Swann leads England to hard-fought victory

Graeme Swann spun England to a comprehensive 181-run victory in the first Test against Bangladesh, but not before the tourists were made to sweat during a wicketless opening session in Chittagong.

Having toiled without reward for the entire evening session yesterday, England were again worked hard by a formidable 167-run stand between Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim on the final morning.

The pair faced 524 balls between them as Junaid registered his country's first Test century against England and Mushfiqur fell five short of a second.

But Swann, who took a second five-for to claim his first 10-wicket match, accounted for both after lunch to hasten the win.

Captain Alastair Cook can be satisfied with the result in his first match in charge but will have been concerned by the lack of cutting edge in his seam attack and may now petition for changes ahead of the second Test in Dhaka.

Bangladesh resumed on 191 for five with survival, rather than the notional target of 513, dominating their thoughts.

Runs, then, were a virtual irrelevancy in terms of the game but Mushfiqur will have taken personal pride in a push for four off Steve Finn that brought him a second half-century of the match in the second over.

England gratefully accepted the new ball 15 minutes in and Tim Bresnan duly located Mushfiqur's outside edge with his third delivery of the morning, though it landed just short of the cordon.

In his next over he had Junaid fending away from his body but this time the thick edge zipped for four between two gullies.

Luck continued to go against the bowlers, Stuart Broad seeing a strong lbw appeal against Mushfiqur dismissed by Tony Hill.

Meanwhile, with an attacking field leaving gaps on both sides of the wicket the Tigers' pair continued to chalk off landmarks.

First Junaid went past his previous Test best of 78, with the hundred partnership close behind.

Junaid moved to 96 with a crisp cover drive off Finn and moments later brought up his maiden Test century with a classical straight drive.

Having faced 262 balls and hit 14 fours on the way, he had earned the ecstatic celebration he offered to the dressing room.

Cook was trying not to betray any nerves but England's frustrations were plain to see.

Junaid felt emboldened enough to try and carve Swann over the infield but although it sprayed off the edge he still collected four more runs to third man.

Two balls later Matt Prior spilled Junaid on 106 as Swann hit the bottom edge.

Junaid, who had lost some of his authority having reached three figures, finally fell in the second over after what must have been a tense lunch break for England.

Swann was the bowler, tossing one up and doing just enough to glance the bat on the way to Paul Collingwood at slip.

The end of Junaid's six-and-a-half-hour stay deserved slightly more than the abrupt send-off issued by the spinner, whose reaction betrayed just how concerned the fielding side had become.

The hard work was not quite over, though, with the quirks of the Bangladesh order meaning a one-time opener, Naeem Islam, was waiting at eight.

He smashed Swann for a four and a six in successive deliveries but Mushfiqur, one big shot away from a richly-deserved hundred, perished attempting to emulate the feat.

That gave Swann his ninth wicket of the match.

Naeem was eager not to make his 10th easy and twice more heaved him back over his head for six to take the total past 300.

Abdur Razzak lasted just seven balls before Broad beat him for pace to trap him leg before.

Shahada Hossain (12) was dropped by Collingwood, a mistake not repeated by Prior off the bowling of Bresnan before Naeem (36) went for one big shot too many.

He was caught in the deep by Carberry flicking Swann to mid-wicket, ending a spirited innings on 331.