England power ahead against Bangladesh

Paul Collingwood followed captain Alastair Cook's example with an untroubled century as England declared on 599 for six on the second afternoon of the first Test against Bangladesh.

Cook's was the only wicket to fall in the morning session, departing for a career-best 173, then Collingwood scored 145 to register his tenth Test century.

His fifth-wicket partner Ian Bell came close to a hundred himself, but was caught out for 84, and the declaration followed immediately afterwards.

Despite earlier questions over his fitness, Stuart Broad proved that he is certainly strong enough to be in the side, removing Kayes and Siddique in the seven overs Bangladesh had at the crease before teaGraeme Swann came on at the start of the evening session and continued his uncanny habit of striking in his first over, removing Aftab Ahmed, who was caught by Bell at short leg for one.

Yet Mahmudullah was going well in support of the opener Tamim Iqbal and hit one of the shots of the day to heave Swann back over his head for six, and clubbed Tim Bresnan for successive boundaries as the fourth-wicket pair scored at pace.

But Swann had him for 51, with a suggestion of glove as the ball floated to Collingwood at slip.

Shakib looked set to reach stumps alongside Tamim but lost his off stump to Swann attempting a rash shot.

Nightwatchman Shahadat almost followed but the third umpire turned down England's appeal for caught at silly point.

Bangladesh: first innings
Iqbal not out 81
Kayes c Prior b Broad 4
Siddique c & b Broad 7
Aftab Ahmed c Bell b Swann 1
Shakib Al Hasan b Swann 1
Shahadat Hossain not out 0
Extras (lb7 w1 nb1) 9
Total 5 wkts (39 overs) 154
Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-27 3-51 4-145 5-149
Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain to bat
Bowling: Broad 10-1-30-2; Bresnan 10-1-47-0; Swann 14-5-40-3; Finn 5-1-30-0.

England: first innings (overnight 374-3)
Alastair Cook c and b Mahmudullah 173
Michael Carberry lbw b Mahmudullah 30
Jonathan Trott c Rahim b Rubel 39
Kevin Pietersen b Razzak 99
Paul Collingwood c Tamim b Razzak 145
Ian Bell c Rubel b Shakib 84
Matt Prior not out 0
Extras (b6, lb9, nb11, w3) 29
Total (for 6 wickets decl; 138.3 overs) 599
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Carberry), 2-149 (Trott), 3-319 (Pietersen), 4-412 (Cook), 5-596 (Collingwood), 6-599 (Bell).
Bowling: Shahadat 17-2-73-0 (nb4, w2), Rubel 19-0-97-1 (nb6), Shakib 34.3-4-133-1, Naeem 12-1-42-0, Mahmudullah 23-1-78-2 (nb1, w1), Razzak 31-1-157-2, Ahmed 1-0-2-0, Tamim 1-0-2-0.

Source:The Times