England's plans for the second Test suffered a blow when Stephen Harmison, the Man of the Match in the first game, pulled out with a back injury

Andrew Miller on England's win against Bangladesh in the first Test at Dhaka

Andrew Miller reports that minute by minute, over by over, the Bangladeshis are beginning to believe

Andrew Miller is assistant editor of Wisden Cricinfo

If Nasser Hussain was still captain, he would spend this evening's press conference bemoaning his bowlers' lack of "mystery"

Some of the spectators at the Bangabandhu Stadium couldn;t quite believe what they were seeing as Bangladesh extended England in the first Test at Dhaka

Ever since they went to Australia and avoided being slaughtered, rumours have been circulating of an upturn in Bangladesh's fortunes

They seemed to be missing on the first day ..

Bangladesh passed 200 in their first innings for the fifth Test running - but, says Andrew Miller, they won't be entirely satisfied with that

If it's an opening ceremony and England are involved, you can be pretty sure that a soggy affair is in the offing

For the most part it was a warm sunny day in Dhaka

Rikki Clarke talks to Andrew Miller on the eve of England's first Test against Bangladesh

County cricket and radicalism are not easy bedfellows

"Ferocious, sometimes wild, and lacking in the touch of luck ...might he yet undergo a transformation such as Frank Tyson in 1954-55?" Thus wrote Wisden Cricket Monthly of Devon Malcolm's Test debut in August 1989

It took less than a month in charge for Michael Vaughan to blame county cricket for all the ills of the England team

Graeme Smith: still smiling ..

English cricket fans haven't had an awful lot to cheer about in recent weeks

When Nasser Hussain was captain and his players had an off-day in the field (contrary to rose-tinted opinion, this tended to happen once every other innings), his great lament was that English bowlers lack "mystery"

Herschelle Gibbs is a rare gem among international openers

It's been three years since Gloucestershire last won the trophy that might have been named with them in mind, but today, on a beautifully sunny day at Lord's, they once again established themselves as the pre-eminent one-day team in the country