Internet Desk: Debutant Mehedi Hasan claimed 5 wickets for 64 runs to restrict England to 258/7 after Day 1 of the first test at Chittagong on Thursday. England recovered well from 21/3 and later 106/5 to post 258/7 at stumps. The lower order batting comprised of Moeen Ali(68), Johny Bairstow(52) and Chris Woakes(36*) bailed England out of trouble.
18-year-old Mehedi became the seventh Bangladeshi bowler to take five wickets in his Test debut.
He was named player of the tournament at the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year, made an immediate impression, bowling Ben Duckett for 14 before trapping Gary Ballance for one in his opening spell.
Shakib removed Cook for just four, in a disappointing start for the skipper who became England`s most capped player with 134 Tests.
Mehedi opened the attack for the hosts, beating Duckett on several occasions before he spun one beautifully to hit the middle stump as soon as the England debutant offered some room.
Three balls later Cook was also gone, attempting a sweep shot off Shakib only for the ball to hit him on the forearm and then the body before smashing onto the stumps.
Ballance was initially given not out lbw, but Bangladesh reviewed the decision in their favour, with the replay showing the ball had struck his pad on the back foot first before touching the bat.
Moeen was given out three times by umpire Kumar Dharmasena but his decisions were overturned on each occasion.
He was given out on 17 off Shakib before lunch — and then twice on the same score, in the first over after the break, off the same bowler. Two separate reviews from Bangladesh also failed.
Mehedi struck soon after Shakib`s eventful over by removing Joe Root for 40.
Root had looked in good touch until he edged one that took a deflection off wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim`s gloves before being grabbed by Sabbir Rahman at slip.
Shakib then bowled Ben Stokes (18) for his second wicket, but Bairstow joined Moeen for a 88-run sixth wicket partnership to revive England`s innings.
Moeen, who hit eight fours and a six in his 170-ball knock, was finally dismissed when Mehedi beat him with a turn to induce an edge that Rahim gladly accepted.
Mehedi bowled Bairstow to complete his five-wicket haul shortly after the England wicketkeeper-batsman brought up his 11th Test fifty, a composed innings that featured eight fours.
England have included Gareth Batty in the side, giving the Surrey captain his first national cap in more than 11 years, while Bangladesh have handed batsman Sabbir his debut.