Starting the day with 106 for four in their second innings, Bangladesh were all out for 163 shortly before lunch, with more than five sessions remaining
It was Bangldesh’s 20th defeat in their first 21 matches in Test company.
It came only a week after Australia outplayed them in Darwin, winning the first game between the two countries by an innings and 132 runs.
Leg-spinnerMacGill again wrecked the Bangladesh batting, snapping up 5-56 after capturing 5-77 in the first innings — a marvellous double which won him the match award, as well as the man of the series award.
MacGill, deputising for banned spin wizard Shane Warne — on the sidelines because of a drug offence — snapped up 17 wickets in the series.
This match marked his second haul of 10 or more scalps in a Test — he snared 12 against England in Sydney in 1999.
Bangladesh made 295 in their first knock before Australia slammed a mammoth 556 at almost a run a minute for four in their only innings before declaring.
Darren Lehmann (177), skipper Steve Waugh (156 not out) and Martin Love (100 not out) all plundered centuries from the inexperienced bowling attack.
In Bangladesh’s second innings, only Hannan Sarkar (55) and Habibul Bashar (25) resisted as the tourists lost six wickets for 57 runs on the final day, with the last four wickets crashing for a mere seven runs as the innings ended 25 minutes before lunch.
Bangladesh will now attempt to regroup before taking on the world one-day champions in a series of three limited-overs clashes.
Scoreboard
BANGLADESH (1st Innings) 295 (Hannan Sarkar 76; S.C.G. MacGill 5-77).
AUSTRALIA (1st Innings) 556-4 declared (D.S. Lehmann 177, S.R. Waugh 156 not out, M.L. Love 100 not out, R.T. Ponting 59, M.L. Hayden 50).
BANGLADESH (2nd Innings, overnight 106-4):
Hannan Sarkar c Hayden b MacGill 55
Javed Omar lbw b Gillespie 8
Habibul Bashar c Langer b Lee 25
Mohammad Ashraful c Ponting b MacGill 0
Sanwar Hossain c Ponting b MacGill 16
Alok Kopali c Langer b MacGill 17
Khaled Mashud lbw b Gillespie 14
Khaled Mahmud c Lee b MacGill 17
Tapash Baisya lbw b Gillespie 0
Mashrafe bin Mortaza not out 3
Anwar Hossain b Gillespie 4
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-2) 4
TOTAL (all out, 58.4 overs) 163
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-87, 3-90, 4-90, 5-123, 6-136, 7-156, 8-156, 9-156.
BOWLING: McGrath 15-9-22-0; Gillespie 12.4-3-38-4; MacGill 20-3-56-5; Lee 11-2-45-1 (2nb).
RESULT: Australia won by an innings and 98 runs to clinch series 2-0.
UMPIRES: R.E. Koertzen (South Africa) and D.R. Shepherd (England).
TV UMPIRE: S.J. Davis (Australia).
MATCH REFEREE: M.J. Procter (South Africa)/R.G. Archer (Australia)
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Stuart MacGill.
MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Stuart MacGill.
FIRST TEST: Australia won by an innings and 132 runs.—AFP/Reuters