Man of the series Mehedi Hasan spun Bangladesh to an historic 108-run victory to level the series with his twelve wickets in the match, and six in the second innings, sparking an England collapse.
Chasing 273, England collapsed from 100-0 to 164 all out, which saw all ten of England’s wickets fall after the tea interval.
Bangladesh registered their eighth test victory in 95 tests with Mehedi collecting 19 wickets in his first two tests, including figures of 6-80, 6-82, and 6-77.
A desolate start to day 3 saw England create plenty of chances but were not capitalise as two missed chances and LBW opportunities went astray.
Imrul Kayes, 59* overnight, was dropped twice, first off Zafar Ansari as he fended to leg slip, where captain Alistair Cook couldn’t hold on, the second being off Moeen Ali when Joe Root put down a hard chance at first slip.
It was third time lucky for England as Moeen Ali finally got the breakthrough when he had Kayes LBW in front after he had missed his sweep shot, eventually falling for 78.
It was a first hour to forget for England as runs were coming with ease for Bangladesh with 16 byes in the first hour and the visitors missing chances.
Shakib Al Hasan got a lifeline when Ben Duckett dropped a simple catch at deep-midwicket off Ansari before Mushfiqur Rahim was dropped by Finn as he ran backwards at mid-on off the same bowler.
With a lead of 200 now up, Shakib continued his attacking strategy, living dangerously. After getting himself in including three cover driven boundaries he fell chopping on to his stumps off Adil Rashid for 41. It sparked a collapse as Ben Stokes got rid of captain, Rahim (9) who edged to Cook at first
On the stroke of lunch Sabbir Rahman (15) fell to a quicker delivery from Rashid, having survived a review the over before ending England’s chances to review for the next 22 overs.
Bangladesh led by 244 runs at lunch with England’s highest run chase in Asia being 209 back in 1961 against Pakistan in Lahore.
Stokes then had Taijul Islam (5) edge behind to Bairstow in his first over after lunch. Bangladesh brought up their lead of 250 with overthrows after a direct hit chance.
Rashid (4-52) continued to sweep up the tail along with Stokes as he had Mehedi (2) caught at slip before Kamrul (7) top edged back to him to end the Bangladesh innings and set England 273 to win.
England’s day went from ominous to virtuous as Duckett and Cook registered their first 100 run opening partnership at tea.
Ben Duckett (56) fell on the first ball after the break to Hasan sparking a horrendous England collapse. Shakib then trapped Joe Root the next over reducing England 109-2.
Cook then nearly became casualty number three in matter of overs after a heart in mouth review fortunately went his way.
Cook then brought up his half-century off 101 balls as England looked to stem the tide.
Ballance (5) then ended the series with a tame dismissal as he top-edged straight to ex-Outlaw Tamim Iqbal.
Mehedi didn’t stop there as he got Moeen Ali for the second time in the test for a duck as England had gone 4 for 24 since tea.
Bangladesh finally got Alistair Cook (59) on the third occasion, following another review as his anticipated prod forward was read by Mominul Haque at silly mid off as it reduced England to 127-5 giving Mehedi his tenth wicket of the match.
The teenager didn’t stop there as he continued to rip England apart as Jonny Bairstow (3) became his fifth victim of the innings after being outdone with extra bounce.
Ben Stokes (25) was then bowled by Shakib Al-Hasan misjudging the line completely after dispatching the previous ball for four.
Shakib then made it two in two when he had Rashid (0) plum on LBW. His hat-trick ball was defended by debutant Ansari (0) but even he was unable to prevent Shakib picking up his scalp as Imrul Kayes pouched a good catch at leg slip.
It was left to man of the moment Hasan to wrap up the innings as he added Finn to his pouch of twelve wickets in the match as Bangladesh won by 108 runs.
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