My top five moments from Bangladesh's 100 Tests

Bangladesh vs England, Second Test, 28-30 October 2016, Dhaka

Bangladesh won by 108 runs

Bangladesh defeated England in 2016, one of the Asian country’s most memorable victories in their Test history

Clashes between Bangladesh and England have been some of the best cricket matches in recent history and amongst them, this. The time Bangladesh beat England in a Test match in three days.

This was a tour that nearly didn’t go ahead because of security concerns. There was a mixture of relief and tense nervousness when England arrived and everyone was keen to let the cricket do the talking. And my God it did.

We could have won the one-day series, we didn’t. We could have won the first Test, we didn’t. But we played well throughout and it genuinely was some of the most compelling cricket I have ever watched. Throw in some over-the-top celebration, sledging and angry tweets - and we have my favourite Test series ever.

First Tamim scored a century, and then Mehedi took six wickets, and then we set a competitive total, and then we looked like we were going to lose. But this time we didn’t crumble like we had in the past. Something amazing happened. England lost ten wickets for 64 runs, Mehedi taking another six and Shakib taking the other four.

We’d beaten England. In a Test match. Properly. I watched the game at home, before going into work. Such was my excitement at the result that The Guardian’s double page match report is now framed and hanging on my wall at home. It felt like the tide had turned and suddenly we were ready to take on the world.

As Bangladesh go into their next hundred Tests I feel like I need to end this piece with something profound and thought-provoking, but there isn’t a lot to say. I have literally grown up alongside the Bangladesh Test team, with wicket alerts and scorecards joining me at every major milestone in my life. I feel that passion and relationship will only continue and when I say I’m genuinely excited about the future - I mean that as much about Bangladesh’s as I do my own.