Batty took the wicket of Tamim — his first Test wicket in more than a decade — but England’s spinners suffered a day of toil AP Photo/A.M. AhadNever have Bangladesh pushed England remotely close in Test cricket, the smallest margin of defeat being seven wickets in the opening encounter at Dhaka 13 years ago. Until now, they have been dismissed with little of the fight and tenacity that they have shown in Chittagong, forging a position on the second day from which they may yet mount a challenge. By the close of another suffocating day of heat and humidity, but a less than stifling day from England’s spinners, Bangladesh had hauled themselves to within sight of England’s total. If it was a teenage off spinner who pushed…

Source: The Times October 21, 2016 15:56 UTC