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Steve Harmison claimed his first five-wicket haul as England stamped their authority on day two of the first Test.

Bangladesh were bowled out for 203, with Harmison returning 5-35 and both Gareth Batty and Rikki Clarke taking a wicket on debut.

In reply, England sped to 111-0 with Marcus Trescothick in sublime touch on 76 not out and Michael Vaughan unconvincing but still there on 31.

Resuming play on 24-2, Bangladesh looked to be flailing on 72-5 before a lower-order resistance led by Khaled Mashud kept them in contention.

The former skipper scored 51 off 128 balls, his first Test half-century, while number nine Mohammad Rafique added a fiery 32, his highest Test score.

Despite Harmison's figures, Matthew Hoggard was perhaps England's most potent bowler and he set the tone as England dominated the opening exchanges.

Hoggard got the ball rolling with the wicket of Sarkar

Pitching the ball up, Hoggard deservedly broke through when bowling opener Hannan Sarkar through the gate for 20.

Bangladesh slumped to 40-4 next over when Harmison struck, cramping Rajin Saleh with a bestial riser that was gloved high to the keeper.

The introduction of Batty midway through the session worked instantly, the off-spinner striking third-ball when Alok Kapali suffered a judgement haemorrhage and was bowled offering no shot.

England scented a rout, but found the sixth-wicket combination of Mashud and Mushfiqur a hard nut to crack.

The partnership rode its luck when Vaughan dropped Mashud, but Hoggard was soon compensated, trapping Mushfiqur lbw with a yorker to end the partnership, which consumed 35 overs for its 60 runs.

It was a pleasing return for Mushfiqur, who scored a personal-best 34 in his first Test match for 30 months.

Hoggard took his third wicket when skipper Khaled Mahmud went cheaply, reducing the hosts to 148-7.

England might have expected to run through the tail, but again they were stung by Bangladesh's tenacity.

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Rafique, dropped by Trescothick at slip early on, made good on his second chance and smeared three sixes, two off the wicketless Ashley Giles.

No sooner had Mashud reached 50 than Clarke trapped him leg before, stopping the eighth-wicket stand at 34.

Harmison, new ball in hand, returned to finish off the tail and grab his first five-wicket haul after 12 Tests, but England will feel they should have been padding up long before then.

Trescothick soon consigned Bangladesh's obduracy to memory, scoring at will from the start and securing his 20th Test fifty with successive boundaries off Mushfiqur.

By contrast, Vaughan was out of sorts early on and contributed just one run to the first 38 scored.

He survived a huge caught-behind shout and almost played on, but eventually found his feet and subjected 16-year-old debutant Enamul Haque jnr to a couple of unbending slog-sweeps.

The stage is now set for England, who will have grand plans for Thursday after establishing such a strong position.

Bangladesh: Hannan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Habibul Bashar, Rajin Saleh Alok Kapali, Khaled Mashud (Capt), Khaled Mahmud, Mohammad Rafique, Enamul Haque jnr, Mashrafe Mortaza Mushfiqur Rahman.

England: M E Trescothick, M P Vaughan (Capt), M A Butcher N Hussain, G P Thorpe, R Clarke, C M W Read (Wkt), G J Batty A F Giles, M J Hoggard, S J Harmison.