Hossain hits form for Bangladesh

Tour match, Northampton (stumps, day one)
Northamptonshire 149-5 v Bangladesh

Match scorecard

Anwar Hossain chose a good time to showcase his talent

Bangladesh bounced back from their wretched performance at Hove to put Northamptonshire in trouble at 149-5 before the rain spoilt their fun.

On day one of the tourists' final game before the first Test at Lord's on 26 May, right-arm paceman Anwar Hossain put himself into contention.

He had three of the first five wickets, bowling Tom Huggins before having Tim Roberts and Riki Wessels caught behind.

Bilal Shafayat hit an aggressive 76 in a poor Northamptonshire effort.

Bangladesh rested captain Habibul Bashar, and were led by wicket-keeper Khaled Mashud, with his 16-year-old deputy Mushfiqur Rahim named in the side, and playing as a specialist batsman.

The boys find the weather in England very difficult Dav Whatmore

Northamptonshire, who rested all their regular first-team bowlers, scored their runs quickly after play began 75 minutes late but wickets fell regularly.

After Hossain's early dismissal of Huggins, new-ball partner Tapash Baisya was next to strike when Rob White was caught by Mohammad Rafique.

Hossain then removed Robert with the total on 93, before Shafayat and Wessels added 49 for the fourth wicket.

But both men were out just before the rain returned, Shafayat the victim of slow left-armer Enamul Haque.

That downpour, occurring in the 35th over, ended play for the day.

Shafayat was happy to play his shots on Friday morning

Shafayat was dropped on three separate occasions - the first of these when he was on only 11 - mistakes they can ill afford against Michael Vaughan and his men next week.

Coach Dav Whatmore said: "The match against Sussex was very tough and the whole team were very down.

"It's vital we bounced back and we've shown our true calibre against Northants.

"The boys find the weather in England very difficult but it's vital they adapt to the conditions and quickly.

"We desperately need these days against Northants to ensure we're fully prepared for England."

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Northamptonshire: B M Shafayat, T B Huggins, R A White, T W Roberts, M H Wessels (Wkt), U Afzaal (Capt), M J Friedlander, A R White, C Pietersen, R E King, J P Wolstenholme.

Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim, Aftab Ahmed, Nafees Iqbal, Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Ashraful, Enamul Haque jnr, Javed Omar, Mohammad Rafique, Anwar Hossain, Khaled Mashud (Capt, Wkt), Tapash Baisya.