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ENG win 2 - 0 ENG gains 4 points; BAN loses 4 points
Draw 1 - 1 BAN gains 11 points; ENG loses 11 points
BAN win 2 - 0 BAN gains 26 points; ENG loses 26 points
Lord's
26 - 28 June 2005
England won the toss and elected to field first.� After the first half hour, Bangladesh lost Nafees Iqbal (8) at 1 for 31.� The Bangladesh top order then collapsed, with England dismissing Habibul Bashar (3), Aftab Ahmad (20), Javed Omar (22) and Mohammad Ashraful (6) before Bangladesh went to lunch at 5 for 85.� England took almost an hour after lunch to tear through the remaining batsmen before Bangladesh was all out for 108 runs, with Khaled Mashud (6), Mohammad Rafique (1), Mashrafe Mortaza (0), Mushfiqur Rahim (19) and Shahaat Hossain (4) all falling in the space of 19 runs.� Hoggard was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 42 off 13.2 overs.� England then blazed away in the eleven overs before tea to be no wicket for 70 in reply.� England continued to score at five runs per over until Strauss (69) was trapped in front at 1 for 148.� By stumps, England was 1 for 188, with a lead of 80 runs.
England resumed on the second morning and continued to score at around five runs per over throughout the session.� By lunch, both Trescothick and� Vaughan had posted centuries and the score was 1 for 365.� Bangladesh dismissed Vaughan (120) and Trescothick (194) soon after lunch.� However, by tea, England was 3 for 437, with a lead of 329 runs.� England continued for six move overs after tea and took the total to 3 for 528 and an overall lead of 420 runs before declaring with Bell (65*) and Thorpe (42*) the not out batsmen.� Bangladesh then faced 22 overs before stumps, and lost Nafees Iqbal (3), Habibul Bashar (16), Javed Omar (25), Mohammad Ashraful (2) and Mushfiqur Rahim (3) before ending the day at 5 for 90, still 330 runs in arrears.�
England took most of the morning session to dismiss Aftab Ahmed (32), Mohammad Rafique (0), Mashrafe Mortaza (0), Anwar Hossain Monir (13) and Khaled Mashud (44) to ave Bangladesh all out for 159 runs.� Flintoff (3 for 44 off 9.5 overs) and Simon Jones (3 for 29 off 11 overs) shared the bowling honours while England claimed victory by an innings and 261 runs.
Second Test
Chester-le-Street
3 - 5 June 2005
England won the toss and elected to field first.� The match followed the same patter as the first Test, with England dismissing Nafees Iqbal (7), Habibul Bashar (6), Mohammad Ashraful (3), Rajin Saleh (2) and Javed Omar (37) to have Bangladesh 5 for 66 at lunch.� Again, England dismissed Bangladesh during the first afternoon for 104 runs after Aftab Ahmed (6), Mohammad Rafique (9) Tapash Baisya (0), Mashrafe Mortaza (1) and Khaled Mashud (22) were dismissed.� Harmison was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 38 off 12.5 overs, his fifth five-wicket haul.� England faced 13 overs before going to tea at 1 for 46 after Strauss (8) was trapped in front.� Bangladesh dismissed Vaughan (44) and Trescothick (151) during the evening session before England ended the day at 3 for 269, with a lead of 165 runs.
Once again, following the pattern of the first Test, Bangladesh failed to take a wicket on the second morning while Bell posted his maiden Test century in his third Test.� At lunch, England was 3 for 447, while scoring at almost six runs per over.� England declared at lunch and Bangladesh began their reply.� However, Bangladesh managed to bat through the session while losing only Nafees Iqbal (15), Rajin Saleh (7) and Mohammad Ashraful (12) to go to tea at 3 for 108.� However, England made better process during the evening session, dismissing Javed Omar (71), Habibul Bashar (63), Khaled Mashud (25), Mohammad Rafique (2) and Anwar Hossain Monir (0) to have Bangladesh 8 for 297, still 47 runs in arrears.�
England wrapped up a series whitewash on the third morning after dismissing Tapash Baisya (18) and Mashrafe Mortaza (0) to have Bangladesh all out for 316.� Hoggard was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 73 off 15.5 overs, his fifth five-wicket haul, while England claimed victory by an innings and 27 runs.
