Broad, Swann help England tighten grip

Chittagong, Bangladesh : Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann shared five wickets between them to seize the initiative for England on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh yesterday.

At the close Bangladesh, replying to England's 599 for six declared, were struggling at 154 for five with only opener Tamin Iqbal standing firm.

Tamim was unbeaten on 81 after Paul Collingwood had collected his 10th Test century to enable England to declare their first innings at 599 for six.

Facing an uphill task to avoid the follow-on, Bangladesh suffered an early setback when fast bowler Broad dismissed opener Imrul Kayes (4) and Junaid Seddiqi (7) with short-pitched deliveries before Swann continued his remarkable record of capturing a wicket in his opening over.

Leg-slip

Swann had Aftab Ahmad (1) caught by Ian Bell at leg-slip to give the off-spinner a wicket with his fifth ball after the tea break and reduce Bangladesh to 51 for three.

Tamim then shared a 94-run partnership with Mahmudullah (51) to repair the damage before Swann struck again. Mahmudullah, who had raced to his fifty off 54 balls with seven boundaries and a six, attempted a sweep shot but managed only to glove the ball to Collingwood at slip.

Skipper Shakib Al Hassan survived some anxious moments before he was bowled by Swann for one attempting do drive.

Swann could have added another wicket but Shahadat Hussain was given the benefit of the doubt by the third umpire in the same over when England appealed for a catch at silly point.

Collingwood, 32 not out overnight, punished the innocuous Bangladesh bowling with 145 from 188 balls.

He completed his century with a single off Shahadat and Ian Bell, his partner in the 184-run fifth wicket stand, drove the next ball to the cover boundary to bring up his fifty.

Collingwood, who hit 10 fours and four sixes, had one let off in his innings when Shakib dropped a return catch when the batsman was on 119.

Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim fumbled a chance off Bell when the batsman was on 64 off Razzaq and he was again dropped by Rubel Hussain off Shakib.

Rubel made amends for his mistake with the next ball to catch Bell for 84 and Alastair Cook declared the innings immediately.

Scoreboard

England first innings

(overnight 374-3)

A. Cook c & b Mahmudullah 173

M. Carberry lbw b Mahmudullah 30

J. Trott c Rahim b Rubel 39

K. Pietersen b Razzaq 99

P. Collingwood c Iqbal b Razzaq 145

I. Bell c Hussain b Shakib 84

M. Prior not out 0

Extras (b-6 lb-9 w-3 n-11) 29

Total (for 6 wickets) 599

Fall of wickets: 1-72 2-149 3-319 4-412 5-596 6-599

To bat: S. Broad, T. Bresnan, G. Swann, S. Finn.

Bowling: Shahadat 17-2-73-0, Rubel 19-0-96-1, Shakib 34.3-4-133-1, Naeem 12-1-43-0, Mahmudullah 23-1-78-2, Razzaq 31-1-157-2, Aftab 1-0-2-0, Tamim 1-0-2-0

Bangladesh first innings

T. Iqbal not out 81

I. Kayes c Prior b Broad 4

Z. Seddiqi c and b Broad 7

A. Ahmad c Bell b Swann 1

Mahmudullah c Collingwood b Swann 51

S. Hassan b Swann 1

S. Hussain not out 0

Extras (lb-7 w-1 n-1) 9

Total (for 5 wickets) 154

Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-27 3-51 4-145 5-149

To bat: M. Rahim, N. Islam, A. Razzaq, Rubel Hussain

Bowling: Broad 10-1-30-2, Bresnan 10-1-47-0, Swann 14-5-40-3, Finn 5-1-30-0