Earthquake stops play briefly in Mirpur

The second Test between Bangladesh and Ireland experienced a temporary halt of play on Day 3 at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium after an earthquake of 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Dhaka and the surrounding regions of the Bangladesh capital.

The incident occurred during the second ball of the 56th over of Ireland's first innings. It led to an immediate stoppage of play for around three to four minutes as the players ran towards the boundary line while spectators in the stadium had a visible look of panic on their face. Play subsequently resumed after that stoppage.

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Taijul Islam - Actually, I didn't understand at first, but at one point, maybe the media box and the places where the work was, there was a sound. Then, a physically noticeable feeling was there. At that time, there was a little bit of fear working inside me.

Heinrich Malan- I've been personally involved in a couple of earthquakes you know, I've lived in New Zealand for a while. It's never a nice feeling. There's always uh trying to understand, you know, what is happening at the minute around us, but also maybe thinking about some bigger impacts where the earthquake obviously struck, and hopefully that's not too bad. I think everything stood still for a couple of minutes and we got back to business, and obviously, you know, just thinking and hoping that there wasn't too much damage done.