Mehedi offers England early spin lessons

Everyone loves an underdog story so it was no surprise when 18-year-old Bangladesh spinner Mehedi Hasan captured the public's imagination with a five-wicket haul on debut.

This first Test in Chittagong was meant to be about England's own teenage debutant in Haseeb Hameed.

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However, the 19-year-old Lancashire opener was passed over at the 11th hour for Ben Duckett, who had been slated to make his first Test appearance at No4 but ended up at the top of the order alongside captain Alastair Cook.

Duckett was Mehedi's first Test scalp, bowled playing a scratchy shot in the 10th over that sparked a collapse which saw England lose three wickets in 14 balls and slump to 3-21.

By the end of the day Mehedi had also removed Gary Ballance, Joe Root, Moeen and Jonny Bairstow to become the youngest Bangladeshi to take a five-wicket haul in Tests.

Moeen, who successfully reviewed three lbw decisions given against him by umpire Kumar Dharmasena, and Jonny Bairstow both hit half-centuries to help England recover to 7-258 at the close.

However, it was still a day that belonged to Mehedi, whose feats have given Bangladesh a chance of their first Test win against England in nine attempts and a first home victory against anybody other than Zimbabwe.

Mehedi, who had been named man of the tournament in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year, said: "I am never going to forget this day. I got a five-wicket haul on my Test debut against England. I thank the Almighty Allah, and I am indebted to everyone's prayers.

"I never really thought I would get five wickets. I just wanted to do something for the team, and get settled at this level. It all happened because of Almighty Allah."

England could have been forgiven for thinking a higher power was against them when they started the first of seven Tests on the subcontinent in eight weeks – there are five to come in India after the two here – in such alarming fashion.