Compton extends England lead

England A 251 for 8 (Compton 92, Rashid 9*, Broad 0*) lead Bangladesh A 152 (Saghir 47, Broad 4-72) by 99 runs
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Nick Compton continued his fine form with a grafting 92 to hand England A a 99-run lead on the third day against Bangladesh A at Bogra.

Saghir Hossain added a further 17 to his overnight 30 to become Stuart Broad's fourth wicket while his partner, Enamul Haque jnr - with whom Hossain added 66 for the ninth wicket - fell for a gutsy 24.

England's reply started shakily, however, with Will Jefferson falling for 13, Michael Yardy run out for just a single before Michael Carberry was trapped leg-before by Nadif Chowdhury. Meanwhile, Compton was resolute and, with Matt Prior, began to build England's lead with a fourth-wicket stand of 74. Shortly after Compton passed his 99-ball fifty, Prior was caught in the deep, but Steven Davies helped add a further 56 for the fifth wicket.

Eyeing his hundred, and eyeing a reverse-sweep off Mehrab Hossain, he was bowled for 92 as England's lead nudged up towards 100.

"Scoring was difficult," he told PA. "I think everyone found that. That [reverse sweep] is a shot you play when runs are needed. Like others you play in that position, there's an element of risk, but it can be useful. Overall, I've got to be pleased with my own performance and all the batters [sic]."

With Adil Rashid and Stuart Broad at the crease tomorrow morning, England still have time to build a substantial lead. But with the first day washed out, time is of the essence.

"I think the players have done superbly to put themselves in a winning position in a Test match after four sessions of play having lost the first day completely," Peter Moores, the England A coach, said. "This is not dissimilar to the position in the first Test and we'll go about day four in the same positive fashion."