Verdict

In the end, the better team won

Andrew Miller samples the way of life in Chittagong during the month of Ramadan

Andrew Miller watches as Bangladesh have a stinker

The most important ingredient for a well-contested one-day international between two evenly matched teams is for conditions to remain constant over the entire duration of a match

The history of Test cricket is littered with famous examples of captains who have won the toss, chosen to bowl ... and quickly been made to regret it ..

Australia's last one-day outing on the subcontinent ended in similarly embarrassing circumstances, with a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final

Andrew Miller on England's win against Bangladesh in the first Test at Dhaka

Bangladesh passed 200 in their first innings for the fifth Test running - but, says Andrew Miller, they won't be entirely satisfied with that

If it's an opening ceremony and England are involved, you can be pretty sure that a soggy affair is in the offing

The Indians were motoring along in cruise control through most of the day

Two of the most consistent batsmen in the world at the moment demonstrated the virtues of batsmanship in different conditions today - Rahul Dravid in the low, slow conditions of India, and Matthew Hayden in the much faster conditions of Perth in

A few minutes before tea, Sourav Ganguly deposited Daniel Vettori intothe gallery behind long-on and allowed himself a smile

New Zealand's effort today was the antithesis of what India was once known for: they were short on talent, but their application, discipline and tactics were top-notch

New Zealand don't appear to have an attack that can bowl India out twice