England in the driving seat after day two

England remain in charge of the second Test at Chittagong after following up their first-innings total of 326 with four Bangladesh wickets. At stumps on day two the hosts were 93 for four. But there is concern in the England camp for Marcus Trescothick, who had to leave the field after damaging ligaments in his left thumb attempting a catch in the slips.

Bangladesh's first wicket fell tamely as Javed Omar, trying to turn Richard Johnson's seventh ball of the innings to leg, got a leading edge and the ball looped up to Michael Vaughan at mid-off. Habibul Bashar lived a charmed life with flamboyant strokes and minimal foot movement, perishing soon after tea for 18 as he was held by Mark Butcher at gully off Matthew Hoggard.

Perhaps admonished by the mode of Bashar's dismissal, Hannan Sarkar and Rajin Saleh adopted a more attritional approach, but with the score on 61 Sarkar fell for 28, given out lbw back on his stumps to Clarke. Alok Kapali was undone by the Surrey all-rounder's next ball without scoring, fending off a lifter to provide another easy catch for Butcher.

Trescothick was forced to leave the field shortly afterwards when he sustained ligament damage to his left thumb while attempting to catch Saleh at first slip off Hoggard. The batsman, despite a barrage of short-pitched bowling in which he was hit several times, survived with Mushfiqur Rahman until bad light brought the almost habitual early close.

Initial anxiety that Trescothick might have dislocated or broken his left thumb was assuaged by an X-ray which revealed ligament damage, but it is not yet known when the Somerset left-hander will be able to return to action.

Earlier Nasser Hussain and Chris Read ensured England's competitive total. The former captain added 63 for the sixth wicket with the wicketkeeper, before another post-lunch flurry of wickets accounted for the tail. Hussain was understated when he reached 50 at a stroke this morning, clipping the Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud down to fine leg for three. But he lost Clarke early, to fine low catch at second slip by Sarkar as he tried to drive.

Read was enterprising from the outset, driving his first ball from Mashrafe Mortaza to the rope at backward point. Mahmud was dispatched for two more boundaries in the next over, and Hussain caught the mood, lifting Mohammad Rafique over mid-on for another boundary. Enamul Haque Junior was twice dispatched to raise England's 300, and Read had equalled his best Test score of 37 when he fell shortly after lunch, caught at short leg off pad and glove.

Hussain went in the next over for 76, edging Mortaza to Khaled Mashud behind the stumps. The dismissal gave Mortaza his fourth wicket of the innings, and Johnson, after being hit on the shoulder as he tried to hook, was also caught behind off Mushfiqur Rahman. Martin Saggers made a charmed start to Test life, dropped at second slip in the same over, but managed a single before he was plumb lbw to Rafique. Ashley Giles was last out in similar fashion, lbw to Rahman as he played from the crease.