21 Mar 2010

Bangladesh off to great start against England

8:30 am on 21 March 2010

Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah plundered the England bowling to lead Bangladesh to 330 for eight at close on the opening day of the second Test in Dhaka.

Off-spinners Graeme Swann and James Tredwell shared five wickets between them to restore some parity as the tourists recovered from the early onslaught of Tamim, who had given them a storming start with 85 off 71 balls in the morning session.

Tamim celebrated his 21st birthday with fireworks, attacking every England bowler before debutant off-spinner Tredwell had him caught by wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

The left-handed opener made his intentions clear when he got off the mark with a boundary off the first ball of the innings and completed his fifty in just 34 deliveries with three successive fours off Swann.