England stutter after Bangladesh collapse
dhaka — Tamim Iqbal scored his eighth Test century before Moeen Ali took 5 for 57 to help England dismiss Bangladesh for 220 runs on the first day of the second Test on Friday.
In a topsy-turvy day’s play in Dhaka, opener Tamim made a quickfire 104 off 147 balls while Mominul Haque scored 66 as the hosts surged to what should have been a commanding score after being at 171 for one at one stage.
But Tamim’s dismissal, lbw to Ali, sparked a spectacular collapse, as Bangladesh lost their last nine wickets for 49 runs with seven of their batsmen failing to make double figures.
England then suffered their own mini-collapse as they were reduced to 50 for three before rain brought an early end to proceedings, 11.3 overs before the scheduled close of play at the Sher-eBangla National Stadium.
Shakib Al Hasan removed Ben Duckett for seven before young
Tamim Iqbal lbw b Ali Imrul Kayes c Duckett b Woakes Mominul Haque b Ali Mahmudullah c Cook b Stokes Shakib Al Hasan c Bairstow b Woakes Mushfiqur Rahim c Cook b Ali Sabbir Rahman c Bairstow b Stokes Shuvagata Hom c Bairstow b Woakes Mehedi Hasan lbw b Ali Taijul Islam not out Kamrul Islam c Root b Ali
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1-1 (Kayes), 2-171 (Tamim), 3-190 (Mominul), 4-196 (Mahmudullah), 5-201 (Rahim), 6-202 (Sabbir), 7-212 (Hom), 8-213 (Mehedi), 9-215 (Shakib), 10-220 ( Kamrul)
Mehedi Hasan ended Alastair Cook’s innings at 14 through lbw.
Cook, who equalled Michael Atherton’s record of 54 Tests as England captain at the start of play, was initially given not out but the decision was overturned after Bangladesh reviewed. Mehedi then dismissed
Woakes 9-3-30-3, Finn 8-1-30-0, Ali 19.5-5-57-5, Ansari 6-0-36-0, Stokes 11-513-2, Rashid 10-0-44-0 Shakib 6-2-21-1 Bangladesh Kumar Dharmasena (SRI) and Sundaram Ravi (IND) Chris Gaffaney (NZL) Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
Gary Ballance for nine, the batsman’s third single figure score of the series, to bring Bangladesh right back into the game, with England still trailing them by 170 runs.
Ali was unbeaten on two at the close, leaving him centre stage at the start of day two of the Test after his starring role in the drama of the opening day.
Tamim and Mominul dominated the morning session after Woakes earned England an early breakthrough removing opener Imrul Kayes for one, with Duckett taking a spectacular catch at point.
Tamim smashed 12 boundaries but he became Ali’s first victim of the day shortly after driving the same bowler for back-to-back fours through cover to bring up his third century in six Tests against England.
It ended his 170-run stand with Mominul, who had also looked solid until he too was bowled by Ali for 66. The all-rounders Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes shared the other five wickets.
England made two changes to the team that won the first Test last Monday in Chittagong, with leftarm spinner Zafar Ansari handed a Test debut for Gareth Batty and paceman Steven Finn coming in for Stuart Broad who has been rested. —