The third day’s play during the second Test between Bangladesh and Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, was briefly halted after an earthquake was felt at the ground. Ireland was 165/5 in their first innings just after the completion of the 55th over of the second innings when the tremors caused a short interruption.

The Irish players and the Bangladesh support staff, including their coaches, who were sitting under the stands during that over, came outside while some of the spectators also stood in the stadium. The umpires stopped the game for a moment while a few Bangladesh player sat on their haunches to feel the earthquake.

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“Goodness. Play has stopped here due to a minor tremor/earthquake.” Cricket Ireland wrote on their X handled, which was formerly known as Twitter, while the Bangladesh Meteorological Department stated, “A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has been felt in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh today at 10:38 am.”

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Bangladesh won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first in the game as they posted a huge total of 476 runs in the first innings. Mushfiqur Rahim, in his 100th Test match, celebrated a fine knock of 106 runs, while Mominul Haque nailed a fine knock of 63 runs. Meanwhile, Litton Das also scored 128 runs in just 192 balls at a strike rate of 66.67.

Strong earthquake in Bangladesh, hope everyone is safe. 🇧🇩 pic.twitter.com/VZ4QwbS9qm

— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) November 21, 2025

With the ball, Andy McBrine picked up his second six-wicket haul at the ground, joining the likes of Muttiah Murlitharan, Daniel Vettori, and Nathan Lyon among the visiting bowlers. McBrine ended with very good figures of 6/109 in his 33.1 overs at an economy rate of 3.30. The two other spinners, Matthew Humphreys and Gavin Hoey, also collected two wickets each.

Ireland were strolling at 94/5 towards the end of the second day before they showed great fight back in the third day. Doheny bagged 46 runs while the current stand between Jordan Neil, who nailed 49 runs, and Lorcan Tucker, added 74 runs for the eighth wicket. Ireland were trailing by 225 runs at 251/8 in 83 overs.