Bangladesh Set Back From Moeen After Solid Starts
Moeen Alis triple strikes, well aided by Ben Stokes's double blow, helped England make a remarkable comeback in the post-lunch session to reduce Bangladesh to 205 for 6 at Tea on Day 1 of the second and final Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Friday (October 28).
The English offspinner turned the game on its head by dismissing both the set batsmen Tamim Iqbal (104) and Mominul Haque (66) in quick succession as Bangladesh slipped from 171 for 1 to 190 for 3, an hour into the second session of the day. Shortly before Tea, Ali struck again to send back Mushfiqur Rahim, the home captain, cheaply. Stokes, on the other hand, sent down a fine spell of six overs for seven runs and picked up the wickets of Mahmudullah and Sabbir Rahman to leave the hosts reeling at 205 for 6.
Tamim and Mominul picked up from where they'd left off at Lunch and added 54 more to the second-wicket stand before the former fell soon after completing his hundred. The Bangladesh opener resumed cautiously and picked up pace once again to raise his eight Test century - his third against England - with back-to-back lofted boundaries through the covers off Moeen. The bowler, however, had his revenge as he trapped the batsman plumb in front in his succeeding over. Tamim wasted a review and was given marching orders as replays confirmed that the ball would have clipped the top of his off-stump.
Mominul, who had raised his 10th Test fifty earlier off Adil Rashid, too departed soon after as Moeen picked up his second. The Bangladesh No.3 perished trying to make room for a cut shot as the ball took the inside edge and struck his stumps instead. With less than half an hour to go before the scheduled second break, Stokes too joined the party. Mamudullah, batting on 13, threw his wicket away by offering a regulation catch to English skipper Alastair Cook in the slips.
Bangladesh had barely recovered from the loss when Mushfiqur was struck on his helmet and collapsed to the ground. The team's physio and doctor, as well as the England physio, rushed to check on the Bangladesh skipper who resumed his innings after a brief unscheduled break. He, however, didn't last long. Mushfiqur took few steps down the track to flick the Moeen delivery on the leg side but couldn't get past Cook at leg slip who completed a fine juggling catch on his second attempt.
Stokes capped off a fine spell by taking out Sabbir Rahman for a six-ball duck. The batsman poked at a outside off delivery to send a regulation catch to the man behind the stumps as Bangladesh lost five wickets within a 14-over period.
At lunch, earlier in the day, Tamim and Mominul had put on an unbeaten 117-run stand for the second wicket to help Bangladesh recover after the early wicket of Imrul Kayes.
Electing to bat in overcast conditions, Bangladesh suffered the first blow as Kayes departed in the third over. Chris Woakes got the visitors their first breakthrough as the Bangladesh opener, looking to cut a short and wide delivery, sent it straight to the man at point. Ben Duckett timed his jump well and completed the head-high catch neatly to reduce the hosts to 1 for 1 early into the game.
However, that was the only success England managed in the opening session as Tamim and Mominul combined for a century stand to negate England's early advantage.
Coming in to bat as early as in the third over, Mominul got going with a neatly-timed flick off Wokaes in the fifth over. Cook introduced spin in the sixth over when he brought on Moeen Ali but failed to get another wicket.
Tamim looked scratchy at start, taking 20 deliveries to get off the mark. But once the opener had his eyes set, he raised his 20th half-century in Test cricket, off just 60 deliveries to lead Bangladesh's recovery. Woakes, returning from the other end, was hit for three boundaries in an over by the left-handed opener before Cook introduced debutant Zafar Ansari into the attack. The change, however, failed to produced desired results as the the left-arm spinner leaked 13 off his first over in Test cricket.
Desperate for a breakthrough, Cook frantically shuffled his bowlers, bringing Moeen from the other end. The offspinner went up in appeal against Tamim off successive deliveries, both of which were turned down by umpire Kumar Dharamasena. While England went against a review the first time, they wasted one off the next delivery when the ball seemed clearly going over the stumps. Tamim survived on 47 and raised his fifty in the over after the drinks break, with three off Ansari.
Stokes, summoned after the 20th over, sent down a couple of maidens to slow down the free flow of runs. With a single off Ansari in the 23rd over, Mominul raised Bangladesh's hundred.
Tamim was adjudged caught behind by Dharamasena, when on 66, but survived after calling for a review. Johnny Bairstow made a loud appeal after collecting the edge right behind the stumps but the replays showed the ball to have brushed off his shirt instead.
Brief scores: Bangladesh 205/6 (Tamim Iqbal 104, Mominul Haque 66; Moeen Ali 3-47, Ben Stokes 2-13) vs England.
The English offspinner turned the game on its head by dismissing both the set batsmen Tamim Iqbal (104) and Mominul Haque (66) in quick succession as Bangladesh slipped from 171 for 1 to 190 for 3, an hour into the second session of the day. Shortly before Tea, Ali struck again to send back Mushfiqur Rahim, the home captain, cheaply. Stokes, on the other hand, sent down a fine spell of six overs for seven runs and picked up the wickets of Mahmudullah and Sabbir Rahman to leave the hosts reeling at 205 for 6.
Tamim and Mominul picked up from where they'd left off at Lunch and added 54 more to the second-wicket stand before the former fell soon after completing his hundred. The Bangladesh opener resumed cautiously and picked up pace once again to raise his eight Test century - his third against England - with back-to-back lofted boundaries through the covers off Moeen. The bowler, however, had his revenge as he trapped the batsman plumb in front in his succeeding over. Tamim wasted a review and was given marching orders as replays confirmed that the ball would have clipped the top of his off-stump.
Mominul, who had raised his 10th Test fifty earlier off Adil Rashid, too departed soon after as Moeen picked up his second. The Bangladesh No.3 perished trying to make room for a cut shot as the ball took the inside edge and struck his stumps instead. With less than half an hour to go before the scheduled second break, Stokes too joined the party. Mamudullah, batting on 13, threw his wicket away by offering a regulation catch to English skipper Alastair Cook in the slips.
Bangladesh had barely recovered from the loss when Mushfiqur was struck on his helmet and collapsed to the ground. The team's physio and doctor, as well as the England physio, rushed to check on the Bangladesh skipper who resumed his innings after a brief unscheduled break. He, however, didn't last long. Mushfiqur took few steps down the track to flick the Moeen delivery on the leg side but couldn't get past Cook at leg slip who completed a fine juggling catch on his second attempt.
Stokes capped off a fine spell by taking out Sabbir Rahman for a six-ball duck. The batsman poked at a outside off delivery to send a regulation catch to the man behind the stumps as Bangladesh lost five wickets within a 14-over period.
At lunch, earlier in the day, Tamim and Mominul had put on an unbeaten 117-run stand for the second wicket to help Bangladesh recover after the early wicket of Imrul Kayes.
Electing to bat in overcast conditions, Bangladesh suffered the first blow as Kayes departed in the third over. Chris Woakes got the visitors their first breakthrough as the Bangladesh opener, looking to cut a short and wide delivery, sent it straight to the man at point. Ben Duckett timed his jump well and completed the head-high catch neatly to reduce the hosts to 1 for 1 early into the game.
However, that was the only success England managed in the opening session as Tamim and Mominul combined for a century stand to negate England's early advantage.
Coming in to bat as early as in the third over, Mominul got going with a neatly-timed flick off Wokaes in the fifth over. Cook introduced spin in the sixth over when he brought on Moeen Ali but failed to get another wicket.
Tamim looked scratchy at start, taking 20 deliveries to get off the mark. But once the opener had his eyes set, he raised his 20th half-century in Test cricket, off just 60 deliveries to lead Bangladesh's recovery. Woakes, returning from the other end, was hit for three boundaries in an over by the left-handed opener before Cook introduced debutant Zafar Ansari into the attack. The change, however, failed to produced desired results as the the left-arm spinner leaked 13 off his first over in Test cricket.
Desperate for a breakthrough, Cook frantically shuffled his bowlers, bringing Moeen from the other end. The offspinner went up in appeal against Tamim off successive deliveries, both of which were turned down by umpire Kumar Dharamasena. While England went against a review the first time, they wasted one off the next delivery when the ball seemed clearly going over the stumps. Tamim survived on 47 and raised his fifty in the over after the drinks break, with three off Ansari.
Stokes, summoned after the 20th over, sent down a couple of maidens to slow down the free flow of runs. With a single off Ansari in the 23rd over, Mominul raised Bangladesh's hundred.
Tamim was adjudged caught behind by Dharamasena, when on 66, but survived after calling for a review. Johnny Bairstow made a loud appeal after collecting the edge right behind the stumps but the replays showed the ball to have brushed off his shirt instead.
Brief scores: Bangladesh 205/6 (Tamim Iqbal 104, Mominul Haque 66; Moeen Ali 3-47, Ben Stokes 2-13) vs England.
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