Our golden son Tamim Iqbal has essayed a piece of history at the home cricket, Lord's . He is now in the Lord's honours board for scoring a century which is first by a Bangladeshi at Lords and also the fastest hundred by a Bangladeshi in the history of Test cricket.
On the fourth day morning Bangladesh fell 24 runs short to avoid the follow on. Andrew Strauss asked them to bat again. Bangladesh needed a confident start from their openers. And Tamim with Imrul Kayes responded soundly. Tamim was at his sublime best. For Tamim Iqbal there is no defensive mode - blazing boundaries continued to flow from his big bat. Tamim Iqbal was on song.
Tamim's strokeplay was scintillating. Tamim's first boundary was off Bresnan who dropped down short and found himself to be smashed in the midwicket boundary for four. The flood gates were open. Tamim was as pugnacious as ever, and he greeted Graeme Swann's first ball of the day by charging down the track as the offspinner's opening over was dispatched for 10 runs.
After lunch, Tamim went all-guns-blazing against Swann. His first over, after lunch, was dispatched for 17, including two massive slog-sweeps over midwicket, and Tamim reached his hundred in the 35th over of the innings with three fours in one over from Bresnan, the third a dismissive drive over mid-on to raise the three figures.
He struck 15 fours and two sixes in reaching his century from just 94 balls - the fastest by a Bangladeshi batsman in Tests, the fastest at Lord's since Mohammad Azharuddin's effort in 1990, and just the sixth Bangladesh Test hundred outside of subcontinental conditions - midway through the afternoon session.
When he was finally dismissed by Steven Finn caught at mid-wicket by Trott history had already been made. Tamim now enjoys a name in the Lords honours board. A great moment for Bangladesh!
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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