MANCHESTER, England (AFP) — Steven Finn took five wickets as England thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 80 runs inside three days in the second Test to wrap up a 2-0 series victory at Old Trafford here yesterday.

Bangladesh, following-on, were dismissed for 123 in 34.1 overs with fast bowler Finn taking five wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs.

James Anderson took three for 16 in 10 on his Lancashire home ground.

Defeat meant Bangladesh – who at Old Trafford were twice bowled out inside a session – have now lost 34 of their 68 Tests by an innings and won just three times at this level.

“The conditions and the swing was too much for us today,” Bangladesh’s Australian coach Jamie Siddons told reporters.

The scale of this defeat is bound to lead renewed questioning of Bangladesh’s Test status but Siddons added: “Whatever they (the critics) say we’ve heard it before.

“We had three good days at Lord’s (in the first Test). A couple of players are standing up, we need others.

“Today, any team in the world would have struggled against Anderson’s swing, it would have beaten any left-hander’s bat. He tore the heart out of us.”

England’s next play Test cricket in a four-match home series against Pakistan in August and England captain Andrew Strauss said: “They were two crazy sessions to finish the game. It was a nice way to wrap things up, professional and efficient.

“But we are realistic enough to know there are sterner tests coming up.”

Strauss’s Middlesex colleague Finn, who has now taken 15 wickets in his first two home Tests, added: “I was quite fortunate to take five wickets today.

“Ajmal (Shahzad) and Jimmy (Anderson) bowled fantastically well but I am not kidding myself that anything is going to be easy from here on in.”

Anderson and Finn combined to reduce Bangladesh, who’d suffered a dramatic collapse in Saturday’s final session, to 37 for five in the 13th over.

Only Mohammad Mahmudullah, with 38, offered much resistance.

England, after rain meant no play was possible before lunch, saw Strauss enforce the follow-on.

Bangladesh, dismissed for 216 after losing all 10 first innings wickets after tea on Saturday, were still 203 runs behind England’s 419.

In overcast conditions, their top order struggled against England’s new ball pair on Sunday.

England captured the prize wicket of Tamim Iqbal, who’d made hundreds in his last two knocks, including 108 in the first innings of this match, when the left-hander was caught behind second ball for just two fending at a rising Anderson delivery.

It was the first time in six innings against England that Tamim had failed to pass fifty.

Scorteboard

England 1st Innings 419 (I Bell 128, M Prior 93, K Pietersen 64; Shakib Al Hasan 5-121)

Bangladesh 1st Innings 216 (Tamim Iqbal 108; G Swann 5-76, A Shahzad 3-45)

Bangladesh 2nd Innings

Tamim Iqbal c Prior b Anderson 2

Imrul Kayes c Shahzad b Finn 9

Junaid Siddique c Pietersen b Anderson 6

Mohammad Ashraful c Trott b Anderson 14

Jahurul Islam c Prior b Finn 0

Shakib Al Hasan b Shahzad 1

Mushfiqur Rahim c sub (K Brown) b Finn 13

Mohammad Mahmudullah c Prior b Finn 38

Abdur Razzak c Morgan b Swann 19

Shafiul Islam c Strauss b Finn 4

Shahadat Hossain not out 4

Extras (b13) 13

Total (all out, 34.1 overs, 164 mins) 123

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Tamim), 2-14 (Kayes), 3-18 (Siddique), 4-21 (Jahurul), 5-37 (Ashraful), 6-39 (Shakib), 7-76 (Rahim), 8-97 (Mahmudullah), 9-119 (Shafiul), 10-123 (Razzak)

Bowling: Anderson 10-3-16-3; Finn 10-2-42-5; Shahzad 7-2-18-1; Swann 7.1-0-34-1

England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wkt), Graeme Swann, Ajmal Shahzad, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Toss: England

Result: England won by an innings and 80 runs

Series: England win two-match series 2-0

Man-of-the-Match: Ian Bell (ENG)

England man of the series: Steven Finn

Bangladesh man of the series: Tamim Iqbal

Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL), Asoka de Silva (SRI)

TV Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)