Bangladesh v Ireland: McBrine strikes late on day one of Test to boost Irish hopes
Ireland 214: Tector 50, Tucker 37; Taijul 5-58Bangladesh 32-2: Tamin 21; Adair 1-3, McBrine 1-13 Scorecard < p class="" data-reactid=".o7yq9mij6w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0">Harry Tector's half-century helped the Irish to 122-3 at Mirpur, but they only added 92 points further with Taijul Islam taking an impressive 5-58.
Mark Adair beat Najmul Hossain Shanto for a duck so that Bangladesh responded to a modest total Irishman.
Tamim Iqbal, first player, reached 21 before falling on the last ball from McBrine.
Bangladesh beat the Irish 3-0 in the ODI series and 2-1 in the T20s ahead of the start of the single test match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Ireland won the toss and opted to bat first, but slipped to 48-3 before Tector (50) - making his first test in half a century - leveled the innings alongside Curtis Campher (34) in an Irish record fourth wicket Test partnership of 74.
Tector was brought down by Mehidy Hasan as Ireland lost three wickets for just two runs...
Mark Adair beat Najmul Hossain Shanto for a duck so that Bangladesh responded to a modest total Irishman.
Tamim Iqbal, first player, reached 21 before falling on the last ball from McBrine.
Bangladesh beat the Irish 3-0 in the ODI series and 2-1 in the T20s ahead of the start of the single test match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Ireland won the toss and opted to bat first, but slipped to 48-3 before Tector (50) - making his first test in half a century - leveled the innings alongside Curtis Campher (34) in an Irish record fourth wicket Test partnership of 74.
Tector was brought down by Mehidy Hasan as Ireland lost three wickets for just two runs...
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