DHAKA: Bangladesh moved to within 72 runs of England at 221-5 after two days of a captivating first Test in Chittagong.

Resuming on 258-7, England lost Chris Woakes to the first ball of the day and were all out for 293, debutant spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz finishing with 6-80.

Moeen Ali claimed two wickets in the final over before lunch but Tamim Iqbal made an assured 78, with seven fours, reports the BBC.

Gareth Batty, after a world record gap of 142 Tests, ousted Tamim and Ben Stokes trapped Mushfiqur Rahim late on.

Batty, 39, is playing his first Test since 2005 but is some distance from the longest spell between Test appearances in terms of time, which is the 22 years and 222 days held by John Traicos, who played for South Africa and Zimbabwe either side of apartheid.

Bangladesh, in their first Test since August 2015, have lost all eight of their previous Tests against England.

The England spinners stuck valiantly to their task, but were unable to match the consistent brilliance 18-year-old Mehedi had shown with the ball.

** Tigers bowl England out for 293 in first innings

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