Published: Oct 30, 2016, 07:35 AM (IST)
Edited: Oct 30, 2016, 04:20 PM (IST)
Nomoshkar! Good Morning, Suprabhāta! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Bangladesh vs England 2016-17. This is the third day of the second Test between Bangladesh and England. The match is being played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka. The match has taken many twists and turns so far and one can expect another action packed day here at Chittagong. Bangladesh have certainly raised their standards and are evolving as a unit with every game. But England are high on confidence after winning the first and will look to seal the series with another win. Bangladesh have come out fighting and put up a solid show to take down the big guns. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Bangladesh vs England, 2nd Test at Dhaka
Day 1 started with some intense bating action from Bangladesh as Tamim Iqbal came out all guns blazing and smashed a ton. Mominul Haque played a determined innings other than which the whole Bangladeshi stumbled. Moeen Ali ran through the Bangladeshi batting with his five-wickets haul and did a commendable job with the ball in hand. Chris Woakes did well and had three wickets to his name. England once again didn’t manage to get going as their top-order floundered but Joe Root played a tenacious knock of 56 and tried his best to weather the early storm and sail the English ship out of choppy waters. Their lower-order did well in getting some valuable runs and helping their side edge past the Bangladeshi score.
Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid batted beautifully and England took a 24-run lead and have the initiative in this match at the moment. Woakes was dismissed for 46, but Rashid fought on to remain unbeaten on 44 and as a result have given England a real chance of winning this game now. Woakes and Rashid put on 99 for the ninth wicket. Bangladesh took the new ball immediately after it was available and not surprising it was Mehedi Hasan to bowl first up with that ball and struck immediately.
Woakes was caught in the leg slip after he was beautifully set up. Woakes was in fact caught off a full toss from Sabbir Rahman, but the ball was above waist high and Woakes got a lucky break. Barring that, the batsmen looked in control throughout. From 144 for 8, England have managed to add exactly 100 runs for the last two wickets, to put themselves in control of the game. England will now hope to pick up a couple of quick wickets when play resumes.
Mehedi claimed his second five-for in as many Tests for Bangladesh. England have therefore scored 113 runs and lost five wickets in the first session of the day. Bangladesh made a bright beginning to Day Two as they dismissed Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes within four overs after play began. Moeen was out after he missed a sweep and his off stumps was rattled. Stokes was dismissed after a sharp catch at forward short leg for a duck. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow did hold fort for a while. Their 45-run stand was ended by Mehedi, who trapped Bairstow in front off the first delivery of his new spell. This brought debutant Zafar Ansari to the crease. He was off the mark after the ball took an outside edge and bisected the two slip fielders.
