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England win first Bangladesh Test by 22 runs

Chittagong : England won the first Test against Bangladesh by 22 runs in Chittagong on Monday after their hosts fell agonisingly short of recording what would have been an historic victory. Bangladesh needed 33 runs with two wickets in hand at the start of the fifth and final day

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Published 24 October 2016, 8:00 · Updated 18:22

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England win first Bangladesh Test by 22 runs

Chittagong : England won the first Test against Bangladesh by 22 runs in Chittagong on Monday after their hosts fell agonisingly short of recording what would have been an historic victory.

Bangladesh 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 a match dominated by spin.

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