And for a handful of Bangladeshi supporters among the two thousand-odd crowd it was a refreshing experience watching the bowlers getting on top of the home side after stand-in Worcestershire captain Ben Smith won the toss and decided to bat. Regular captain Graeme Hick, one of the most successful batsmen in county cricket with 97 first-class hundreds decided to take rest. Sri Lankan paceman Chaminda Vaas, who took a hattrick against Bangladesh in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, also decided to rest.

Young Nazmul Hossain playing his second match of the tour was again very impressive following his two wickets in Derby.

Bowling from the Basil D'Oliveira stand, named after the famous South African cricketer who played 44 Tests for England, the right-armer removed both the Worcestershire openers Moore (9) and left-handed Davies (11) to effectively end the possibility of fireworks in the first 15 overs.

He bowled Moore with a fast and furious delivery that nipped back and knocked the off-stump. Left-handed Davies edged another in-swinger from Nazmul and Rajin plucked it diving forward.

Together with more experienced Tapash Baishya, Nazmul really tested the opponent batsmen in the first 12 overs that yielded 43 runs and earned Bangladesh two wickets.

Nazmul then returned to bowl in the 37th over from the other end and dismissed wicketkeeper Pipe for 22.

Khaled Mahmud with his military medium pace took two wickets in one over and then returned to remove the last batsman in the 45th over to finish with 29-3 in 7.1 overs.

Left-arm spinner Manzarul Islam got a wicket in his first over and then bowled Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhter (11) to finish with 21-2 in nine overs.

Shoaib making his debut for Worcestershire entertained the crowd with two lusty blows for four but was caught in no mans land as he charged down the ground against Manzarul.

Aftab also bowled his 10 overs and took the wicket of Mitchel (2).

Bruyn top-scored with 34 for Worcestershire and hit the first six of the match -- a huge heave over mid-wicket against Tapash Baisya.

Tapash also got his reward for maintaining a disciplined line. He dismissed Zimbabwean off-spinner Raymond Price (7) to finish with 41-1 from his 10 overs.

But Nazmul was definitely the best bowler on the day for Bangladesh and with two consecutive good performances almost confirmed his place for the first one-day international against England.

He bowled eight overs and claimed three wickets and gave away 24 runs in his 8 hostile overs.