Bangladesh Thrash Ireland By An Innings To Win First Test

First Test, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (day 4 of five)

Ireland 286: Stirling 60; Miraz 3-50 & 254: McBrine 52; Murad 4-60

Bangladesh 587-8 dec: Joy 171, Shanto 100; Humphreys 5-170

Bangladesh triumph by an innings and 47 runs

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Bangladesh wrapped up a broad first-Test triumph complete Ireland successful Sylhet by an innings and 47 runs.

The visitors started time 4 successful an ominous position astatine 86-5 successful their 2nd innings - still facing a 215-run deficit, but fought to make nan hosts bat again.

However, Bangladesh continued to return Ireland wickets and sealed their thumping triumph aft lunch.

The 2nd lucifer of nan two-Test bid starts successful Dhaka connected Wednesday - and Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie said his squad must beryllium "better for longer".

"That was reliable for us," said nan 34-year-old Dubliner.

"Bangladesh were conscionable amended than america successful each facet of nan game. They showed america really to get a large first innings people and we were ever connected nan backmost foot.

"What we wanted to do was conflict for arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable and I thought we showed that successful glimpses, but if we are going to compete a spot better, we are going to person to beryllium amended for longer."

Andy McBrine led nan conflict connected Friday pinch his 5th Test half-century which moves him into 2nd spot connected nan Ireland men's Test run-scorer database to complement his position arsenic their highest Test wicket-taker.

McBrine survived a mates of scares erstwhile fixed retired successful successive balls which were overturned connected review, but batted pinch assurance which saw Ireland done to lunch.

Matthew Humphreys had chipped successful earlier pinch 16, earlier McBrine and Balbirnie produced a 66-run guidelines - pinch nan skipper moved little down nan bid to let his injured digit clip to rest.

However, Balbirnie was retired lbw to Test debutant Hasan Murad who past caught McBrine disconnected nan bowling of Nahid Rana.

Number 9 Jordan Neill added 36 earlier Murad dismissed him for his 4th wicket of nan innings, while Taijul Islam sealed triumph for nan hosts by removing Barry McCarthy for 25 arsenic Ireland were each retired for 254.

"We are alert of really bully a squad Bangladesh are successful their ain conditions and skills-wise they are really good, but our players are going to show fight," Balbirnie added.

"From a skills constituent of view, we person to get to them arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and that will travel by playing arsenic galore matches arsenic we tin successful these conditions which are testing.

"I'm really proud of really we've gone astir it nan past 4 days, but we want to beryllium amended going into nan adjacent match."