lead despite wobble
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – England put themselves on course for victory in the first Test against Bangladesh yesterday after building a huge 434-run lead on the third day despite losing five wickets in quick succession.
The tourists ended the day on 131-5 in their second innings after opting to bat again instead of enforcing a follow-on despite having a 303-run first innings lead in Chittagong.
Off-spinner Graeme Swann completed his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests to help England, who had declared their first innings on 599-6, bowl out Bangladesh for 296.
“Taking three wickets yesterday put me in good stead. It was hard work today, the pitch wasn’t really responsive but I kept plugging away in the hope that if I got one another might follow and so it proved,” Swann told reporters.
Mahmudullah had England captain Alastair Cook caught by Aftab Ahmed at fine leg boundary for 39 runs. Shakib then dismissed Jonathan Trott, who was smartly caught by Zunaed Siddique at square leg for 14.
Kevin Pietersen, off the mark on his second ball with a four, batted aggressively until Shakib had him lbw for 32 runs. The former captain struck five fours and a six in his 24-ball innings
Razzak then removed Michael Carberry (34) and Paul Collingwood (three) in successive overs to give the home side something to cheer with in an otherwise lopsided match so far.

LEFT STRANDED
Bangladesh, resuming on 154-5 overnight, suffered a big blow in the third over of the morning when Tim Bresnan bowled opener Tamim Iqbal for 86 with a straight delivery.
However, their lower-order offered some resistance with vice- captain Mushfiqur Rahim reaching a half-century.
A run-out and then two wickets in one over from Swann brought an abrupt end to their innings.
Rahim shared an 113-run partnership with Naeem Islam, an eighth-wicket record for Bangladesh, before the hosts lost their last three wickets in the space of four balls.
Naeem was run out for 38 when left stranded attempting a second run after Rahim steered Tim Bresnan towards point. Carberry chased the ball and threw to wicketkeeper Matt Prior and Naeem had no chance to return.
Substitute fielder James Tredwell took a blinder at short midwicket in the next ball off Swann to dismiss Rahim, who departed on 79, making his fifth Test fifty.
Swann, who had earlier dropped a return catch of Naeem on 13, bowled Rubel Hossain two balls later to end the innings and finish with 5-90.
“Bangladesh batted very well today for an hour before lunch and an hour after lunch and that showed we are going to have our work cut out to take the last 10 wickets,” said Swann.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal refused to give up hope yet.
“It will be difficult, but not impossible,” he said.
“We’ve got some good players, everyone is capable of making big scores, if two or three play big innings everything is possible.”

ENGLAND first innings 599-6 dec (A. Cook 173, K. Pietersen
99, P. Collingwood 145, I. Bell 84)
Bangladesh first innings 296 all out (T. Iqbal 86,
Mahmudullah 51, M. Rahim 79; G. Swann 5-90)
England second innings
A. Cook c Aftab b Mahmudullah                   39
M. Carberry lbw b Razzak                        34
J. Trott c Zunaed b Shakib                      14
K. Pietersen lbw b Shakib                       32
P. Collingwood c Mahmudullah b Razzak            3
I. Bell not out                                  0
M. Prior not out                                 0
Extras (b-5 lb-2 nb-2)                           9
Total (five wickets; 36 overs)                 131
Fall of wickets: 1-65 2-87 3-126 4-130 5-131
To bat: S. Broad, T. Bresnan, G. Swann, S. Finn.
Bowling: Shahadat 6-0-19-0, Rubel 5-1-25-0 (nb-2),
Mahmudullah 8-0-26-1, Naeem 3-0-14-0, Shakib 10-1-33-2, Razzak
4-2-7-2.