England beat Bangladesh by 22 runs on final day of first Test – as it happened

In a match like this, there should really be three people on the podium. Gold would go to Stokes, of course; silver to Sabbir Rahman, who made a magnificent game of it on his Test debut, and bronze to Jonny Bairstow, who scored 47 and 52 and took some superb catches behind the stumps in the heat, reports the Guardian. He and Stokes (103) each made more runs than England’s entire top four (96). The old line about having an allrounder being like having an extra man may need to be revised.

Over on Twitter, Tim Passey has a question, possibly rhetorical. “@TimdeLisle ‘what a shame’? How much more @guardian can you get? Good job @englandcricket” Yes, very good job, and a fair cop about The Guardian. And yet, still a shame, in my book: a Bangladesh victory would have resounded around the cricket world. But it will come another day. And this match at least goes down as the narrowest of their 72 Test defeats.

If we were German, we would have a word for the slight sadness you feel when a gripping game is over – even, perhaps especially, if your team has won. The stream of emails has mysteriously dried up. Even John Starbuck may have slipped back to bed. Thanks for reading, and see you for the second Test on Friday. In the meantime, here’s the match report.