It was also a rare sight in modern day Test where the bottom-ranked Bangladesh dominated the much-vaunted Australian attack to pile up 355-5 at stumps, a figure that other eight Test nations could envy.

The fabulous score at the fifth purpose-built venue of the country not only surprised Ricky Ponting's mighty Aussies who came here for the first full series after a 3-0 demolition of South Africa but also saw records tumble after Nafees hit a superb 138.

It was a dream day where everything starting from the flip of the coin till the end of the day's play looked brilliant.

Captain Habibul Bashar (76) played perfect role as a captain during a record-breaking 187-run second wicket stand with Nafees, surpassing the previous best of 167 runs between Bashar and Javed Omar against Pakistan in Peshawar in 2003.

Together, the free-scoring pair also helped the home side amass their highest runs on a day. It eclipsed their previous best of 315-9 against Sri Lanka in the recent home series at Chittagong. The total has already crossed the previous best of 295 in an innings against Australia, in Cairns in 2003.

Nafees' heroics against the likes of champion leg-spinner Shane Warne, who made a very frustrating debut against the Tigers finishing with figures of 0-120, firebrand paceman Brett Lee, new sensation Stewart Clarke, Jason Gillespie and Stuart MacGill made him the only Bangladeshi to score a century against Australia.

His 138 off 189 balls was also is the third highest Test knock for the country after Mohammad Ashraful's 158 and former national captain Aminul Islam's 145 against India.

Having failed to scare the two batsmen on a non-responsive wicket, Australia played the mind game bowling on a strict line in the post lunch session but the two batters stood tall to defy Ponting's plan.

Well poised at 144-1 at lunch after 25 overs, Nafees and Bashar took the score to 238 before the captain was dismissed in the last ball before tea. Bashar mistimed a pull against McGill to give a simple catch to Lee at mid-on after smashing eleven boundaries in 113 balls.

Nafees showed great temperament to win the hearts of many, especially with his successful sweep shots against Warne, who remained wicketless in 20 overs.

The 21-year-old opener swept Warne to reach 99 and then glanced the next ball to complete his hundred in 131 deliveries. Having hit 19 fours, he was bowled round the legs by MacGill.

Mohammad Ashraful (29) and Aftab Ahmed (29) but failed to carry on after good starts but Rajin Saleh (35) kept cool to finish the day with Khaled Mashud (2).

MacGill was the most successful Australian bowler picking up three wickets for 82 runs.