Ireland 214 and 93 for 5 (Tector 43*, Tucker 24*, Shakib 2-16, Taijul 2-32) trail Bangladesh 369 (Mushfiqur 126, Shakib 87, Mehidy 55, McBrine 6-118) by 62 runs

Ireland reduced their deficit to 62 runs against Bangladesh, after an impressive first session on the third day of the Dhaka Test. The visitors were 93 for 5 at lunch, having survived 30 overs, losing just one wicket as opposed to the four they lost on the final session of day 2.

But Litton didn't make the same mistake around the hour mark when Moor edged Shoriful Islam after batting out 77 deliveries. But it didn't derail Ireland as Tector and Tucker were watchful, while also striking seven boundaries up to the lunch break. Towards the end of the session, Tucker hit an eye-catching pair of pulls off Ebadot to the deep-square-leg boundary.

Last evening, Moor and Tector had batted out a difficult 10.3 overs after Ireland collapsed to 13 for 4 in 6.3 overs.

Curtis Campher was fourth out, nicked off by Shakib. All except Litton appealed, and even Aleem Dar heard the noise. Campher went for the review, but the on-field decision was upheld.

Bangladesh dominated with the bat, scoring 369 runs at 4.58 runs per over. Mushfiqur Rahim struck his tenth century while batting coach Jamie Siddons rued that Shakib (87) and Litton (43) couldn't get big ones. Mehidy Hasan Miraz also got a fifty, while for Ireland, Andy McBrine became their first bowler to take a six-wicket haul.