Bangladesh A v England XI - 3 day match - at Chittagong - 1997/8 - Match Report

 The England XI completed an easy victory over an inexperienced Bangladesh A side at Chittagong in the first match of the tour.

The victory was set up by an unbeaten century in each innings to England XI middle order batsman John Crawley, and excellent bowling in Bangladesh A's first innings in particular.

England XI posted 337/6 in their 1st Innings on the back of Crawley's first unbeaten century of the match, before a declaration about an hour before Stumps on Day 1.

Bangladesh A were then shot out for just 54 with England XI left arm fast medium bowler Alan Mullally taking 5-18 to trail on first innings by 283 runs.

England XI captain Mike Atherton declined to enforce the follow on, and Graeme Hick and John Crawley enjoyed the extra batting practice in posting unbeaten centuries before a declaration at Stumps on Day 2.

With all 90 overs on Day 3 to take 10 wickets the England XI still felt they had enough time to win the match and Atherton's decision to bat again was fully justified when his side won comfortably with about 40 minutes to spare.

Bangladesh A v England XI

2-Innings Match Played At Chittagong, 01-Oct-1997, First Class Tour Match

England XI Win Outright by 444 runs

Toss won by	England XI
Home Side	Bangladesh A
Player of Match	JP Crawley
Comment	Pitch (1999-2005) 66 (7A,3,8A) Weather 2,2,2

England XI 1st Innings 337/6 Declared (Overs 74)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
MA Atherton*	c Khaled Mashud	b Mushfiqur Rahman	27	46	37	2	0
NV Knight	lbw	b Enamul Haque	64	138	109	6	0
GA Hick		b Fahim Muntasir	51	81	70	6	0
MR Ramprakash		c&b Enamul Haque	46	72	70	6	0
JP Crawley	not out		107	116	116	16	0
RC Russell+		b Sanwar Hossain	18	23	21	3	0
BC Hollioake	c Shahriar Hossain	b Sanwar Hossain	0	3	4	0	0
RDB Croft	not out		13	25	24	0	0
ARC Fraser	dnb
AD Mullally	dnb
PCR Tufnell	dnb
extras		(b4 lb0 w2 nb5)	11
TOTAL		6 wickets for	337

FOW
1-33(MA Atherton) 2-137(GA Hick) 3-149(NV Knight) 4-245(MR Ramprakash)
5-292(RC Russell) 6-292(BC Hollioake)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Hasibul Hossain	10	1	41	0
Mushfiqur Rahman	10	2	25	1
Khaled Mahmud	2	0	8	0
Enamul Haque	25	2	98	2
Fahim Muntasir	17	0	116	1
Sanwar Hossain	10	1	45	2

Bangladesh A 1st Innings 54/10 All Out (Overs 31.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Shahriar Hossain	c MA Atherton	b PCR Tufnell	27	89	66	0	0
Mehrab Hossain	lbw	b AD Mullally	0	6	3	0	0
Al Sahariar	c RC Russell	b BC Hollioake	7	22	22	0	0
Akram Khan	lbw	b AD Mullally	0	7	4	0	0
Sanwar Hossain	c RC Russell	b AD Mullally	6	42	25	1	0
Khaled Mahmud	c RC Russell	b AD Mullally	2	25	14	0	0
Khaled Mashud+	c MA Atherton	b ARC Fraser	0	7	6	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman		b ARC Fraser	0	3	2	0	0
Enamul Haque*		b PCR Tufnell	9	39	25	0	0
Fahim Muntasir	c MR Ramprakash	b AD Mullally	0	9	7	0	0
Hasibul Hossain	not out		2	22	14	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb0)	1
TOTAL		10 wickets for	54

FOW
1-2(Mehrab Hossain) 2-14(Al Sahariar) 3-14(Akram Khan) 4-38(Sanwar Hossain)
5-41(Shahriar Hossain) 6-43(Khaled Mashud) 7-43(Mushfiqur Rahman)
8-43(Khaled Mahmud) 9-47(Fahim Muntasir) 10-54(Enamul Haque)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ARC Fraser	9	2	19	2
AD Mullally	12	2	18	5
BC Hollioake	8	2	15	1
PCR Tufnell	1.1	1	0	2
RDB Croft	1	0	2	0

England XI 2nd Innings 337/3 Declared (Overs 89)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
MA Atherton*	c Al Sahariar	b Sanwar Hossain	65	146	124	4	0
NV Knight	c Sanwar Hossain	b Khaled Mahmud	45	84	66	7	0
GA Hick	not out		105	220	206	10	1
MR Ramprakash	lbw	b Enamul Haque	1	10	6	0	0
JP Crawley	not out		116	146	137	11	2
RC Russell+	dnb
BC Hollioake	dnb
RDB Croft	dnb
ARC Fraser	dnb
AD Mullally	dnb
PCR Tufnell	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w2 nb3)	5
TOTAL		3 wickets for	337

FOW
1-90(NV Knight) 2-132(MA Atherton) 3-134(MR Ramprakash)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Hasibul Hossain	15	2	69	0
Mushfiqur Rahman	14	2	51	0
Khaled Mahmud	3	2	5	1
Enamul Haque	25	3	85	1
Fahim Muntasir	20	0	80	0
Sanwar Hossain	12	2	47	1

Bangladesh A 2nd Innings 176/10 All Out (Overs 90.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Shahriar Hossain		b RDB Croft	28	104	67	1	0
Mehrab Hossain	c MA Atherton	b PCR Tufnell	64	180	170	5	0
Al Sahariar		b PCR Tufnell	20	60	60	1	0
Akram Khan	c ARC Fraser	b PCR Tufnell	14	34	21	2	0
Sanwar Hossain	lbw	b RDB Croft	0	5	7	0	0
Khaled Mahmud	c RC Russell	b BC Hollioake	2	28	27	0	0
Khaled Mashud+		b AD Mullally	17	67	49	1	0
Mushfiqur Rahman	lbw	b BC Hollioake	10	34	31	0	0
Enamul Haque*	c AD Mullally	b PCR Tufnell	5	35	28	0	0
Fahim Muntasir	not out		7	64	51	1	0
Hasibul Hossain	c NV Knight	b ARC Fraser	6	43	33	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb2)	3
TOTAL		10 wickets for	176

FOW
1-68(Shahriar Hossain) 2-109(Al Sahariar) 3-122(Mehrab Hossain)
4-123(Sanwar Hossain) 5-129(Akram Khan) 6-131(Khaled Mahmud)
7-152(Mushfiqur Rahman) 8-159(Khaled Mashud) 9-165(Enamul Haque)
10-176(Hasibul Hossain)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ARC Fraser	15.1	4	35	1
AD Mullally	14	6	23	1
BC Hollioake	15	2	33	2
PCR Tufnell	29	9	51	4
RDB Croft	17	4	34	2

John Crawley scored an unbeaten century in both innings in the opening match of the tour