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DHAKA, Oct 14: The rain-interrupted first match of England’s cricket tour ended in a draw on Tuesday after the visitors failed to capture the last wicket of the Bangladesh Cricket Board President’s XI.
The Bangladesh side reached 143 for nine in their second innings at close of play.
England had earlier bundled them out for a first-innings 57 after they resumed on an overnight 46 for six.
But instead of enforcing the follow-on, England who had scored 253 in their first innings, decided to send in Graham Thorpe and Rikki Clarke to open and get some batting practice.
Thorpe scored 47 and England declared after Clarke was out for 19, giving them a lead of 265.
Matthew Hoggard, who put England in command taking three wickets for 11 runs on Monday, destroyed Bangladesh’s first innings in only 33 minutes taking a total of six wickets for 13 runs.
The home side showed more nerve in the second innings, particularly Aftab Ahmed who hit 45 runs in 74 balls with four fours and six off Clarke to hold up the England bowlers for a while.
ENGLAND (1st Innings) 253 (M.E. Trescothick 90; Enamul Haque 4-59).
BCB PRESIDENT’S XI (1st Innings, overnight 46-6):
Hannan Sarkar c Butcher b Hoggard 7
Nafis Iqbal c Thorpe b Hoggard 0
Aftab Ahmed lbw b Saggers 10
Ashiqur Rahman c T’cothick b Hoggard 0
Mushfiqur Rahman lbw b Hoggard 8
Abul Bashar b Saggers 0
Anwar Hossain c Butcher b Harmison 6
Nadif Chowdhury c T’cothick b Hoggard 5
Anwar Hossain Munir c T’cothick b Harmison 2
Gazi Alamgir not out 2
Enamul Haque b Hoggard 3
EXTRAS (b-4 lb-4 nb-6) 14
TOTAL (all out, 30.3 overs) 57
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-14, 3-19, 4-29, 5-29, 6-37, 7-47, 8-51, 9-51.
BOWLING: Hoggard 9.3-5-13-6 (3nb); Harmison 11-4-21-2 (3nb); Saggers 6-2-6-2; Clarke 3-0-5-0; Giles 1-0-4-0.
ENGLAND (2nd Innings):
G.P. Thorpe not out 47
R. Clarke b Enamul 19
EXTRAS (B-1, W-2) 3
TOTAL (for one wkt, 14.3 overs) 69
FALL OF WKT: 1-69.
BOWLING: Anwar Hossain Munir 4-0-28-0 (2w); Gazi Alamgir 4-0-16-0; Mushfiqur Rahman 5-3-21-0; Enmaul Haque 1.3-0-3-1.
BCB PRESIDENT’S XI (2nd Innings):
Hannan Sarkar lbw b Giles 16
Nafis Iqbal c Read b Saggers 20
Aftab Ahmed lbw b Clarke 45
Ashiqur Rahman c Read b Batty 2
Mushfiqur Rahman lbw b Batty 11
Abul Bashar c Clarke b Giles 6
Anwar Hossain c Thorpe b Batty 4
Nadif Chowdhury b Harmison 26
Enamul Haque lbw b Giles 2
Gazi Alamgir not out 0
Moniruzzaman not out 0
EXTRAS (B-3, W-6, NB-2) 11
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 66 overs) 143
FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-87, 3-87, 4-97, 5-102, 6-106, 7-116, 8-123, 9-143.
BOWLING: Hoggard 5-2-7-0; Harmison 10-3-20-1 (6w); Saggers 6-1-18-1; Giles 22-7-47-3; Clarke 8-3-26-1 (2nb); Batty 15-8-22-3.
RESULT: Match drawn.—Reuters
