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Bangladesh v England - 3rd Test - at Dhaka - 1997/8 - Match Report

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 

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