This is the first victory of the Tigers against one of the two oldest Test nations of the history. England is only the third Test side after Zimbabwe and the West Indies against which Bangladesh recorded win after getting Test status in 2000.
Sunday’s victory was as thrilling for Bangladesh as crushing the defeat was for England.
When the teams went to tea, neither predicted the game to be over by the close of the day. England were 100 for no loss and needed 173 more to win the Mirpur Test that had over two days yet to be played. Bangladesh, who had made it a habit to strike early in English innings, looked a little clueless.
But the first ball after tea changed everything. Mehedi Hasan Miraz baffled Ben Duckett, who looked pretty comfortable prior to that delivery with his maiden Test fifty, and his stumps were at sixes and sevens. Shakib Al Hasan removed Joe Root in the next over, but the worst for the English team was yet to come.
In the next over, Miraz sent home Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali, only to come back again to put an end to skipper Alastair Cook's 59-run innings.
Shakib then decided to join the party, picking up the wickets of Ben Stokes (25), Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari while Miraz appeared as a nightmare for Jonny Bairstow and Steven Finn.
And just like that, England were all out on 164, handing the hosts a 104-run victory, the first in this format against the Three Lions.
Apart from the openers and Stokes, no English batsmen could reach double figures, while four failed to open the score, which only tells how deadly the Bangladesh spinning duo was.
In fact, in these two Test matches, Bangladesh spinners bagged all but one of the 40 English wickets.
Earlier, Bangladesh added 144 runs on the third day, making 296 in total in the second innings.
Imrul Kayes would rue missing out on another century, his 78-run innings cut shot by Moeen Ali when the left-handed batsman was trapped leg before the wicket.
Shakib also looked lively, but he could not go past 41 as Adil Rashid bowled him. Mushfiqur Rahim failed to reach double figures while the aggressive Sabbir Rahman managed 15 with three fours before his leg was pinned before the wicket and they went for lunch. Shuvagata Hom was unbeaten on 25.
Adil Rashid was the most successful bowler for England as he bagged four while Ben Stokes grabbed three and Zafar Ansari took two.
Miraz was duly adjudged the man-of-the-match for his 12 wickets. And seven wickets in the first Test makes it a staggering 19 scalps in the series and it was no wonder he was named the player-of-the-series. In doing so, the 19-year-old broke a 129-year old record -- bagging the highest number of wickets in a two-game Test series as a debutant.
Needless to say, the Tigers fans have got a new name to sing .
Source : http://en.prothom-alo.com/sports/news/127167/Tigers-make-Test-history-beating-England
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