England produced a devastating display of bowling to beat Bangladesh by an innings and 80 runs on the third day of the second test at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Steven Finn took 5-42 and James Anderson 3-16 as 10 wickets fell in an extended afternoon session.
England won the two-match series 2-0.
It was the second consecutive innings that Bangladesh had lost 10 wickets in a session and England captain Andrew Strauss admitted that even he was surprised by the collapse.
"They were two crazy sessions to finish the game," Strauss said. "We've got plenty to be happy with, but we're also realistic that there are more significant and sterner tests to come."
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons said his side was unable to cope with the movement of the ball.
"The conditions and the swing were just too much for us today," Siddons said. "We played badly, but they bowled beautifully."
Siddons singled out Anderson for praise. "Today any batsman in the world would have struggled against him. I'm not so sure about Finn and (Ajmal) Shahzad, but he (Anderson) tore the heart out of us with that spell, I thought the swing bowling was just fantastic."
Rain washed out the morning session, with play eventually beginning at 1215 GMT.
Bangladesh was all out for 216 on Saturday evening, but England captain Strauss waited until just before the start of play before deciding to enforce the follow on.
The move was almost instantly vindicated.
Tamim Iqbal, having made centuries in his previous two innings, stylishly cut the first ball of the day from James Anderson for two, but was out to Anderson's next ball, caught behind by Matt Prior.
Under overcast skies, Anderson and his fellow opening bowler Finn produced a barrage of hostile deliveries that repeatedly passed the outside edge.
Imrul Kayes was the next man out, falling to Finn off the final ball of the sixth over for nine.
Kayes attempted a hook, but failed to control the shot and was caught at by a tumbling Ajmal Shahzad at deep backward square leg.
In the next over Junaid Siddique was out for six to Anderson, courtesy of a sharp catch at gully by Kevin Pietersen.
The final ball of the eighth over saw Jaharul Islam out for 0 after edging a short ball from Finn to Prior, before Mohammad Ashraful went for 14, caught at first slip by Jonathan Trott off Anderson.
Shahzad replaced Finn at the Brian Statham End and bowled Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan for one in his second over.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmadullah then took Bangladesh past its previous lowest score in test cricket, 63, but their partnership, the longest of the innings, was broken when Finn replaced Shahzad.
The first ball of Finn's second spell was one of his worst of the test, but Mushfiqur clipped it straight to the substitute fielder Karl Brown at midwicket.
Mahmudullah attempted to play some shots, but after twice hitting Finn for four at the start of the 26th over, he tried to hook the final ball of the over and was caught by Prior for 38.
Shafiul Islam was the ninth man down, caught by Strass for four at first slip off Finn, though only after the catch was referred to the television umpire.
The innings ended after just two hours and 44 minutes when Abdur Razzak skied a delivery from Graeme Swann to Eoin Morgan at deep long on.
It was Finn's second five-wicket haul in as many matches, though he felt he had been lucky.
"I was quite fortunate to take five today," Finn said. "I thought the other guys bowled fantastically well, especially Jimmy (Anderson) and Ajmal. The pressure they built helped, so yes I'm pleased, but by no means am I kidding myself that it'll always be like that."
Siddons admitted Bangladesh's bowling needed to improve significantly for it to become competitive at test level.
"Our fast bowlers are not good enough," he said. "Shakib is a world class spin bowler, he's proved that with five wickets, but we need to knock sides over for 350 or 400. We're still on a learning curve, there's no doubt about it."
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