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Opener Jonathan Trott smashed a
half century to help England reach 171-
3 at stumps in reply to Bangladesh’s
imposing first innings total of 419 on
the second day of the second cricket
test Sunday.
Trott was unbeaten on 64 at the end of
the day along with Ian Bell (25), as
the visitors were still trailing by
248 runs in the first innings. Trott’s
50 came very slowly off 147 balls that
included six boundaries.
Resuming on 94-1 at tea, England lost
two wickets—Kevin Pietersen (45) and
Paul Collingwood (0)—in the final
session of the day.
Pietersen was caught at short cover by
Imrul Kayes off a delivery from Shakib
Al Hasan (1-26) while Rubel Hossain (1-
37) trapped Paul Collingwood lbw.
After Bangladesh was dismissed in the
first session, England got to a
cautious start to its run chase,
losing just Alastair Cook (21) in the
second session, caught by Kayes off an
Abdur Razzak delivery.
Earlier, Naeem Islam and Shafiul Islam
completed their maiden test half
centuries to help Bangladesh complete
a strong first innings that ended
shortly before lunch.
Resuming on 330-8, the Bangladesh’s
tailenders denied England an early
breakthrough.
Naeem Islam finished the innings
unbeaten on 59 after adding 26 runs to
his overnight score of 33, while
Shafiul Islam added 45 runs in the
first session before he was caught
behind by Matt Prior off Tim Bresnan
(2-57) for 53.
Hossain was the last man out when he
was caught behind off a ball from
Graeme Swann (4-114).
Shafiul’s 50 came off just 47 balls
and with 11 boundaries, while Naeem
Islam played a watchful knock of 150
balls to collect his 50, which
included six boundaries.
Opener Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah
also made half centuries on Saturday
to give Bangladesh a good platform.
Iqbal scored an aggressive 85 off 71
balls, and Mahmudullah reached 59.
England won the first test by 181 runs.
--AP, Dhaka
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