England beat Bangladesh by 22 runs in first test

Oct. 24 (CRICKETNMORE) - England beat Bangladesh by 22 runs on the final day of the first test at Chittagong on Monday. The home team needed 33 runs with two wickets in hand at the start of the fifth and final day but fast bowler Ben Stokes took the two final wickets in 3 balls to clinch the thriller.

England 1st innings: 293/10

Moeen Ali 68, JM Bairstow 52, Mehedi Hasan Miraz 6/80

Bangladesh 1st innings: 248/10

Tamim Iqbal 78, Mushfiqur Rahim 48, Ben Stokes 4/26

England 2nd innings: 240/10

Ben Stokes 85, JM Bairstow 47, Shakib Al Hasan 5/85

Bangladesh 2nd innings: 263/10

Sabbir Rahman 64*, Imrul Kayes 43, Ben Stokes - 2/22

Player of the Match - Ben Stokes (England)

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Saurabh Sharma