First Test: England v Bangladesh .2826.E2.80.9328 May.29 Test matches in England in 2005

england set attacking field against bangladesh on third day. bowler , silly point in front of stumps.

bangladesh s reply sorry one. yet again, failed play short ball enough, , lost 5 wickets – simon jones , andrew flintoff main culprits, taking 2 each – miserable 65 before khaled mashud , aftab ahmed took responsibility , guided them stumps 95 5. not last, though. 6 balls third day, hoggard bowled off-cutter aftab ahmed, failed play , hit on pads – out fine 32, bangladesh s highest score in test series far.

steve harmison bowled next on pavilion end, removing spinner rafique duck on second ball of on caught behind , having mortaza bowled mortaza missed ball have graze pad , roll behind him hit leg stump. bangladesh had lost 3 wickets 2 runs in space of 9 balls, , harmison added wicket tally hit anwar hossain monir on pad in front. however, umpire hariharan wasn t convinced going hit stumps, , harmison denied hat-trick.

the end looked more abrupt people think before third day had started. however, no-ball-aided recovery , fine batting wicket-keeper khaled mashud, surpassed aftab ahmed s score, sent match slow-death period. anwar hossain , khaled mashud did, however, manage put on 58 ninth wicket, bangladesh s best partnership of match. simon jones broke through defences, though, anwar hossain monir got standard thick edge first slip trescothick, , ninth wicket fell – 156 9. on later, khaled mashud out, giving awkward edge off andrew flintoff s bowling graham thorpe @ short leg , ending innings on 159 out – giving england innings , 261 run win before noon, half hour before lunch, on third day. interestingly, gareth batty – england s spin-bowler, came in replace injured ashley giles – mentioned on official scorecard once, did not bat, did not bowl, , did not hold catch. trescothick named man of match 194. (cricinfo scorecard)