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ENGLAND 293 (105.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Moeen Ali68 (170)
- Jonny Bairstow52 (126)
- Shakib Al Hasan2/46 (19)
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz6/80 (39.5)
BANGLADESH 248 (86 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Mushfiqur Rahim48 (77)
- Tamim Iqbal78 (179)
- Moeen Ali3/75 (22)
- Ben Stokes4/26 (14)
ENGLAND 240 (80.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Jonny Bairstow47 (95)
- Ben Stokes85 (151)
- Shakib Al Hasan5/85 (33)
- Taijul Islam2/41 (15.2)
BANGLADESH 263 (81.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Imrul Kayes43 (61)
- Sabbir Rahman*64 (102)
- Gareth Batty3/65 (17)
- Ben Stokes2/20 (11.3)
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Alan Gardner
10.50am: So, Cook's pace gambit paid off, England stretched the game out into the final day and, as Miller's report puts it, Ben Stokes broke Bangladesh hearts. It was a spinner who broke the game open, though, as Gareth Batty's ripper to Mushfiqur Rahim allowed England to believe again, just as it was slipping away. The last five wickets fell for 36 runs, as Broad and Stokes bent their backs as well as the old, reversing ball. The trick for Bangladesh is in using this performance to their advantage... Having not played a Test in 15 months, they matched a team that has designs being ranked at the top. It's easy to overlook in the cold light of another defeat but, with three debutants on board (two of whom had sensational games), they put up a tremendous fight. That's the lesson they must take to Dhaka, where the second Test will begin on Friday - make sure it's in the diary and set your alarms.
We'll give the final word to Pradeep: "In this match both teams won some sessions but Stokes won 2 days (3rd and 5th). Even though 5th completed within 10 overs he is the reason to remember it ;) :)" And remember it we certainly shall. It was Stokes' Test, it was the DRS Test, it was a flippin' great Test. Thanks for being part of it, join us again for more thrills and spills (fingers crossed) in a few days' time. Cheerio!
10.35am: Presentations time, starting with Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim: "Probably it was not in our favour, 33 runs and two wickets, but the boys put in so much effort over the last five day, after 15 months, I'm really proud. They scored 240 in the second innings, if we'd managed to get 290 in our first innings, it would have brought it [the target] down. Our boys fought it out which is really impressive and hopefully we'll do the same in the next match. Sabbir has been outstanding in the last one-and-a-half years. I thought it was a good track, it was spinning but not unplayable. Hopefully we can come up with some good plans. If you want to play in the subcontinent, it should be that way and we have some good spinners."
England captain Alastair Cook: "It was a really good Test match, to think we were here on day five with that wicket. It was such a tight game, so credit to both sides. I'm glad we held our nerve, the quality we have in our attack, we got it reversing. We also had the option of the new ball, which we could use with the spinners. It would have been a gamble but it was quite hard to bat against the new ball. It was a great match and we want to thanks our loyal 10-15 supporters up there. [Stokes?] Not just ball in hand but the way he batted, he balances the side. Those cricketers don't come around very often and he's got an enormous heart as well. A seriously good cricketer. [Spinners performed?] Part of a seven-Test odyssey, I thought we did okay. They'll do well for the experience - they bowled some absolute jaffas as well. You are tested in so many different ways, that's why I keep saying how good Test cricket is."
The match-winner, Ben Stokes, is named Man of the Match: "We knew it would be either myself, Broady, or Woakesy to bowl, the amount it was reverse-swinging, but we had he option of the new ball as well. [Subcontinental challenge?] Started off pretty well but we have a long way to go from here, hopefully want to perform on a more consistent basis. I've had to adapt, with men around the bat, just make sure you don't give your wicket away and still play your shots. [Tough conditions] It's all in the training we do, making sure when we get out on the field that our bodies are used to the conditions."
10.25pm: It went Chitty Chitty Bang Bang after all, putting England 1-0 up in the series! With the 25th and 26th reviews of this remarkable match, Bangladesh have been cruelly denied once again. Their narrowest defeat by runs came after they took 20 wickets against one of the top-six nations for the first time - a hugely valiant effort but it leaves them with nothing but 'what if's in the mind and an empty feeling in the stomach. No surprise that Stokes finished it off, he put in a brilliant performance, the difference between the two teams; but spare a thought for Sabbir Rahman, stranded at the end. I hope someone remembered to play Flintoff and put an arm around the shoulder.
Eusha: "I must say I couldn't comprehend the rationale behind trusting the tail-enders too much with the strike. Sabbir unfortunately did not show a lot of responsibility on this short morning." It worked for him last night, to be fair - and given that they needed 48 when the eighth wicket fell, he got them pretty darn close
"DRS decide the match!!" Indeed it did, Miad. Fittingly
Here's ramki: "Is it possible to tell how many decsions of Dharmasena were reversed?" It is, if you look through the day notes at the bottom of the scorecard... but I'm going to save Kumar's blushes by not listing them here
Shafiul Islam lbw b Stokes 0 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Remember that the new lbw protocols came in this month - and they were probably decisive in this case! Yep, it seems that decision would not have been overturned previously
Taijul Islam lbw b Stokes 16 (42m 33b 2x4 0x6) SR: 48.48
"Anyone else thinking of 2005 Ashes here? Will Sabbir end up being BD's Brett Lee?" I suspect plenty have assumed that particular position, Manu
END OF OVER:81 | 2 Runs | BAN: 263/8
- Taijul Islam16 (32b)
- Sabbir Rahman64 (102b)
- Stuart Broad15-4-31-2
- Ben Stokes11-2-20-0
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