Miraz, Shakib deliver early England wickets after Bangladesh suffer dramatic collapse

Bangladesh spinners have landed early blows after England bowled Bangladesh out for 220 despite a scintillating Tamim Iqbal century on the opening day of the second and final Test.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz grabbed two wickets and Shakib Al Hasan took one as England slumped to 50-3 before rain swept in and ended play early at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.

England are trailing the hosts by 170 runs, but it was the way Bangladesh collapsed losing their last nine wickets for just 49 runs that left their fans stunned.

Powered by a colossal 170-run partnership between Tamim (104) and Mominul Haque (66), Bangladesh looked in complete control midway through the second session.

But England bowlers then launched a superb fightback. Moeen Ali spun through the batting order to take 5-59, including the scalps of Tamim, Mominul and Mushfiqur Rahim.

Bangladesh batsmen once again struggled to deal with the reverse swing from Chris Woakes (3-30) and Ben Stokes (2-13).

The teams carried over the intensity of the contest from Chittagong to Dhaka as the crowd witnessed spells of joy and bitterness from either team. But it was the Tigers who dominated the first half of the day.

England, too, had struck early by taking out Imrul Kayes for 1 after Mushfiqur decided to bat on a dry wicket.

Tamim and Mominul then counterattacked, adding 50 from just 57 balls to make a recovery as England bowlers struggled with consistency in their line and length.

The opener needed 20 balls to score his first runs but then switched gears. He looked in great touch as he pulled, cut and drove with supreme authority to reach his fifty from 60 balls. At the other end, Mominul also played some sparkling shots to keep the runs flowing from both ends.

Tamim was involved in two reviews in the morning session - one taken by England and the other by himself. He survived on both occasions as the duo raced to a dominating 100-run partnership from just 123 balls before marching off for lunch on 118-1.

Although the pitch offered less turn than the one used in Chittagong, it had cracks on the surface which allowed the bowlers to surprise batsmen as deliveries climbed abruptly after hitting those spots. Pundit Mike Atherton had anticipated in the pitch report that it would further deteriorate as the game progressed.

Both the batsmen, however, were on song even after lunch, putting both the England pacers and spinners to the sword.

Tamim took a painful blow on his rib cage from a Stokes bouncer before being dropped by Jonny Bairstow off Adil Rashid on 72.

But he shrugged off any butterflies of the nervous nineties and rifled back-to-back boundaries through the covers to bring up his seventh Test century, and third against England, in style.

The 27-year-old bedecked his 147-ball innings with 12 boundaries and paired in Bangladesh's highest second wicket stand against England - which came at a rate above four runs an over.

The duo had Alastair Cook at his wits’ end, being forced to shuffle his bowling attack with both spin and pace, and keeping a slip in place to retain some sort of pressure on the batsmen.

Moeen gave England the much-needed breakthrough, striking twice in quick succession to remove both Tamim and Mominul to trigger the astonishing collapse.

Tamim was trapped in front when he misjudged the line and tried to leave the ball before unsuccessfully reviewing the on-field decision. Mominul (66) followed Tamim, misjudging the length of delivery that zipped past the inside edge to smash into the stumps.

The home team and their fans could not have imagined what would follow as the fortress came crumbling down.

Mahmudullah (13) began by hitting legspinner Adil Rashid for a six over long-on. But he soon fell trying to prod a delivery outside offside before Sabbir Rahman, too, departed in a similar fashion. Both the batsmen fell in a scintillating six-over spell from Stokes late in the second session.

There were some anxious moments when Mushfiqur, playing his 50th Test, also took a blow from Stokes, but unlike Tamim, it was on his helmet. He soon recovered but only to give Moeen his third a ball later.

The likes of Shakib Al Hasan (10) could not prevent the slide as England carried the momentum into the third session when Woakes and Ali grabbed two wickets each to wrap up the Bangladesh innings.

Bangladesh stuck to their most successful spinners – Shakib and Mehedi Hasan Miraz - in Chittagong for the rest of the day.

Shakib gave the hosts the breakthrough by having Ben Duckett (7) caught behind. Teenage Miraz then trapped Cook (14) lbw on review and removed Gary Ballance (9) to see the fall of 13 wickets on the opening day.

Joe Root (15) and Moeen (2) remained unbeaten for England before play was halted by rain.