Overview
- Bangladesh set a 509 target after 476 in the first innings and a declaration at 297-4, building a 508-run lead.
- Ireland replied with 265 first up and closed day four on 176-6 in the chase, still 333 runs short.
- Harry Tector made a fifth Test half-century, while Curtis Campher was 34 not out at stumps with Andy McBrine.
- Taijul Islam took 3-55 in the second innings after 4-76 in the first to reach 249 Test wickets, surpassing Shakib Al Hasan as Bangladesh’s leading Test wicket-taker.
- Play resumes on the final day with Bangladesh needing four wickets to wrap up the two-match series, having won the first Test by an innings and 47 runs.