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Poms complete formality

England put the finishing touches to Bangladesh8217;s Lord8217;s misery as they swept up their last five wickets to seal an innings and 26...

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England put the finishing touches to Bangladesh8217;s Lord8217;s misery as they swept up their last five wickets to seal an innings and 261-run victory on the third morning of the first Test on Saturday.

Bangladesh, struggling to compete from the toss onwards and who had conceded a 420-run first-innings deficit after being steamrollered for 108 on the opening day, resumed on 90-5, clinging to the hope of putting on some sort of show in defeat.

Fast bowlers Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison, however, shared three wickets in the first nine balls of the day to end that day dream. England were held up by Khaled Mashud8217;s 44 before wrapping up the innings for 159 half an hour before lunch.

Simon Jones ended with 3-29 and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff 3-44.

England8217;s win was their 13th in 17 Tests, set against one defeat. For Bangladesh, playing at Lord8217;s for the first time, it was their 32nd defeat in 36 starts.

Ultimately, the match was little more than a gentle leg-stretch for England.

The selectors will have learnt little before the real business starts against Australia in July, although they will have been heartened by Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick8217;s centuries during an England innings of 528-3 declared, Hoggard and Jones8217; sharpness and the team8217;s general ruthlessness.

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Brief scores

Bangladesh:

108 and 159 Aftab Ahmed 32, Khaled Mashud 44, Hoggard 2-42, Harmison 2-39, Flintoff 3-44, S Jones 3-29 lost to England: 528-3 decl.

 

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