The visitors, who decided to declare their first innings on overnight 327 on the second morning, were more dominating as they had lost four wickets on the opening day.

The young local boys, however, matched their more matured rivals in terms of runs scored, thanks to half centuries by Nasiruddin Faruqe, skipper Nadif Chowdhury and Sahagir Hossain.

After an initial collapse, the Academy batted for 87 overs to ensure a draw unless a disaster on the final day.

Jahurul Islam was dismissed with the scoreboard reading four but his opening partner, the exciting Junaid Siddiquee blasted a 22-ball 38 with seven fours during a 50-run opening stand.

The visitors, however, reduced the home side to 54-3 as new ball pair Graham Onions and Stuart Broad, who topped and tailed to be the peak of the attack with 3-99, took a wicket each in successive overs.

Faruqe's 58 off 101 balls helped repair the damage during a 64-run stand for the fourth wicket with Nadif, who went on to top score 74. The hard-hitting Academy captain curved 74 off 101 balls with help of 13 boundaries but it was rearguard action from wicketkeeper Sahagir that really put the tourists attack to the test.

Sahagir, who came to the wicket with the innings halved for 142, batted for three and a half hours to frustrate the English second strings with strong support from the tail. The right-hander's 70 off 159 deliveries was laced with nine hits to the fence and he took the total to 273 from 177-6.