Bangladesh vs England: Visitors collapse from 100-0 to 164 all out as Mehedi Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan spin hosts to victory in Dhaka
Adil Rashid took four wickets as tourists set tricky 273 to win on spinning wicket, before being skittled 108 runs short
ENGLAND’S teased and tormented batsmen collapsed horrifically and surrendered the Second Test in a clatter of wickets.
Almost unbelievably, England succumbed from 100-0 at tea on the third day to 164 all out 15 minutes before the end of the evening session. Bangladesh won by 108 runs and levelled the two-match series at 1-1.
These are the damning statistics – England lost ten wickets for 64 runs in 22.3 overs.
It is a grim taster of what could happen in the upcoming five-Test series against India, who have better spinners than Bangladesh and certainly better batsmen.
For a while, with Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett batting together, England looked on course to achieve the target of 273 they needed for victory.
But then Bangladesh spinners Mehedi Hasan, aged just 18 and playing only his second Test, and the experienced left-armer Shakib al Hasan got to work.
Mehedi finished with 6-77 - making a total of 12 wickets in the match - and Shakib took 4-49, including three in four balls at one stage.
It was Bangladesh’s first Test victory over any country other than Zimbabwe and a below-strength West Indies team.
England appeared utterly clueless against the turning ball, caught in the headlights once the opening stand had been broken.
The slump started from the very first ball of the evening session when Duckett went back instead of forward and was bowled for 56.
It had been a fine, audacious cameo after three failures in his debut series and probably secures his place at the top of the order for the First Test against India on November 9.
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Despite dropping a dolly catch when England were fielding earlier in the day, Duckett had the courage to play a series of reverse sweeps, three of which sent the ball scurrying to the boundary. He also lofted a sweetly-struck six over long off.
But the chunky Northants left-hander's departure prompted a demise of epic proportions.
Joe Root, who took a full part in the day's play after missing the evening session on Saturday with an upset stomach, was lbw to the second ball he faced.
Then Gary Ballance made a tame exit for just five. The Yorkshire left-hander attempted a hit a long hop through the legside but succeeded only in lobbing a catch to mid-off via the front edge.
Ballance has failed in all four innings in Bangladesh and will surely be discarded for the five-Test showdown against India, the world's No1 team.
Moeen Ali was lbw and an optimistic review couldn’t save him. Then Cook was snaffled at silly point for 59.
Cook had already survived a couple of reviews. First, when 44, he was given out by umpire Kumar Dharmasena but a review showed the ball missing the stumps by a coat of varnish.
Then, with Cook on 59, Bangladesh unsuccessfully consulted the TV pictures which showed the ball travelling wide. But it didn't really matter - Cook was authentically dismissed without adding to his tally.
Jonny Bairstow was next when the ball looped via bat and pad to slip. He was out for three and England had lost six for 39 since the interval. And so it continued.
Ben Stokes survived a caught and bowled chance to Shakid al Hasan on 13 and a DRS for lbw on 21.
But it didn’t help him. The Durham all-rounder was bowled for 25 and Shakib added insult to injury by saluting as Stokes trudged off.
Remember how West Indies player Marlon Samuels mocked Stokes with a salute in a match last year and started their bitter feud.
Next ball, Adil Rashid was lbw to Shakib. He reviewed but to no avail. Zafar Ansari survived the hat-trick ball but turned the next delivery into the hands of short leg. Steven Finn was last man out, lbw to the rampant Mehedi.
Earlier, England dropped four catches in the morning session – the culprits were Cook, Root, Duckett and Finn – and generally bowled poorly to allow Bangladesh to extend their first innings total to 295 all out. It proved more than enough.