England stand in captain Alec Stewart plundered a triple century as his side completed an easy 3-0 series victory over a dispirited Bangladesh side.
Stewart batted almost 11 hours in the first innings and added 287 for the 5th wicket with allrounder Adam Hollioake who posted a maiden Test century.
Off spinner Robert Croft claimed an easy 5 wicket haul after some limp batting saw Bangladesh trail by over 500 runs on 1st innings, but with plenty of time left captain Stewart elected to bat again.
Mark Ramprakash cashed in with an unbeaten century in England's 2nd innings before his side completed a massive 522 run victory.
Bangladesh batsman Habibul Bashar emerged with credit after being his nation's first ever Test century maker and looks set for a promising international career, his batting one of the few positives for his side during a difficult debut series.
Bashar was named Man of the Series for his consistent batting efforts in all 3 Tests but England dominated the series rom start to finish and were never really challenged.
England now head to India for a long tour including 6 Tests, while Bangladesh host Zimbabwe for a shorter 3 Test series.
Bangladesh v England
2-Innings Match Played At Dhaka, 14-Oct-1997, Test
England Win Outright by 522 runs
| Toss won by |
England |
| Home Side |
Bangladesh |
| Player of Match |
AJ Stewart |
| Comment |
Pitch (1999-2005) 92 (4,7C) Weather 2,3,10,6,2,3 |
England 1st Innings 642/5 Declared (Overs 192)
| Batsman |
Fieldsman |
Bowler |
Runs |
Min |
Bls |
4s |
6s |
| AJ Stewart* |
not out |
|
332 |
654 |
559 |
30 |
0 |
| NV Knight |
|
b Mohammad Rafique |
40 |
105 |
87 |
2 |
0 |
| GA Hick |
|
b Mohammad Rafique |
15 |
20 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
| MR Ramprakash |
c Javed Omar |
b Mohammad Rafique |
47 |
86 |
92 |
3 |
0 |
| JP Crawley |
lbw |
b Sanwar Hossain |
8 |
15 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| AJ Hollioake |
|
b Mohammad Rafique |
127 |
290 |
268 |
5 |
0 |
| RC Russell+ |
not out |
|
59 |
131 |
120 |
4 |
0 |
| RDB Croft |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| IDK Salisbury |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DW Headley |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ARC Fraser |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| extras |
|
(b0 lb0 w6 nb8) |
14 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
5 wickets for |
642 |
|
|
|
|
| FOW |
| 1-91(NV Knight) 2-115(GA Hick) 3-221(MR Ramprakash) 4-239(MR
Ramprakash) |
| 5-526(AJ Hollioake) |
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maid |
Runs |
Wkts |
| Mushfiqur Rahman |
29 |
4 |
96 |
0 |
| Manjural Islam |
39 |
5 |
121 |
0 |
| Mohammad Rafique |
61 |
10 |
183 |
4 |
| Fahim Muntasir |
24 |
5 |
94 |
0 |
| Naimur Rahman |
20 |
3 |
82 |
0 |
| Sanwar Hossain |
16 |
1 |
54 |
1 |
| Aminul Islam |
3 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Bangladesh 1st Innings 127/10 All Out (Overs 51.4)
| Batsman |
Fieldsman |
Bowler |
Runs |
Min |
Bls |
4s |
6s |
| Javed Omar |
c GA Hick |
b ARC Fraser |
5 |
16 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
| Al Sahariar |
c GA Hick |
b DW Headley |
2 |
38 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
| Habibul Bashar |
c RC Russell |
b DW Headley |
30 |
91 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
| Aminul Islam* |
c RC Russell |
b RDB Croft |
17 |
46 |
41 |
1 |
1 |
| Sanwar Hossain |
c RC Russell |
b RDB Croft |
0 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
| Naimur Rahman |
c RC Russell |
b RDB Croft |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Khaled Mashud+ |
c IDK Salisbury |
b RDB Croft |
6 |
14 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Mushfiqur Rahman |
not out |
|
13 |
93 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
| Mohammad Rafique |
st RC Russell |
b RDB Croft |
20 |
42 |
47 |
1 |
0 |
| Fahim Muntasir |
c RC Russell |
b ARC Fraser |
13 |
21 |
21 |
1 |
0 |
| Manjural Islam |
|
b DW Headley |
9 |
19 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
| extras |
|
(b1 lb4 w2 nb5) |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
10 wickets for |
127 |
|
|
|
|
| FOW |
| 1-6(Javed Omar) 2-18(Al Sahariar) 3-50(Aminul Islam) 4-56(Sanwar
Hossain) |
| 5-56(Naimur Rahman) 6-58(Habibul Bashar) 7-65(Khaled Mashud) 8-92(Mohammad
Rafique) |
| 9-113(Fahim Muntasir) 10-127(Manjural Islam) |
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maid |
Runs |
Wkts |
| DW Headley |
11.4 |
0 |
39 |
3 |
| ARC Fraser |
10 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
| AJ Hollioake |
10 |
1 |
23 |
0 |
| RDB Croft |
14 |
2 |
31 |
5 |
| IDK Salisbury |
6 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
England 2nd Innings 308/4 Declared (Overs 105)
| Batsman |
Fieldsman |
Bowler |
Runs |
Min |
Bls |
4s |
6s |
| AJ Stewart* |
c Javed Omar |
b Naimur Rahman |
59 |
167 |
147 |
4 |
0 |
| NV Knight |
lbw |
b Fahim Muntasir |
55 |
142 |
118 |
3 |
0 |
| GA Hick |
|
b Sanwar Hossain |
36 |
99 |
86 |
4 |
0 |
| MR Ramprakash |
not out |
|
101 |
201 |
195 |
8 |
0 |
| JP Crawley |
|
b Manjural Islam |
38 |
94 |
63 |
3 |
0 |
| AJ Hollioake |
not out |
|
13 |
32 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
| RC Russell+ |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| RDB Croft |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| IDK Salisbury |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DW Headley |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ARC Fraser |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| extras |
|
(b3 lb0 w3 nb0) |
6 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
4 wickets for |
308 |
|
|
|
|
| FOW |
| 1-103(NV Knight) 2-122(AJ Stewart) 3-185(GA Hick) 4-278(JP
Crawley) |
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maid |
Runs |
Wkts |
| Mushfiqur Rahman |
20 |
1 |
58 |
0 |
| Manjural Islam |
27 |
7 |
61 |
1 |
| Mohammad Rafique |
28 |
5 |
78 |
0 |
| Fahim Muntasir |
12 |
1 |
44 |
1 |
| Naimur Rahman |
10 |
3 |
41 |
1 |
| Sanwar Hossain |
6 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
| Aminul Islam |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Bangladesh 2nd Innings 301/10 All Out (Overs 97.4)
| Batsman |
Fieldsman |
Bowler |
Runs |
Min |
Bls |
4s |
6s |
| Javed Omar |
c MR Ramprakash |
b DW Headley |
6 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| Al Sahariar |
c IDK Salisbury |
b DW Headley |
26 |
92 |
70 |
4 |
0 |
| Habibul Bashar |
c NV Knight |
b IDK Salisbury |
101 |
226 |
171 |
7 |
1 |
| Aminul Islam* |
c RC Russell |
b AJ Hollioake |
3 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Sanwar Hossain |
c IDK Salisbury |
b RDB Croft |
7 |
24 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
| Naimur Rahman |
c MR Ramprakash |
b RDB Croft |
10 |
41 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
| Khaled Mashud+ |
c IDK Salisbury |
b DW Headley |
75 |
166 |
121 |
7 |
1 |
| Mushfiqur Rahman |
c RC Russell |
b ARC Fraser |
43 |
87 |
92 |
0 |
0 |
| Mohammad Rafique |
not out |
|
16 |
52 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
| Fahim Muntasir |
c AJ Hollioake |
b ARC Fraser |
2 |
18 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Manjural Islam |
lbw |
b ARC Fraser |
4 |
19 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
| extras |
|
(b1 lb0 w2 nb5) |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
10 wickets for |
301 |
|
|
|
|
| FOW |
| 1-6(Javed Omar) 2-63(Al Sahariar) 3-66(Aminul Islam) 4-81(Sanwar
Hossain) |
| 5-125(Naimur Rahman) 6-183(Habibul Bashar) 7-278(Mushfiqur Rahman) |
| 8-286(Khaled Mashud) 9-291(Fahim Muntasir) 10-301(Manjural Islam) |
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maid |
Runs |
Wkts |
| DW Headley |
24 |
4 |
65 |
3 |
| ARC Fraser |
20.4 |
3 |
61 |
3 |
| AJ Hollioake |
18 |
1 |
47 |
1 |
| RDB Croft |
24 |
6 |
66 |
2 |
| IDK Salisbury |
11 |
1 |
61 |
1 |
England stand in captain Alec Stewart celebrates his triple century in the 3rd Test v Bangladesh at Dhaka