46 overs Ban 185-7
In classic England-style, Bangladesh take the batting powerplay with their number eight and number 10 at the crease. The shaven-headed Trent Johnston ambles in for his seventh over with only three men outside of the 30m circle and Naeem takes advantage with a couple through midwicket, as well as a single following a needless shy at the stumps from the Australia-born paceman. Still, no boundaries to keep the packed crowd sufficicently entertained as the sun turns a jaw-dropping lemony yellow against the almost-orange sky in the late dusky evening light, made the more eye-catching by the fug of the Dhaka smog.
From Colin Smyth, TMS inbox: "How about we forget all this talk about George Dockrell playing for England and instead concentrate on a campaign for making Ireland a test nation so that he can play for his own country? We could have Morgan back too, thank you very much!
45 overs Ban 179-8
The staid crowd momentarily spring to life as Adbul Razzak guides a late cut fine to third man off Andre Botha, but the chatter subsides as Trent Johnston cuts off the boundary. Razzak then hits through the line of the ball towards the long-off boundary, but Andrew White makes a quite brilliant stop with what can only be described as a Des Walker-style tackle to prevent the ball from crossing the boundary with his right boot. Quite brilliant.
44 overs Ban 173-8
Sterling keeps it tighter than a ale-drinker's belt with a solitary single. Really impressive disciplined bowling here - only one of these teams looks like a fully-fledged Test-playing nation here...
