Brilliant spin bowling by Bangladesh restricted Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to 262 for nine at the end of the first day of the three-day match at the Wilf Slack Memorial ground in London on Monday, according to a faxed message received here yesterday.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, the home side's dream of collecting a big total was dashed by Mohammad Rafique, Tanveer Khan and Naimur Rahman who shared seven wickets among themselves.

Left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique, who ripped through the MCC top-order, was the most successful capturing four wickets for 71 runs in 26 overs. Rafique's first victim was Zimbabwean opener Grant Flower who was out for 30 giving a catch to Naimur. He then took three more including the prized wicket of one-down J Wileman who hammered the highest 61 runs for the home side.

Rafique apart, leg-spinner Tanveer bagged two wickets for 37 runs while Naimur got one wicket for 42 runs. Besides, medium pacer Shafiuddin Ahmed grabbed two wickets for 48 runs from his 14 overs.

MCC fielded as many as four foreigners including Grant Flower and his teammate A Whitall. The other two are South African A Lawson and West Indian fast bowler Reon King who visited Bangladesh with the West