By Paul Bakel
November 1 2003
Richard Johnson claimed a four-wicket haul to help England complete a comprehensive 329-run second Test victory over Bangladesh.
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Richard Johnson
claimed a four-wicket haul to help England complete a comprehensive
329-run second Test victory over Bangladesh. The Somerset seamer followed up his five-wicket first innings haul by
taking four for 44 as Bangladesh slumped to 138 all out in 37.1 overs. England had declared on their overnight score of 293 for five which
translates to a 467-run lead - comfortably enough to seal a comprehensive
2-0 series whitewash. Johnson had begun England's victory charge first thing this morning by
making the breakthrough with the 12th ball of the innings when opener
Hannan Sarkar was brilliantly caught one-handed by wicketkeeper Chris Read
diving down the leg-side. But perhaps the most significant success of the morning was the demise
of Habibul Bashar, Bangladesh's most accomplished batsman, who contributed
to his own downfall and ran himself out for 21. Bashar hooked Johnson to the deep but set off at a slow pace expecting
the ball to reach the boundary but was unable to beat Martin Saggers'
throw from the deep as he chased a third run. Opener Javed Omar was the next to fall when his 74 minutes of
resistance was broken as he attempted to cut Saggers but instead looped
the ball in the air and gave Read a comfortable catch behind the stumps. Any attempts at further resistance seemed to end when Bangladesh
suffered another run out two overs later, Mushfiqur Rahman failing to beat
Michael Vaughan's throw from cover after Rajin Saleh had pushed for a
quick single. Saleh himself fell three overs later, edging Rikki Clarke behind in his
only over before going off still complaining of feeling unwell. Alok Kapali's entertaining 19 was ended by a brilliant catch by Saggers
in the deep off Johnson. At 91 for six at lunch, England did not expect much more resistance and
with wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud (15) edging Johnson behind for his third
wicket shortly after the interval, victory looked imminent. Khaled Mahmud hit 33 off only 40 balls, but once he had guided Johnson
to Vaughan at short leg the innings was completed with Mashrafe Mortaza
unable to bat because of a knee injury. |
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