Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2079dThe Report by Alan Gardner

Bangladesh in front after fluctuating day

Bangladesh fought themselves into a promising position in the second Test, leading by 128 runs and hopeful of setting England a significant fourth-innings target to chase on a wearing surface

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Tamim Iqbal
Tamim Iqbal
104(147) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 27 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
10 14 4 14 26 7 10 19
Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes
78(120) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 24 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
17 13 6 20 11 0 4 7

Best performances - Bowlers

Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
O21.3
M2
R77
W6
Eco3.58
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W1W
1W
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
O28
M2
R82
W6
Eco2.92
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W2W

Match Details

Toss

Bangladesh , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

2-match series drawn 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10:00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

28,29,30 October 2016 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorecard Summary

BANGLADESH 220(63.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 244(81.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

BANGLADESH 296(66.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ENGLAND 164(45.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

Bangladesh win by 108 runs, the series is shared 1-1, and this is the most famous day in their history. They have been a Test nation since 2000 and this is their eighth victory overall, but none come as close to this for the size of scalp. The players are back out in the middle and burst into further celebrations. Fully deserved. What character after coming so close in Chittagong just a week ago. They have taken all ten wickets in the session. Remember, England were 100 for 0 at tea. Then Ben Duckett fell first ball of the final session and, well, the rest is history.

Venkat: "One brings two .. but here one brought all ten" I'll bring you the presentation and reaction shortly. Just need to take stock!

ian: "This is just the beginning. With a bunch of world class players like Shakib, Monimul, Mushifiqur, Tamin Iqbal and now Mehedi, Bangladesh finally have the foundation for a competitve team. This will not be there last win."

WrongTeam: "That was a blinder of a collapse from England, much better than Bangladesh" Do they win the collapse trophy, then?

Tahsin: "I would like take this moment to give a huge thanks to England for coming to Bangladesh and make this series happen. My hats goes off to English players!"

Joel: "This is some sort of a performance from Bangladesh considering their time away from the longest format in recent times. Have been very impressed with Mehedi and Shakib finally appears to have genuine support in the bowling department. Exciting times for Bangladesh and surely a more frequent Test cricket schedule follows." You have to hope so. This, and their development over the last two years, is a good building block

Mafaz Mohideen: "I think credit has to go to the coach, Hathurisinghe, who has turned a bunch of school boys into a team of professionals who can compete in the highest arena of cricket."

Time for the presentations...Alastair Cook. "270 would have been a helluva chase...probably, today, we showed our inexperience in these conditions. When the ball got rolling we couldn't stop it. If I'm honest they shouldn't have been chasing 270, we had four/five chances. We've got to learn fast, there's a lot of talent, the experience will help us if we can take things out of it. We had our chances here. Yesterday evening we didn't bowled great and often lost too many wickets early. You can chat all you want it's about performing. I'm really glad I've been able to lead an England side here, so many people came out to support us. People need to come here and play cricket. You can see their development. At home they will be a tough side to beat. They have a lot of good spinners. It's not easy for me to say, but it's a good win for Bangladesh cricket. Maybe some things are bigger than one game."

Mushfiqur Rahim "It's a great moment for Bangladesh cricket. It was up and down and never knew which team would win. The coach was a bit fired up at tea, we didn't bowl too well. Then they tried to bowl in good areas and did really well. The bowlers did a great job. We didn't think Mehedi will shine like this. He's a good batsman as well and hopefully will be a great allrounder for Bangladesh. In the last two years we've played well at home, but our next challenge is overseas. We have to adapt really well. You can't get home conditions everywhere. We are getting there, hopefully if we play more Tests there will be more good results. Hopefully ICC and other boards will send us series against the big boys. I also want to say thanks to the ECB for coming and the security teams."

Mehedi Hasan is Man of the Match (and Series, I think). "I'm really happy, it's an exciting moment for me. Thanks to all my team-mates and all their support. The senior players helped me when I was nervous."

Both captains will now be presented with the series trophy. But it's all about Bangladesh today. Congratulations to them. It's been an extraordinary day. We'll have loads more reaction and analysis during the evening and tomorrow. Alan's report will be updated here soon. For now, though, from Gnasher, Miller and Alan it's goodbye and thanks for joining us for what has been eight bonkers days of Test cricket. See you all soon.

45.3
W
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Finn, OUT, it's all over! Finn flicks across the line, gets taken on the back leg and Dharmasena raises the finger for one last time in this series. He was going to ask for a review, but England have none left. Mehedi finishes with 12 in the match, what a performance

ST Finn lbw b Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0 (9m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

45.2
1
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Woakes, 1 run, flicks into midwicket...they are happy to get Finn on strike
45.1
0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Woakes, no run, an appeal for lbw as he goes for the sweep but it pitched outside leg stump

More collapstats from Rajesh... this meltdown is second on England's list of Asian horrors

END OF OVER:
45 | 1 Run | ENG: 163/9

  • Steven Finn0 (7b)
  • Chris Woakes8 (15b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan13-1-49-4
  • Mehidy Hasan Miraz21-2-76-5

ZamaN: "Gnasher, please tell me it's happening, it's happening! I'm sweating even in this cold. Should i tell my neighbours not to freak out when i scream my throat out? It's happening, it's happening.. " It's happening

44.6
0
Shakib Al Hasan to Finn, no run, takes the inside edge but goes down and runs wide of short leg. The Watford Wall sees out the over
44.5
0
Shakib Al Hasan to Finn, no run, drives a full delivery to short cover
44.4
0
Shakib Al Hasan to Finn, no run, full outside off, Finn stretches forward and defends to silly point

Elite List

5

No of bowlers before Mehedi Hasan to take 3 five wicket hauls in their first 2 Tests.He joins ND Hirwani, CV Grimmet,T Richardson, SF Barnes & RM Hogg

Record Chase

209

The highest score successfully chased by England in Asia. Incidentally it was against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2010. This was also their last successful chase above 200.

Home Runs

7

Number of batsmen before Imrul Kayes to score 1000 Test runs in Bangladesh. Tamim Iqbal leads the chart with 2207 runs.

Only the second

2

No. of offspinners with two 5-fors in their first-two Tests. Sonny Ramadhin was the first one to do it. Mehedi Hasan is also the first Bangladesh bowler to do so.

One-stand show

77.27

Percent of runs in Ban's inns that came from one stand - 170 out of 220, which is the 2nd-highest in a completed Test inns. Highest: 77.78% SL v SA Durban 2000-01.

Quick wickets

34/5

Bangladesh in the last 15 overs of the second session. They slid down from 171 for 1 to 205 for 6 before Tea.

Mushfiqur's 50th

3

No. of Bangladesh players who have appeared in 50 or more Tests, including Mushfiqur Rahim. Mohammad Ashraful (61) and Habibul Bashar are the others (50).

Big stand

1

No. of bigger partnerships for Bdesh in Tests vs Eng, than the 170 runs between Tamim and Mominul. The highest is 185 between Tamim and Imrul at Lord's 2010.

Tamim's favourites

8

No. of 50+ scores for Tamim Iqbal in Tests against England, in just 11 innings including this. He has scored at least a fifty in each of the six Tests versus England.

Cook equals Atherton

54

No. of Tests Alastair Cook has captained in, including this - joint most by an England captain. Michael Atherton had also lead England in 54 Tests.

No Broad, No Anderson

2

No. of Tests for England without Anderson and Broad in the playing XI since March 2008, including this match. The only other was v WI, Edgbaston, 2012.