ‘BRAIN EXPLOSION’

Not the smartest idea.

After a disastrous first session, Australia needed a hero. Five wickets fell in the fourth morning of the Test match, bringing Aussie all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to the crease with tailender Ashton Agar at the other end.

The weight of Australia’s match rested on his shoulders, but you wouldn’t have known it judging by his first shot after lunch.

The 28-year-old attempted to slash Shakib Al Hasan but was clean bowled, leaving Australia’s tail wide open with over 70 runs to make.

Maxwell is also yet to win a Test under the Baggy Green after six appearances.

Fans savaged the Aussie batsman for his massive blunder.

Does anybody seriously think maxwell is a test batsman - two dreadful dismissals. Wade not good enough either. #bangvaus

— ron reed (@reedrw) August 30, 2017

That shot WTF! 1st BALL after lunch from Maxwell?? Seriously! He almost deserves to be dropped just 4 that 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 @FOXCricketLive #BANvAUS

— Bernie Coen (@berniecoen) August 30, 2017

HAWKEYE’S PECULIAR BLUNDER

That wasn’t the only thing wrong with Maxwell’s dismissal.

Fans noticed a massive technological failure in the ground’s ball tracking technology as the television network showed a replay of Maxwell’s dismissal.

Hawkeye showed the ball to be missing off stump despite it clean-bowling the 28-year-old.

You'd never guess this hit the middle stump.

SHAKIB’S OUTSTANDING PIECE OF HISTORY

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan schooled Australia in the first Test, taking a 10-wicket haul and scoring an impressive 84 in the first innings.

The 30-year-old now sits as the only man in the history of Test cricket to take 10 wickets next to a score of 80-plus in a match.

We have a new nemesis.