Bangladesh survived only 17 minutes on the third morning of the second Test before being bowled out for 316 and England ran away with an innings and 27 runs victory at the Riverside ground here on Sunday.

While a defeat was a forgone conclusion, Aftab Ahmed and Tapash Baisya came out to bat in front of a few hundred spectators to play as long as possible and wipe out those 46 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

But Matthew Hoggard proved too hot to handle for Tapash and number eleven Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza, both dismissed giving regulation catches behind the wicket.

Aftab was stranded at the other end on 82, which was the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi, when Trescothick at first slip plucked the ball at the second attempt.

Although the third day was a mere formality for England to clinch the one-sided Test series 2-0, 19-year-old Aftab had plenty to enjoy and had there been a little support at the other end he could have gone the distance.

The Chittagong right-hander struck two fours in the second over of the day against Steve Harmison including a superb straight drive before Hoggard struck at the other end in fourth over.

It was Bangladesh's 23rd innings defeat in their 38th Test but their effort in the second innings, which was Tigers' highest total and featured three half-centuries, provided some sort of confidence ahead of the triangular one-day tournament that also involves Australia.

"We were not doing well throughout the series but it was good to see us coming back well in the second innings here. It will definitely give us some confidence going into the one-day series," said Bashar after the match.

England captain Michael Vaughan however considered the two Test series as a sort of practice and said that the victory came a bit easier then he had expected.

But Vaughan admitted that he was disappointed not to finish the game inside two days.

"We bowled fantastically through the series but yesterday we did not bowl well and they were chasing for wickets when they should have been a bit disciplined and allowed the opponents a leeway," said the England captain.

Hoggard was adjudged man-of-the-match for a haul of eight wickets including 5-73 in the second innings.

England opener Marcus Trescothick was the player-of-the-series his back-to-back hundred.

Bangladesh opener Javed Omar also won the 'best Bangladesh batsman award' for his consistency with the willow including the superb 71 that led the Tigers' fightback in the second innings.