#5 Bangladesh vs England, 2^nd Test, 2016

Mehdi Hassan Bangladesh Cricket — Man-of-the-Match Mehdi Hassan celebrates after clinching the final England wicket to level the series 1-1

Bangladesh 220 all out and 296 all out beat England 244 all out and 164 all out by 108 runs

Following the feisty ODI series which saw a lot of unsavoury incidents between the two sides, the crowd was looking forward to the two-match Test series with much anticipation and looking back, it is safe to say that they got more than what they bargained for.

The first Test at Chittagong was a thrilling one with Bangladesh narrowly missing out on a famous victory as they fell short by 22 runs chasing a target of 285 on the fifth day. However, the hosts had the final laugh as they scripted their Test win in history and their first against England as Alastair Cook’s side collapsed from a position of strength of 100 for no loss before losing ten wickets for 64 runs falling short of the target of 272 by a margin of 108 runs.

Tamim Iqbal’s century in the first innings was undermined by a lacklustre showing by his fellow batsmen saw Bangladesh score only 220 runs with England gaining a slender 24-run lead in the first innings. The second innings saw a much more balanced effort by the host batsmen as they posted 296 runs on the board thereby setting up a target of 272 for the visitors.

Half-centuries by Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett meant that England were cruising at one stage but it all turned upside down after Tea on Day Three with 19-year-old Mehdi Hasan taking 6-77 and Shakib al Hasan 4-49 as England were bundled out for 164 runs thus giving their most famous victory yet in the longest format of the game.