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- Updated: October 30, 2016
Lunch Bangladesh 220 and 268 for 7 (Shuvagata 15*) lead England 244 by 244 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Four wickets fell in an action-packed morning session but Bangladesh kept the ledger even by adding 116 to their total to give themselves an excellent chance of forcing victory in the second Test. No batsman was able to survive for long but their approach was positive and by the lunch interval they led by 244 – the same amount England managed in their first innings – as English tempers began to fray.
Ben Stokes was at the centre of trying to lift England but their frustrations mounted after losing their second review seeking a caught-behind decision against Sabbir Rahman. He eventually fell to the last ball of the session, lbw to Adil Rashid, after a brisk partnership with Shuvagata Hom that again repelled England after two wickets had fallen in successive overs.
England created chances from the outset but Bangladesh’s batsmen kept pushing the scoreboard on, the better to insure against another …
