| 0.0 : A warm welcome to Match 12 of the World Cup 2019 between England and Bangladesh in Cardiff. The hosts would look to improve their bowling as their bowlers were smashed all around the park by Pakistan. They have to stick to their line and lengths properly today. Jos Buttler, Joe Root and Jofra Archer will be their key players. On the other hand, Bangladesh would look to put a strong performance against the hosts. Coming to their batting, they would want their openers to play a major role today. T |
| TOSS - Eoin Morgan has the coin in hand. Up it goes and lands in the favour of Bangladesh. BANGLADESH OPT TO FIELD FIRST. |
| Bangladesh skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza says that the pitch was undercover for a few days and he hopes there should be some movement early on. Informs they are sticking with the same team. Further adds that it was a close game in the previous one and they are looking to get over the line this time. On record against England he says that it can play as a factor but he also insists that they will have to play well today. |
| England skipper, Eoin Morgan does not feel it is an issue to bat first as the surface is devoid of grass and he hopes the Sun stays out so that they do not have problems while batting. Informs that Liam Plunkett has been picked as the extra pacer as the straighter boundaries are shorter here and the spinner could find it difficult. The English skipper feels that it was a bad day against Pakistan but they did play well against South Africa and hopes they can play well today. Eoin says that it is |
| PITCH REPORT - Michael Holding is the pitch analyst for today. He says the ground here is a mirage and this wicket is always green here in Cardiff but it's not as green as usual. Informs that they like to leave a bit of grass in the pitch here. He further adds that the fast bowlers will think there will be lateral movement but he reckons there won't be any such movement. Holding thinks there will be a lot of runs on the board today unless something magical happens. |
| Bangladesh Playing XI (UNCHANGED) - Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehedi Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Mustafizur Rahman. |
| England Playing XI - Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (C), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (WK), Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett (IN FOR MOEEN ALI), Mark Wood. |
| Both the teams are out in the middle for the National Anthems. First it will be Bangladesh's National Anthem and then it will be followed by England's National Anthem. |
| Done and dusted with the national anthems. We are all set to begin. The players and umpires are out in the middle. Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow will open the batting for England. Bangladesh start with spin. Shakib Al Hasan will start the proceedings for Bangladesh. There is a slight delay in start as there is some issue with the sightscreen. Finally, we are ready to go. |
| 0.1 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Shakib starts with a flighted delivery on off, Roy defends it off the front foot to start the innings. |
| 0.2 : Al Hasan to J Roy, First run of the match. Shakib bowls it short around leg, Roy strokes it to long on and gets England's scoreboard underway. |
| 0.3 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Floated on off, Bairstow blocks it. |
| 0.4 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Flighted around middle and leg, Jonny calmly defends it off the front foot. |
| 0.5 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Flatter on the stumps, Jonny is having a watchful start here as he defends this one as well. |
| 0.6 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Tight and tidy start from Shakib. Just 1 run off the first over. Floated on off, Bairstow defends it to see off the over. |
| Mashrafe Mortaza to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Slight swing on offer first up for the Bangladesh skipper. He bowls it outside off, the ball shapes away from Roy who leaves it alone. |
| 1.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good length ball on off stump this time. No swing on this one, Roy defends it with a straight bat. |
| 1.3 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Once again the length is the same. It is on middle and off, Roy taps it towards mid on. |
| 1.4 : M Mortaza to J Roy, FOUR! First one of the day and what a glorious shot this is. Mortaza bowls it full for the first time today, it is on middle. Roy gets on the front foot and plays a beautiful on drive wide of mid on for a boundary. |
| 1.5 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Now smartly follows it up with a single. Mortaza pulls his length back and bowls it on the body, Roy just turns it away to fine leg and gets a run. |
| 1.6 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, Good length ball on off, Bairstow looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 2.1 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Oh! Bangladesh almost had the first. Floated on off, Roy looks to smack it over cover-point but gets an inside edge. Luckily for him he does not chop it on and it goes towards backward square leg. |
| 2.2 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Floated on off, Roy taps it to the fielder at mid off. |
| 2.3 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Flighted on off, Roy pushes it to cover. |
| 2.4 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Shorter on off, Roy stands tall and punches it wide of cover for a single. |
| 2.5 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Floated on the stumps, Bairstow defends it calmly. |
| 2.6 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Dot to finish the over. Tossed up on the stumps, Bairstow blocks once again. Nervy start for Bairstow, he is yet to get off the mark. |
| 3.1 : M Mortaza to J Roy, On a good length and outside off, Roy comes forward and lets it go. |
| 3.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Length delivery on middle, Roy pushes it towards mid on for a single. |
| 3.3 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, Good length delivery on off, Bairstow looks to defend but gets a leading edge. It goes towards covers. |
| 3.4 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, Bairstow is off the mark. It has taken him 9 deliveries but he has got off the mark with a solid shot though and this will give him confidence. Shorter on off, Bairstow pulls it hard but there is a man at deep square leg and they get one. |
| 3.5 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy defends it off the front foot. |
| 3.6 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Mortaza darts it on the pads. Roy looks to flick it but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 4.1 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Fired in on off, Bairstow pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 4.2 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Bairstow is not looking very comfortable playing Shakib here. |
| 4.3 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, This time punches it wide of cover and gets a run. |
| 4.4 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Short again, Roy punches it towards point and gets a run. |
| 4.5 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Smart batting this. Shakib goes across after bowling so Bairstow just pushes this tossed up ball wide of him and gets a single. |
| 4.6 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Beautiful shot this. Floated on off, Roy comes down and nonchalantly drives it through covers. The fielder gets there as the ball does not have the legs to reach the fence. The batmen get three. |
| 5.1 : M Mortaza to J Roy, FOUR! Mortaza bowls it on a good length on leg, Roy looks to come forward and attack but gets an inside edge. It goes towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Full on middle, Roy drives it to mid on. |
| 5.3 : M Mortaza to J Roy, FOUR! In the air... but away for a boundary. Roy would have had his heart in his mouth there for a moment. Good length ball on off, Roy hits it uppishly to the right of short mid-wicket fielder who was a tad straight and it goes past him for a boundary. |
| 5.4 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Length ball on the stumps, Roy follows the boundary with a solid defense. |
| 5.5 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Fuller on middle, Roy pushes it wide of mid on and gets a single. |
| 5.6 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, Good length ball on the pads, Bairstow flicks it through mid-wicket and gets a couple as the fielder mops it up with a dive. |
| 6.1 : Al Hasan to J Roy, FOUR! That's the shot of the game so far. Shakib flights it on off, Roy gets his front leg forward and plays a gorgeous cover drive for a boundary. He looks in the mood today. |
| 6.2 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Shakib now pulls his length back and bowls it short, Roy hits it towards mid-wicket and gets a run. |
| 6.3 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Floated on off, Bairstow punches it towards mid on and gets a single. |
| 6.4 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Floated on the stumps, Jason taps it back to the bowler. |
| 6.5 : Al Hasan to J Roy, FOUR! The previous boundary was class this one was more about aggression. Short on middle and leg, Roy gets on his back foot and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 6.6 : Al Hasan to J Roy, On the pads, Roy flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| Mohammad Saifuddin is into the attack. |
| 7.1 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, FOUR! Excellent shot. Full on off, Bairstow drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 7.2 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, Length delivery on off, Bairstow drives it to mid off. |
| 7.3 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, Short delivery on middle, Bairstow pulls it through square leg. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it and saves one run for the team. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 7.4 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, WIDE! Bowls it wide outside off, Roy offers no shot to this one. |
| M Saifuddin to J Roy, In the air but in the gap. Good length ball on off, Roy comes down a bit and looks to hit it through mid off. The ball though sticks on the pitch and takes the outside edge of the Roy's bat. The ball goes through backward point, and the batsmen get three. |
| 7.5 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, FOUR! Another brilliant shot. This is turning out to be an excellent over for England. Overpitched ball on off, Bairstow drives it through mid off right from the meat of the bat. 50 comes up with that boundary for England. They are off to a good start here. First 50 stand between the two in this World Cup. |
| 7.6 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, Short on off and middle, Bairstow pulls it towards deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 8.1 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Flighted delivery on middle, Bairstow defends it off the front foot. |
| 8.2 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, FOUR RUNNING RUNS! Tossed up on middle, Bairstow flicks it through mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it but he puts a wayward throw. The batsmen run four because the boundary is big on that side. |
| 8.3 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 8.4 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 8.5 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 8.6 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, FOUR! Nice shot. Easy pickings for Bairstow. Short delivery on middle, Jonny pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. 8 runs have come from the over. |
| 9.1 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Good length ball outside off, Roy hits it straight to the man at cover. |
| 9.2 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Shorter on off, Roy pulls it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 9.3 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, Full on middle and leg, Bairstow flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets a run. |
| 9.4 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, FOUR! Stand and deliver! Full on off, Bairstow smokes it over mid off and the ball bounces before the ropes and goes away. |
| 9.5 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Follows it up with a solid front foot defense. |
| 9.6 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Poor ball this. Saifuddin is lucky to get away from that. Full on the pads, Roy looks to flick but misses. It clips his pad and goes behind past Mushfiqur. They cross ends and the umpire signals it as leg bye. |
| Powerplay 2 is signaled. Four fielders will be outside the circle till the 40th over. |
| Mustafizur Rahman is into the attack for the first time today. |
| 10.1 : M Rahman to J Roy, Starts with a slightly shorter ball on off, Roy pulls it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 10.2 : M Rahman to J Bairstow, FOUR! Bairstow is getting into his groove here. Good length ball on the pads, Bairstow flicks it through mid-wicket, it is the longer part of the boundary but he times it so well that it beats the fielder and goes to the fence. |
| 10.3 : M Rahman to J Bairstow, Mustafizur corrects his line and bowls it on off, Bairstow defends it with a straight bat. |
| 10.4 : M Rahman to J Bairstow, Another good looking shot from Bairstow. Length ball outside off, Jonny slaps it towards backward point and gets a couple as the fielder from third man collects it. |
| 10.5 : M Rahman to J Bairstow, On the pads, Bairstow flicks it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 10.6 : M Rahman to J Roy, Back of a length ball on middle and leg, Roy pulls it to the man at deep square and keeps the strike. 9 runs off Mustafizur's first. Not an ideal start for him or Bangladesh here. |
| 11.1 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Fuller on off, Roy pushes it to the man at mid off. |
| 11.2 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, SIX! First one of the day! Roy has hit that effortlessly. Full on off, Roy just eases his loft over the long off fence for a biggie. |
| 11.3 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, FOUR! Fifty comes up for Jason Roy! His 16th in ODIs and 2nd in this World Cup. Good length ball outside off, Roy follows that six with a very well played late cut through third man and gets a boundary. |
| 11.4 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Back of a length ball on off, Roy punches it towards long on and gets a single. |
| 11.5 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, Good length ball on off, Bairstow pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : M Saifuddin to J Bairstow, Back of a length ball on off, Jonny punches it to the man at cover to get through the over. Another expensive over for Saifuddin. He has gone for 33 in his first 3 overs. |
| Shakib Al Hasan is back into the attack. |
| 12.1 : Al Hasan to J Roy, WIDE! Shakib misses his line and fires one down the leg side. Wide signalled. |
| Al Hasan to J Roy, Floated on off, Roy punches it to cover. |
| 12.2 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Tossed up on middle, Roy looks to defend but gets an inside edge. |
| 12.3 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Flighted on the stumps, Roy taps it down to the ground. |
| 12.4 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Flatter on middle and off, Roy looks to push it on the off side but it goes to the on side of the inside edge and they take a single. |
| 12.5 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Floated on off, Bairstow calmly blocks it. They are not going after Shakib here. |
| 12.6 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Tossed up on off, Bairstow looks to work it on the leg side but gets a leading edge which goes towards point. |
| Mustafizur Rahman is back into the attack. |
| 13.1 : M Rahman to J Roy, On a good length on off, Roy plays it to point. |
| 13.2 : M Rahman to J Roy, Good length ball outside off, Roy punches it but finds the man at cover. |
| 13.3 : M Rahman to J Roy, Yorker! It is outside off, Roy guides it to the man at backward point. |
| 13.4 : M Rahman to J Roy, A very good looking shot but straight to the fielder. Full outside off, Roy drives it beautifully but straight to the man at cover. |
| 13.5 : M Rahman to J Roy, FOUR! This time uses his power and beats the man at cover. Overpitched ball outside off, Roy likes the width on offer and he frees his arm to hit it over covers for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : M Rahman to J Roy, Outside off on a length, Roy guides it towards third man and gets a couple. |
| 14.1 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Floated on off, JB blocks it towards mid on. |
| 14.2 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Short around off, Bairstow punches it to sweeper cover and gets a single. |
| 14.3 : Al Hasan to J Roy, Short on the body, Roy turns it behind square but to the man at short fine leg. |
| 14.4 : Al Hasan to J Roy, In the air...but safe. Tossed up on off, Roy chips it over mid off and gets a single. |
| 14.5 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, Floated on off, Bairstow taps it back to the bowler. |
| 14.6 : Al Hasan to J Bairstow, FOUR! 100 comes up for England. First century run opening stand for England. Poor ball this from Shakib, he is guilty of bowling this on the pads, Bairstow just helps it fine down the fine leg region for a boundary. The fielder gave it a chase but was always going to come second. |
| 15.1 : M Rahman to J Roy, Bowls it on a good length and outside off, Roy looks to drive but misses it. |
| 15.2 : M Rahman to J Roy, Back of a length ball outside off, Roy runs it down to third man and gets a single. |
| 15.3 : M Rahman to J Bairstow, Good length ball around off, Bairstow taps it wide of backward point. The fielder there fumbles allowing them to complete the run with ease. |
| 15.4 : M Rahman to J Roy, FOUR! Wow! That is another excellent stroke from Roy. Full on off, it is in Roy's slot. He smokes it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : M Rahman to J Roy, Drama! Drama! Slower ball on off, Roy hits over point, it goes wide of sweeper cover. They run the first one hard and look for two. The fielder gets to the ball, Bairstow was hesitant for the second but Roy was adamant so Jonny goes for it. The fielder in the meanwhile throws it at the keeper's end but Roy was in. Throw at the bowler's end and it would have been it for Bairstow. |
| 15.6 : M Rahman to J Roy, Short on off, Roy pulls it towards deep mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| Mehedi Hasan is into the attack. |
| 16.1 : M Hasan to J Roy, Short on middle, Roy makes room and slaps it to covers. |
| 16.2 : M Hasan to J Roy, Flighted delivery on middle, Roy plays it towards wide mid on for a single. |
| 16.3 : M Hasan to J Bairstow, Tossed up on middle, Bairstow defends it off the front foot. |
| 16.4 : M Hasan to J Bairstow, Flighted delivery on middle, Jonny flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 16.5 : M Hasan to J Bairstow, Tossed up on middle, Jonny flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.6 : M Hasan to J Roy, APPEAL FOR LBW! NOT OUT! Flighted delivery outside leg, Roy looks to tuck but gets hit low on the pads. The bowler appeals but the umpire shakes his head. |
| Mashrafe Mortaza is back! |
| 17.1 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, On the pads, Bairstow flicks it to fine leg and gets a single. |
| 17.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Comes around the wicket and bowls it on the pads, Roy looks to flick but misses and the ball hits him on his thigh pad and goes towards point. |
| 17.3 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy defends it off the front foot. |
| 17.4 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Fuller on off, Roy strokes it to long off for a single. |
| 17.5 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, FOUR! Right off the meat! Back of a length ball on off, with Mortaza's pace it is an easy picking for Bairstow and he played very well controlled pull through square leg for a boundary. |
| 17.6 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, Overthrows! Bangladesh are looking a bit rusty in the field today. Good length ball on off, Bairstow nudges it to long off and gets a single. The fielder there has an unnecessary shy at the bowler's end and there is no one backing up allowing them to get an extra run. |
| DRINKS! England are going all guns blazing and have done well to not lose a wicket. The openers have been solid and are pouncing on the Bangladesh bowlers. On the other hand, Bangladesh have been very poor in the field and have not executed their line and lengths. They need to break this opening stand very quickly. |
| 18.1 : M Hasan to J Roy, Short on middle, Roy milks it to long on and gets a single. |
| 18.2 : M Hasan to J Bairstow, On middle and leg, Bairstow tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 18.3 : M Hasan to J Bairstow, Fifty for Bairstow. He has finally arrived at this World Cup. He gets to the landmark by flicking this tossed up ball towards square leg and running two. His 10th in ODIs, he now will look to convert it into a big one. |
| 18.4 : M Hasan to J Bairstow, Shorter on off, JB punches it to sweeper cover and gets a single. |
| 18.5 : M Hasan to J Roy, Fired in on the pads, Roy looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 18.6 : M Hasan to J Roy, FOUR! Very well played this from Roy. Short on off, Roy waits for it and cuts it from right under his eyes and wide of point for a boundary. |
| 19.1 : M Mortaza to J Bairstow, OUT! Finally Bangladesh have broken this opening stand. The skipper has done the trick here. Mortaza comes around the wicket and bowls it on middle and leg, Bairstow looks to flick but gets a leading edge. The ball flies towards cover and Mehedi Hasan there dives to his left and takes a good catch. The fielding from Bangladesh so far has been poor but maybe this will inspire them. Bairstow does not wait long after getting to his half-ton and he will be disappointed |
| 0.0 : Joe Root is the new batsman in. |
| 19.2 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Welcomes Root with a bouncer. Root though was waiting for it and eases his pull towards deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 19.3 : M Mortaza to J Roy, On middle and leg and on a length, Jason tucks it towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| A slight pause here! Root pulls out of the ball he was facing as the boundary skirting behind the bowler had to be adjusted. Oh, and then he notices something on the surface and goes to remove it too. |
| 19.4 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Full on middle and off, Root drives it to the man at mid on. |
| 19.5 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Back of a length ball on off, Root gets on his toes and taps it down to backward point. |
| 19.6 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Another piece of good fielding. Saifuddin it is this time. It is a length ball on the pads, Root flicks it to the right of mid-wicket. Saifuddin there dives on that side and saves runs for his side. |
| 20.1 : M Hasan to J Roy, Tossed up delivery on middle, Roy punches it to long on where Tamim misfields but still the batsmen take a single. |
| 20.2 : M Hasan to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root milks it down to long on and gets a single. |
| 20.3 : M Hasan to J Roy, Flatter on middle, Roy strokes it to the man at mid off. |
| 20.4 : M Hasan to J Roy, Sharp single taken there. Shorter on off, Roy punches it towards mid off and takes a quick single. Soumya Sarkar there gets to the ball but does not throw it allowing them to complete the run with ease. |
| 20.5 : M Hasan to Joe Root, On the pads, Root flicks it to the on side and gets a run. |
| 20.6 : M Hasan to J Roy, Flatter around off, Roy strokes it to sweeper cover and keeps the strike. |
| 21.1 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy punches it to the man at cover. |
| 21.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy punches it wide of cover THIS time and gets a single. |
| 21.3 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, On a length around off, Root pushes it to the man at mid off. |
| 21.4 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, On the pads, Root turns it down wide of fine leg. Root was looking for two but Roy sends him back. |
| 21.5 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Back of a length ball on middle, Roy taps it to the man at backward point. |
| 21.6 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good over from Mortaza, just 3 singles off it. The last ball is on a length, Roy strokes it to long off for a single. |
| 22.1 : M Hasan to J Roy, Floated on leg, Roy comes down the track and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 22.2 : M Hasan to Joe Root, On the pads, Root turns it away behind square and gets a single. |
| 22.3 : M Hasan to J Roy, Once again darts it on the pads, Roy flicks it to the man at short mid-wicket. |
| 22.4 : M Hasan to J Roy, Lbw appeal turned down by the umpire. Mehedi bowls a flatter ball on off, Roy looks to play the reverse sweep but misses. The ball hits him on his pad, Mushfiqur and Mehedi put in an appeal but it is turned down by the umpire. As Mehedi is bowling from around the wicket it was always going to be tough for him to get an LBW. |
| 22.5 : M Hasan to J Roy, FOUR! Pulled and pulled hard. Shorter on middle, Roy pulls it hard over mid-wicket and gets a boundary. |
| 22.6 : M Hasan to J Roy, Now smartly follows the boundary with a single down to long on. |
| 23.1 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Full on middle, Roy plays it to mid on. |
| 23.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Length delivery on middle, Roy flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 23.3 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Length delivery on middle, Root flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 23.4 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Full on middle, Roy drives it to long on for a single. |
| 23.5 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Length delivery on middle, Joe flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 23.6 : M Mortaza to J Roy, 150 up for England. On a length on middle, Roy tucks it towards mid-wicket for a single. Just 5 runs have come from the over. |
| Mustafizur Rahman is back! |
| 24.1 : M Rahman to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy runs it down to third man and gets a single. |
| 24.2 : M Rahman to Joe Root, Once again length ball outside off, Root taps it down to third man and gets a single. |
| 24.3 : M Rahman to J Roy, On the pads, Roy flicks it to square leg and rotates the strike. |
| 24.4 : M Rahman to Joe Root, Good length ball on the stumps, Root defends it back to the bowler. |
| 24.5 : M Rahman to Joe Root, Outside off and fuller this time, Root pushes it to the man at point. |
| 24.6 : M Rahman to Joe Root, On the pads, Root flicks it to square leg and gets a single. |
| 25.1 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Good length ball around off, Root tucks it to the on side and gives the strike to Roy. |
| 25.2 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Comes around the wicket and bowls a back of a length ball on off, Roy pulls it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 25.3 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Comes over the wicket for Root and bowls it on off, Root tucks it to mid-wicket and rotates the strike. |
| 25.4 : M Mortaza to J Roy, This is sloppy from Bangladesh. Good length ball on off, Roy milks it to long off and takes a run. Sabbir there gets to the ball and has a unnecessary throw at the keeper end. There is no one backing up and an easy single is converted into two. |
| 25.5 : M Mortaza to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy punches it towards cover and takes one. |
| 25.6 : M Mortaza to Joe Root, Good length ball pitching on leg and it comes in with the angle. Root looks defend but gets beaten and the ball hits him on his pad. Bangladesh player put in a stifled appeal but the umpire is not interested. |
| 26.1 : M Rahman to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy strokes it to the man at mid off. |
| 26.2 : M Rahman to J Roy, Good length ball on top of off, Roy taps it back to the bowler. |
| 26.3 : M Rahman to J Roy, WIDE! Misses his line and bowls it down the leg side, Roy looks to pull but misses. Rahim is unhappy behind the stumps as he lets out a huge grunt. |
| M Rahman to J Roy, Corrects his line and bowls it on off, Roy pushes it to sweeper cover and takes a single. Moves to 96 with that. |
| 26.4 : M Rahman to Joe Root, Full around off, Root nudges it to sweeper cover and rotates the strike. |
| 26.5 : M Rahman to J Roy, FOUR! 100 for Jason Roy! Back of a length ball on off, Roy pulls it towards deep square leg. The fielder at deep square leg misfields and the ball races away to the fence. But hold on, he cannot start celebrating just yet as Roy was ball watching and he takes down the umpire. The umpire is on the floor and Roy is having a funny chat with him. The umpire is fine and the Roy then has a handshake with Root followed by a hug. He then removes his helmet and raises his helmet |
| 26.6 : M Rahman to J Roy, On the pads, Roy flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| Mohammad Saifuddin is back into the attack. He has been expensive so far. |
| 27.1 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, FOUR! Pulled away! Short on middle, Root eases this pull away behind square leg. The fielder cannot get around in time to stop that ball. |
| 27.2 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, Run down to third man for a single with a safe cut shot. |
| 27.3 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, The batsman has punched that ball through mid off. Single is taken by Roy as he gets to the other end. |
| 27.4 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, Ooh! Could have been close. Root drives this full ball back down the ground but the bowler dives down to his right and gets a hand to the ball. The ball does not go to the stumps but to the non-striker who was diving back inside to keep himself in the crease. |
| 27.5 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, Root cuts this ball down to third man for a single. |
| 27.6 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Ooh! Roy was lining up the big one there. A back of a length ball on middle, Jason though gets an inside edge onto his pads! |
| 28.1 : M Rahman to Joe Root, Good length ball on off, Root defends it off the upper half of his bat. |
| 28.2 : M Rahman to Joe Root, Once again the length is same and this time it is on middle, Root taps it down to third man for a single. |
| 28.3 : M Rahman to J Roy, Play and a miss. Good length ball on middle and off, Roy looks to play the paddle but misses. |
| 28.4 : M Rahman to J Roy, Good running this from these two. Length ball on middle, Roy whips it wide of fine leg and runs the first one hard. He turns for two and gets it with ease. |
| 28.5 : M Rahman to J Roy, 50 partnership comes up now. England are going about their business with relative ease here. Good length ball on off, Roy guides it down to third man and gets a couple. |
| 28.6 : M Rahman to J Roy, Short ball on off, Roy pulls it over mid-wicket and gets another brace as the man from deep square leg mops it up. |
| 29.1 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, Length delivery on middle and off, Root nudges it to long on and gets a single. |
| 29.2 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Length ball on off, Roy comes down the track and looks to pull it but he gets an inside edge which goes to the left of Mushfiqur. He gets to the ball quickly and hits the stumps at the striker's end but Roy was back in easily. |
| 29.3 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, On middle and leg, Roy flicks it wide of deep square and gets a couple. |
| 29.4 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Good length ball on middle, Roy flicks it to the man at short mid-wicket. |
| 29.5 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Slower ball outside off, Roy reaches out for it and flat-bats it to long on for a single. |
| 29.6 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, Good length ball on off, Root taps it to the right of the bowler. Saifuddin gets to the ball and ends the over with a dot. First over for Saifuddin where he has gone below 6 today. |
| Shakib Al Hasan is back into the attack. |
| 30.1 : Al Hasan to J Roy, FOUR! Welcomes Shakib back into the attack with a glorious boundary. Tossed up on middle, Roy smacks it through covers for a boundary. |
| 30.2 : Al Hasan to J Roy, FOUR! Back to back boundaries here for Roy. Floated on off, Roy smashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 30.3 : Al Hasan to J Roy, SIX! Now a six, he is going after Shakib here and the pressure is on Shakib. Flighted ball on middle, Roy comes down the track and demolishes it over long on. The fielder in the deep can just watch it sail over his head. |
| 30.4 : Al Hasan to J Roy, 200 comes up for England. Floated on off, Roy after hitting 14 off the first three balls gets an easy single down to long off. |
| 30.5 : Al Hasan to Joe Root, Tossed up on off, Root strokes it to long off for a single. |
| 30.6 : Al Hasan to J Roy, On middle, Roy sweeps it to square leg for a single. |
| 31.1 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Full toss on middle, Roy flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 31.2 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Full on middle, Roy drives it towards mid on for a single. |
| 31.3 : M Saifuddin to Joe Root, OUT! Chopped on! Slower delivery has done the trick here. It is outside off, Root looks to flat-bat it over mid off but he gets a big inside edge and it goes on to hit the leg pole. Big, big wicket here for Bangladesh as Root is a very dangerous man and he is in excellent form. Some respite for Saifuddin as he has been expensive so far today but he has a wicket to his name now. |
| Jos Buttler is the new batsman in. |
| Review time! Buttler could be gone first ball here if the original not out decision is overturned. He has been rapped on the pads but to the naked eye it felt the ball was going down leg. Bangladesh though decide to review, will they get what they want? |
| 31.4 : M Saifuddin to Jos Buttler, SAFE! It is indeed going down leg. Good length ball on off, Buttler comes down the track straightaway and looks to flick. He misses and the ball goes behind square . Bangladesh players put in an appeal which is turned down. The Bangladesh players have a chat and Mortaza after a brief discussion takes it upstairs. Replays roll in and it shows that it is clearly missing the bat, Hawk Eye later on plays and shows it is missing leg pole by some distance. |
| 31.5 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Fuller on middle and leg, Roy strokes it to long on and gets a single. |
| 31.6 : M Saifuddin to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler flicks it to short fine leg and gets off the mark with a quick single. He will keep the strike. |
| Mehedi Hasan is back into the attack. |
| 32.1 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Tossed up on middle, Buttler flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 32.2 : M Hasan to J Roy, Flighted delivery on middle, Roy punches it towards wide mid on for a run. |
| 32.3 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Floated delivery on middle, Buttler plays it back towards the bowler. |
| 32.4 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Tossed up on off, Jos defends it out. |
| 32.5 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Flighted delivery on middle, Buttler flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 32.6 : M Hasan to J Roy, Tossed up on middle, Roy punches it towards covers for a single. |
| Drinks Break! England are going at a steady rate here, Roy is still out there in the middle and is looking absolutely lethal. Bangladesh have got rid of Root but the English batting line up is so deep that they just cannot rest. Buttler who has been promoted today has joined Roy out in the middle indicating England are now looking to up the ante. Bangladesh need wickets here to stop the run flow. |
| 33.1 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy punches it to long on and gets a single. |
| 33.2 : M Saifuddin to Jos Buttler, Length ball on off, Buttler drives it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 33.3 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Full on middle, Roy flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 33.4 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Good length ball on off, Roy taps it to point and gets a single. |
| 33.5 : M Saifuddin to Jos Buttler, Full on middle and off, Buttler milks it down to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 33.6 : M Saifuddin to J Roy, Another sign of aggression here. Fuller ball on middle and leg, Roy comes down the track and hits it hard but there is a man at long on so just a run. Roy will keep the strike. |
| 34.1 : M Hasan to J Roy, SIX! Don't bother looking that has disappeared way into the stands. Floated on middle and leg, Roy comes down the track and demolishes it over the mid-wicket fence for a massive six. |
| 34.2 : M Hasan to J Roy, SIX! Two in two! Roy is putting Bangladesh through the sword here. Tossed up on middle, Roy comes down the track and smashes it over the long off fence for a huge six. |
| 34.3 : M Hasan to J Roy, SIX! Hat-trick of sixes! Mehedi under the pump now. He gets to his 150 in some style. |
| 34.4 : M Hasan to J Roy, OUT! Mehedi has the last laugh. But what a knock this has been from Roy! After getting three sixes in a row, one would feel this shot was not needed but that is how this English side and Roy plays. Mehedi fires it outside off, Roy was coming down the track and wanted to hit it over covers but he gets a top edge on that one. The ball goes high but straight to cover. Skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza standing there makes no mistake and takes an easy catch. A top class knock from Ro |
| Eoin Morgan is the new batsman in. |
| 34.5 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Flighted on off, Buttler pushes it towards cover and gets a single. |
| 34.6 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Tidy end to the over. After the first three balls went for 18, Mehedi will be happy that in the end he has conceded just 19 runs. The last ball is flighted on off, Morgan blocks it to see off the over. |
| Mosaddek Hossain is into the attack. |
| 35.1 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, Tossed up on middle, Buttler flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 35.2 : M Hossain to E Morgan, Short on off, Morgan makes room and cuts it towards point for a single. |
| 35.3 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, Short delivery on middle, Buttler pulls it over mid-wicket for a run. |
| 35.4 : M Hossain to E Morgan, Flighted delivery on middle, Morgan punches it back towards the bowler. |
| 35.5 : M Hossain to E Morgan, Tossed up on middle, Eoin flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 35.6 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, Floated delivery on middle, Jos flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 36.1 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Flatter outside off, Buttler guides it to the man at short third man. |
| 36.2 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Lbw appeal turned down. Mehedi darts it on leg, Buttler looks to flick it but looks to miss it and the ball hits him on the pads. The Bangladesh players put in an appeal but the umpire turns it down. They take a run as the ball goes towards backward square leg. Leg bye signalled. |
| 36.3 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Flighted on off, Morgan blocks it. |
| 36.4 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Shorter on off, Morgan punches it wide of cover and takes one. |
| 36.5 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, On the stumps, Buttler defends it off the front foot. |
| 36.6 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler flicks it to the on side and keeps the strike. |
| 37.1 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, SIX! Buttler finding his rhythm here. Floated on middle and leg, Buttler comes down the track and tonks it over the cow corner region for a maximum. |
| 37.2 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, FOUR! 10 off the first two balls. Flatter outside off, Buttler smashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 37.3 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler flicks it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 37.4 : M Hossain to E Morgan, Shorter on off, Morgan punches it to long on for a single. |
| 37.5 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, SIX! Buttler has demolished that. Shorter on middle and off, Jos gets on his back foot and demolishes it over long on. Jeez! You hardly see sixes being hit off the back foot to a spinner. |
| The ball has been lost. The umpires have called for the new ball. |
| 37.6 : M Hossain to Jos Buttler, Floated on leg, Buttler flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. He will keep the strike. Brilliant over for England. 19 runs off the over. |
| 38.1 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Fuller on middle, Buttler milks it to long on for a single. |
| 38.2 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Flighted on off, Morgan pushes it to the man at cover. |
| 38.3 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Another sloppy effort in the field from Bangladesh. Flatter around off, Morgan cuts it to point. Saifuddin there misfields and what should have been a dot ball has gone for 2 runs. Fielding is such a critical part of the game, especially nowadays and Bangladesh have conceded a lot of free runs today. |
| 38.4 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Floated on middle and leg, Eoin defends it towards mid on. |
| 38.5 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Flighted on the stumps, Morgan defends it astutely. |
| 38.6 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Tossed up on off, Morgan strokes it to long on and keeps the strike. |
| Mashrafe Mortaza is back into the attack. |
| 39.1 : M Mortaza to E Morgan, Good length delivery on off, Morgan defends it off the back foot. |
| 39.2 : M Mortaza to E Morgan, Full and outside off, Eoin drives it to wide mid off. |
| 39.3 : M Mortaza to E Morgan, SIX! Morgan is slowly joining the party here! Just a fraction full outside off, Morgan swings his bat at it and deposits it over the long off fence for a maximum. |
| 39.4 : M Mortaza to E Morgan, Good length ball on off, Morgan punches it to the man at cover. |
| 39.5 : M Mortaza to E Morgan, Good length ball on off, Morgan punches it to long on and gets a single. |
| 39.6 : M Mortaza to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler flicks it towards deep mid-wicket and keeps the strike with a single. |
| Powerplay 3 is signaled. Maximum of five fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle. |
| 40.1 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, WIDE! Sprays it down the leg side, Buttler looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled. |
| M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Floated on leg, Buttler flicks it to square leg and takes a quick single. |
| 40.2 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Tossed up on off, Morgan defends it with authority. |
| 40.3 : M Hasan to E Morgan, Shorter on off, Morgan strokes it to long off for a single. |
| 40.4 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, FOUR! He is nursing some injury here but boy that is not stopping him. Floated on middle and leg, Buttler hits it towards mid-wicket with a short arm jab and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 40.5 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, Good effort in the deep. Tossed up on middle and leg, Buttler hits it hard through mid-wicket, Tamim Iqbal runs to his right and puts in a dive to stop the ball from going to the fence. The batsmen take two. |
| 40.6 : M Hasan to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Jos flicks it to mid-wicket and gets a single. With that 50-run stand comes up between the two. |
| Mustafizur Rahman is back into the attack. |
| 41.1 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Full toss on off, Buttler plays it towards mid off for a single. |
| 41.2 : M Rahman to E Morgan, WIDE! Bowls it down the leg side, Morgan looks to flick but misses it. |
| M Rahman to E Morgan, Full on middle, Morgan drives it to long on for a run. |
| 41.3 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Length delivery on off, Buttler drives it through point. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 41.4 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, SIX! New ball please this one is out of here. Full on off, it is in Buttler's zone and he demolishes it over the long on fence and the ball goes out of the park. |
| 41.5 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Good comeback from Mustafizur. Bowls it short on off, Buttler defends it. |
| Another ball is now being called for. Buttler is really costing ICC a lot here. |
| 41.6 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Once again Mustafizur bends his back and bowls it short, Buttler pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| Shakib Al Hasan is back on now! He has two overs to go and he needs to take at least two wickets in those two overs. |
| 42.1 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Morgan loves the width on offer there and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 42.2 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, Now follows it up with a quick single. Flatter on middle, Morgan punches it to mid off and takes a quick single. |
| 42.3 : Al Hasan to Jos Buttler, Fifty for Jos Buttler. He has continued from where he left off against Pakistan. On the pads, Buttler flicks it towards deep square leg and gets a couple to bring up his 19th ODI fifty. |
| A direct hit! Is Buttler short? He seems quite relaxed and the Bangladesh players are also not excited. |
| 42.4 : Al Hasan to Jos Buttler, SAFE! No, Buttler is well in. Shakib bowls it short on leg, Buttler plays it towards the left of the bowler and takes a run. Shakib gets to the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end. He hits the stumps and the umpire takes it upstairs. Replay rolls in and shows Buttler was comfortably in. |
| 42.5 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, Tossed up on middle, Morgan smacks it towards long on and gets a single. |
| 42.6 : Al Hasan to Jos Buttler, WIDE! Shakib misses his line and sprays it down the leg side. |
| Al Hasan to Jos Buttler, Floated on off, Buttler punches it to sweeper cover and takes a single. |
| 43.1 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Crunched but straight to the fielder! Short and outside off, Buttler pulls it hard towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 43.2 : M Rahman to E Morgan, Shortish again and on the body, Morgan awkwardly pulls it towards deep square leg for one. |
| FREE HIT TIME! |
| 43.3 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Top class delivery but all that effort has been spoilt as the Fizz has overstepped! He bowls a yorker on middle, Buttler jams it through covers for one. Free Hit coming up. |
| M Rahman to E Morgan, Out off a Free Hit! A good slower short ball and on middle, Morgan looks to pull but gets a top edge. Rahim runs to his right and takes it. Just a single from the freebie. |
| 43.4 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, A dot! Gold dust at this stage! Another slower bumper, the line is key, it is outside off. The batter looks to drag it on the leg side but gets a bottom edge back to the bowler. |
| 43.5 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Two dots un a row! Another yorker outside off, not a lot a batter can do with that as he jams it out to point. |
| 43.6 : M Rahman to Jos Buttler, Just a single! So despite there being a Free Hit in this over, it only goes for 6. Follows the yorker with a short one which Buttler pulls through mid-wicket for one. |
| 44.1 : Al Hasan to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler turns it behind square and gets a single. |
| 44.2 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, SIX! Straight as an arrow! Tossed up on off, Morgan comes down the track and just lofts it over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 44.3 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, Fires it in full on middle, Morgan looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto his boot. |
| 44.4 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, Flatter outside off, Morgan looks to cut and he does so off the toe end of the bat and they get a run. |
| 44.5 : Al Hasan to Jos Buttler, Tossed up on off, Buttler creams it to long off and gets a single. |
| 44.6 : Al Hasan to E Morgan, Bowls it way outside off, Morgan leaves it assuming it to be called as wide but it has not been wided by the umpire. Morgan is not happy. Not a good day in the office for Shakib. |
| Mohammad Saifuddin is back on! |
| 45.1 : M Saifuddin to Jos Buttler, SIX! How effortlessly has Buttler hit that? Back of a length ball on off, Buttler flat-bats it easily over long off fence for a biggie. Ideal start to the new over. |
| 45.2 : M Saifuddin to Jos Buttler, OUT! Buttler holes out! Even if you get Buttler at this stage, it will save you some runs. It is not the best of deliveries. Full on the pads, Buttler flicks it uppishly to the right of deep square leg. Soumya Sarkar runs on that side and takes a good catch. End of a very good innings from Buttler. He was having some injury issue maybe that played a part too but nonetheless it was a good move to send him up the order. |
| Ben Stokes walks out to the middle. |
| 45.3 : M Saifuddin to E Morgan, WIDE! Slower one gone wrong. Saifuddin bowls it way down the leg side, Morgan lets it be and it has been wided. |
| M Saifuddin to E Morgan, Slower ball this time on a length and on the body of Morgan. He pulls it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 45.4 : M Saifuddin to Ben Stokes, Good length ball on middle and leg, Stokes taps it back to the bowler. |
| 45.5 : M Saifuddin to Ben Stokes, Stokes is off the mark. Good length ball on middle, Stokes tucks it wide of deep mid-wicket and Stokes straightaway calls for two and he gets it with relative ease. |
| 45.6 : M Saifuddin to Ben Stokes, Length ball on off, Ben nudges it to sweeper cover and takes a single to keep the strike. |
| Mehedi Hasan is brought back on! With two left-handers out in the middle, an off-spinner is the way to go thinks Mortaza. |
| 46.1 : M Hasan to Ben Stokes, He fires it on the pads, Stokes works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 46.2 : M Hasan to E Morgan, This time bowls it wide outside off, Morgan reaches for it and slaps it through covers for one. |
| 46.3 : M Hasan to Ben Stokes, Good three balls to begin! Full and on off, Stokes hits it down to long off for one. |
| 46.4 : M Hasan to E Morgan, In the air... and just out of Tamim's reach! Very good effort by the opener. Morgan looks to go downtown, he miscues it and only manages more height than distance. Tamim runs to his left, dives but only gets fingertips to it. The ball almost trickles over the fence but long off does the mopping up job. Two taken. |
| 46.5 : M Hasan to E Morgan, OUT! This time it is taken! Not by Tamim but by Sarkar. Good catch! Morgan once again looks to go big but does not time it again. It goes up in the air towards long on. For a second it seemed it would fall short but Sarkar runs in and takes a good diving catch. Both the set batsman back in the hut. Bangladesh can now look to stop England under 370. |
| Chris Woakes walks out to bat next. |
| 46.6 : M Hasan to Ben Stokes, A single to end a good last over for Hasan. Stokes gets to the other end by stroking it to long off. A decent spell by Hasan. His figures reads 10-0-67-2. |
| Mustafizur Rahman is back. |
| 47.1 : M Rahman to Ben Stokes, OUT! Stokes departs! Short ball on off, Stokes looks to hit it on the off side but gets a top edge on it. The ball goes high in the air towards point. Mashrafe Mortaza gets there, he keeps his eyes on the ball but it lobs out of his hand. It slips out his hand in the second attempt as well but finally manages to take it in the third attempt. Bangladesh are pulling things back here right at the depth. |
| 0.0 : Liam Plunkett walks out at number 8. |
| 47.2 : M Rahman to C Woakes, Dot ball. Very important at this stage. Slower delivery outside off, Woakes looks to hit it but misses. |
| 47.3 : M Rahman to C Woakes, SIX! Woakes is off the mark in style. Mustafizur over cooks the short ball, Woakes picks it up early and smacks his pull over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 47.4 : M Rahman to C Woakes, Good ball from Mustafizr. Bowls it full on the fourth stump line, Woakes looks to hit it but misses. |
| 47.5 : M Rahman to C Woakes, Poor fielding. Length ball outside off, Woakes lofts it wide of sweeper cover. Mosaddek stationed there does not charge towards the ball allowing them to take two. |
| 47.6 : M Rahman to C Woakes, SIX! Slapped and slapped away for six. Good length ball on off, Woakes smashes it over the long off fence for a biggie. |
| Mashrafe Mortaza is back! |
| 48.1 : M Mortaza to L Plunkett, FOUR! Plunkett has joined the party here too. Good length ball on off, Plunkett pulls it and dissects the man at deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 48.2 : M Mortaza to L Plunkett, FOUR! Two in two! Good length ball on middle, Plunkett pulls it away over fine leg for another boundary. |
| 48.3 : M Mortaza to L Plunkett, Now a single. Full outside off, Plunkett slams it to long off and gets a single. |
| 48.4 : M Mortaza to C Woakes, Smartly played. Back of a length ball on off, Woakes sees that the fielder at cover and point are inside the circle. So he just lofts it over them and gets a couple. |
| 48.5 : M Mortaza to C Woakes, Good length ball on off, Chris plays it with soft hands towards cover and takes a single. |
| 48.6 : M Mortaza to L Plunkett, SIX! Long on just watches it sail over his head. Full on middle and leg, Plunkett smokes it over the long on fence for a biggie. 18 runs off the over. |
| Mustafizur has one over left but strangely Mashrafe has not opted to bowl him. Mohammad Saifuddin to bowl the final over of the innings! |
| 49.1 : M Saifuddin to C Woakes, Good length ball on off, Woakes plays it to sweeper cover and takes a single. |
| 49.2 : M Saifuddin to L Plunkett, Dot ball! Plunkett initially moves away and then comes back in. He tries to unsettle the bowler but Saifuddin keeps his cool and bowls it full on the fourth stump line. Plunkett swings his bat at it but misses. |
| 49.3 : M Saifuddin to L Plunkett, Good running this. Full on off, Plunkett hist it wide of long on and gets a couple. |
| 49.4 : M Saifuddin to L Plunkett, FOUR! Creamed away! Fuller on off, Plunkett creams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 49.5 : M Saifuddin to L Plunkett, FOUR! Plunkett is enjoying his comeback into the side here. He has made an impact with the bat straightaway. Full on middle and leg, Plunkett hits it through mid on and wide of long on for a boundary. The fielder at long on had no chance. |
| 49.6 : M Saifuddin to L Plunkett, Good length ball outside off, Plunkett hits it over covers but the fielder cleans it up allowing them to take two. ENGLAND FINISH WITH 386/6 OFF THEIR 50 OVERS. |
| What a power-packed batting performance this has been from England. They have just gone on rampage and put on a massive, massive total here. It even looked at one stage that they may scale 400 but they will not worry about that too much. 386 is huge and after being put into bat, Eoin Morgan could have asked nothing more from his men. |
| It started pretty sedately for England though. They played out Shakib Al Hasan in his initial spell and went after the other bowlers. Jason Roy was terrific and timed almost all the balls he attacked from the middle of the bat enroute to his ton. He first added a century stand with Bairstow and then a half-century stand with Root. He went past 150 but fell when one felt that he would easily scale a double ton. That though did not mean there would be relief for Bangladesh as Jos Buttler carried t |
| The bowling of Bangladesh bore a sorry look to it. There was no great performance and they were made to look pedestrian by the English batsmen. Every one who bowled went for over 6.5 RPO! Not a good day at the office. Time for an interview. |
| Jason Roy, the star of the innings for his 153 not out is down on the sidelines giving an interview. Roy says it was good fun and he just wanted to redeem himself for the last game. On being asked if there was a change in game plan when spinners were bowled early to him, Roy tells that there was a change in game plan as they did not allow them to take early wickets as teams have been looking to get early wickets against them. On the pitch, he says there is something on the pitch especially in th |
| Thus, one could say that England is in firm control of this game. 387 is not going to be easy for the Asian Tigers to chase down. They will need a special knock or two from their batsmen. We will return for the chase in a while. |
| 0.0 : We are back for the chase! The English players are out on the field. They are in a huddle as their skipper, Eoin Morgan is having a word with them before they take their positions. Jonny Bairstow is seen donning the wicket keeping gloves and Jos Buttler has not made his way out to field. England will hope that it's just a niggle and nothing serious. Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar walk out to open the innings for Bangladesh. Chris Woakes to bowl the first over with the first new ball. |
| 0.1 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Confusion to start with! Woakes bowls a length delivery on off, Tamim pushes it towards mid off. He starts off late. Sarkar is watching the ball and not his partner. Tamim spots that, turns back and gets in. There was an easy single available there. Poor from Sarkar. |
| 0.2 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Shorter this time and on off, Tamim goes back and keeps it out. |
| 0.3 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Bangladesh are underway! Tamim lunges and taps it towards cover and gets to the other end easily. |
| 0.4 : C Woakes to S Sarkar, Just behind a driving length outside off, SS goes hard at it but the ball goes off the inner half towards mid on. |
| 0.5 : C Woakes to S Sarkar, Nice shot! Fuller and on off, Sarkar strokes it nicely but finds mid off. |
| 0.6 : C Woakes to S Sarkar, A tight start by Woakes. Just the single from the first. On off and on a length again, Sarkar defends it onto the ground. |
| Jofra Archer to bowl from the other end with the second new ball. |
| 1.1 : J Archer to T Iqbal, On the fuller side and on off, Tamim mistimes his drive to mid off. |
| 1.2 : J Archer to T Iqbal, BEATEN FOR PACE! Goes short this time does Archer! Tamim looks to pull but is beaten for pace. |
| 1.3 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Another bumper! This is outside off, left alone. |
| 1.4 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Back of a length on off, Tamim stands tall and keeps it out. |
| 1.5 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Beaten for pace again! Shorter and around off, Tamim looks to cut but the ball skids through and then the bat arrives. |
| 1.6 : J Archer to T Iqbal, A dot to end a maiden by Archer. Back of a length on off, it is defended. |
| 2.1 : C Woakes to S Sarkar, OHHHH! Good use of the angle there. Length and on off, it slants away. Sarkar looks to defend but the ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 2.2 : C Woakes to S Sarkar, Goes wide of the crease and bowls it on off, Sarkar plays it with a closed face of the bat towards mid on for one. |
| 2.3 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, FOUR! Up and over the off side! First boundary for Bangladesh and it comes off the bat of Tamim. Width on offer and Tamim pounces on it. He slaps it over point and it races away. |
| 2.4 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, In the air... but short! Full and outside off, Tamim goes after it again, he ends up playing ahead of his body. It goes off the outside edge towards point but lands short. |
| 2.5 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Good running! Tamim works it towards mid-wicket and calls for one. Sarkar obliges and they complete it. |
| 2.6 : C Woakes to S Sarkar, Full and outside off, Sarkar looks to hit it hard but it hits the bottom and goes towards extra cover for one. |
| 3.1 : J Archer to S Sarkar, Has that carried? Not sure! Short and outside off, Sarkar looks to play it late but the ball goes off the outside edge towards first slip where it lands short of Root. |
| 3.2 : J Archer to S Sarkar, OUT! Knocks him over! An absolute peach to get rid of Sarkar. Just unplayable! Archer steams in and lands it just outside off, Sarkar looks to play the original trajectory. The ball though straightens. Goes between the gap of bat and pad and hits the top of off. The ball almost went over the fence behind after hitting the top of off. Indicates at what pace this guy is bowling. Dreadful start for Bangladesh. |
| The new man in Shakib Al Hasan. He holds the key for Bangladesh as he has been their key batsman in this tournament. |
| 3.3 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Wide outside off, left alone. |
| 3.4 : J Archer to Al Hasan, This is bowled at 151 KPH on off, Shakib keeps it out. |
| 3.5 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Another pacey ball and outside off, Shakib is way too late in the cut shot. |
| 3.6 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Crunched but finds point! Shorter in length and on off, Shakib guides it to the man at point. Top class over this from Archer. His second maiden on the trot and this one is a wicket maiden. |
| 4.1 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Three runs to begin the over! Fuller and on off, Tamim strokes it past the diving cover fielder. The outfield here is not that fast so mid off hares after it and keeps it down to three. |
| 4.2 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Good length and outside off, Shakib opens the face and guides it to point. |
| 4.3 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Another length ball on off, Shakib strokes it on the up to the man at covers. |
| 4.4 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, FOUR! Streaky! Shakib is pushing too hard at the ball. Once again he is guilty of doing that on a length delivery outside off. The ball takes a thick outside edge and goes between first slip and gully for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Mistimed but a brace! Shakib comes down the track but Woakes bangs it short. Shakib manages to slap it down towards long on for a brace. |
| 4.6 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, A single to end a good over for Bangladesh. 10 from it. Short and wide outside off, Shakib looks to cut but the ball flies off the outside edge down towards third man for one. |
| 5.1 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Quick single! First run off Archer's bowling. Full and on off, Shakib pushes it to mid off and takes one. |
| 5.2 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Back of a length on middle, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 5.3 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Whizzes past the outside edge! Slightly short and outside off, Shakib looks to cut but is beaten by extra bounce. |
| 5.4 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Good short ball and on the body, Shakib Al Hasan ducks under it. |
| 5.5 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Brilliant bowling! Length again and on middle, Shakib defends it to covers. He wants a run but is rightly sent back. |
| 5.6 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Down the leg side, Shakib works it to fine leg for one. |
| 6.1 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Good running! Back of a length ball on off, Shakib defends it and takes a quick single. |
| 6.2 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Good length ball on off, Tamim runs it down to third man and rotates the strike. |
| 6.3 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Back of a length again to Shakib. He pulls it over square leg and gets a couple as the fielder from fine leg cleans it up. |
| 6.4 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Now bowls it on a length to Shakib. The southpaw nudges it down to third man and takes one. |
| 6.5 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Good length ball on off, Tamim defends it with soft hands towards cover and takes a single. |
| 6.6 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Length ball outside off, Shakib cuts it through point. Adil Rashid at third man runs to his left and stops the ball from going to the fence with a dive. Shakib gets a brace. |
| 7.1 : J Archer to T Iqbal, On the shorter side, Tamim works it towards mid-wicket and takes one. |
| 7.2 : J Archer to Al Hasan, On the stumps again, Shakib works it to mid-wicket. |
| 7.3 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Another good bouncer! Shakib sways away from it nicely. |
| 7.4 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Bowls it a little too full this time and outside off, Shakib hits it through covers. It is not right off the middle but the batters take three. |
| 7.5 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Back of a length on off, it is defended. |
| 7.6 : J Archer to T Iqbal, OUCH! That must have hurt! Short and on the body, Tamim looks to pull but misses to get hit on the body. Tamim shows no signs of pain though. |
| 8.1 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, From around the wicket, Woakes bowls a slower one on middle, Shakib looks to pull it but mistimes it towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 8.2 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Shorter and outside off, Tamim guides it down to third man and takes one. |
| 8.3 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, The batsman has played it to the point region. |
| 8.4 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Slower ball but on the pads, it is worked towards fine leg for one. |
| 8.5 : C Woakes to T Iqbal, Another one on the pads, Tamim looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls towards square leg. A run taken. |
| 8.6 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Shortish and outside off, it is guided to point. Just the 4 from the over. Run rate needed above 8.5 now. |
| 9.1 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Shorter in length and on the pads, Tamim works it to short fine leg and sets off. Shakib sends him back. The fielder has a shy but misses. Would not have made a difference though if he would have hit. |
| 9.2 : J Archer to T Iqbal, FOUR LEG BYES! Short and on the body, Tamim looks to duck under it. The ball arrives quickly, hits the body of Tamim and goes over the keeper for a boundary. |
| 9.3 : J Archer to T Iqbal, Punched off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 9.4 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Shakib has somehow played that! Another short one and on middle, Shakib first looks to duck but the ball hurries onto him. He then somehow fends it away towards gully. |
| 9.5 : J Archer to Al Hasan, In the air... but short! Another short one and on the body. Shakib looks to pull. The ball hits the higher portion of the bat and lands short of square leg. |
| 9.6 : J Archer to Al Hasan, SIX! A biggie to end Powerplay 1! Spoils the over somewhat! Another short one and Shakib may have been ready this time. He helps it on its way over the fine leg fence. A decent Powerplay 1 for Bangladesh but they are still way behind the game. 48 for 1 is their score. 339 needed in 240. |
| Powerplay 2 time! Now maximum of 4 fielders can be placed outside the 30-yard circle till the 40th over. |
| First change of the innings. Liam Plunkett replaces Chris Woakes. |
| 10.1 : L Plunkett to T Iqbal, On the pads, Tamim looks to work it on the leg side but it hits the pad and rolls towards square leg. A leg bye taken. |
| 10.2 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, A little too straight again, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 10.3 : L Plunkett to T Iqbal, On the pads again and it is tucked around the corner for one. |
| 10.4 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, WIDE! Down the leg side and it has been wided. |
| L Plunkett to Al Hasan, WIDE! Plunkett has not got it right here! He once again slips one down the leg side and it has been wided. |
| L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Slightly shorter and outside off, Shakib looks to cut but ends up chopping it to covers. |
| 10.5 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On the stumps again, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 10.6 : L Plunkett to T Iqbal, Shorter in length and outside off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| Mark Wood is on now! |
| 11.1 : M Wood to T Iqbal, Wood starts with a good length ball on middle, Tamim taps it towards point and takes a quick single. |
| 11.2 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Length ball on off, Shakib cuts it towards backward point and gets a couple as the fielder from third man cleans it up. |
| 11.3 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball outside off, Shakib initially looks to hit it but then decides to not go through with it. He is late though and ends up under edging it to the keeper. |
| 11.4 : M Wood to Al Hasan, FOUR! Excellent shot! Wood offers width and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 11.5 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on middle leg, Shakib gets an inside edge which goes to the on side and they get one. |
| 11.6 : M Wood to T Iqbal, OUT! Wood strikes in his very first over. Tamim has not had a great World Cup so far but he was looking good here today and he fails to convert his start once again. Wood hits the length hard on off, Tamim looks to cut it but ends up slicing it to the man at point. The ball goes straight to Eoin Morgan who takes an easy catch. Bangladesh in deep waters here and need something special here. |
| Mushfiqur Rahim walks out at number 4. |
| 12.1 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On the pads, flicked away through square leg by Shakib. A single is taken. |
| 12.2 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Rahim guides it to third man. They pick up a single. He gets off the mark. |
| 12.3 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Kept out from within the crease this time by the southpaw. |
| 12.4 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot and they pick up a single. |
| 12.5 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Rahim punches this ball through the covers and gets to the other end. |
| 12.6 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Worked away by Shakib again now for a single. He keeps the strike for the next over. |
| 13.1 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on the stumps, Shakib blocks it off the front foot. |
| 13.2 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Length delivery on off and middle, Shakib flicks it to square leg and gets a single. |
| 13.3 : M Wood to M Rahim, Back of a length on the body, Mushfiqur tucks it to fine leg and gets a single. |
| 13.4 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Bouncer! It is not a very well directed one. It is on the leg side of the body, Shakib ducks under it. |
| 13.5 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on middle, Wood rolls his finger on it. Shakib blocks it off the upper half of his bat. |
| 13.6 : M Wood to Al Hasan, FOUR! Bad delivery from Wood to end the over. He strays it on the pads, Shakib just eases his flick fine down the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 14.1 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Good length ball outside off, Mushfiqur leaves it alone. |
| 14.2 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, Mushfiqur steadily defends it. |
| 14.3 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Length ball outside off, Rahim cuts it to deep point and rotates the strike. |
| 14.4 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On the body this time, Shakib looks to flick but he gets a feather on it and gets a single. |
| 14.5 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Outside off, Mushfiqur cuts it to the man at point. |
| 14.6 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Length delivery around off, Mushfiqur taps it down to third man and keeps the strike. |
| 15.1 : M Wood to M Rahim, Play and miss! Good length ball outside off, Mushfiqur looks to cut but misses. |
| 15.2 : M Wood to M Rahim, Full on middle and leg, Rahim flicks it to deep square leg and gets an easy single. |
| 15.3 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on the pads, Shakib looks to flick but misses. The English players put in a stifled appeal but it is turned down. It looked to be missing leg. They don't take the review. The batsmen rotate strike and it has been signalled leg bye. |
| 15.4 : M Wood to M Rahim, FOUR! Cut into pieces! Length ball outside off, Mushfiqur frees his arm and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : M Wood to M Rahim, On the stumps, Mushfiqur follows the boundary with a solid front foot defense. |
| 15.6 : M Wood to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, Mushfiqur blocks it to see off the over. |
| 16.1 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Good length on middle, Shakib strokes it back to the bowler. |
| 16.2 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Back of a length on the body, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 16.3 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Fuller on off, Rahim strokes it back to the bowler. |
| 16.4 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Waits for the ball to come to him and then guides it down to third man for one. |
| 16.5 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Shakib works it through square leg for one. |
| 16.6 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, A single to end! Good length on off, this is pushed towards cover for one. |
| Drinks Break! England are well on top here. They have got rid of both the openers. Bangladesh need to score runs and that too at a quick rate. The experienced duo of Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan are out in the middle and one can say it all depends on this partnership. |
| First sign of spin. Adil Rashid is into the attack now. |
| 17.1 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Flatter on the pads, worked through square leg for a single by Rahim. |
| 17.2 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Tucked away through mid-wicket by the southpaw now for a run. |
| 17.3 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Almost rolled back on the stumps! A short ball outside off, Rahim looks to cut but the ball takes the inside edge and almost rolls back on to the stumps. The ball is stopped by the batsman with his foot at the nick of time. |
| 17.4 : A Rashid to M Rahim, The short of length delivery has been cut away through square on the off side by Mushfiqur. Two runs added to the total as the fielder has to run a long way to his left to deep point to stop the ball. |
| 17.5 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Another cut shot for a run by MR. |
| 17.6 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, The left-handed batsman turns this towards square leg for a run and keeps strike for the next over. |
| 18.1 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Shorter ball on the body, Shakib pulls it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 18.2 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Good length ball on the body, Mushfiqur flicks it to deep square and gets a single. |
| 18.3 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Fifty for Shakib. His third consecutive one in this World Cup. He did not convert the previous two but Bangladesh desperately need him to convert this into a huge one. He gets to his 45th ODI fifty by turning it to fine leg and getting a single. |
| 18.4 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, MR pushes it towards cover and gets one. |
| 18.5 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Fuller on middle and leg, Shakib paddles it away to fine leg for a single. |
| 18.6 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Good length ball outside off, Rahim looks to hit it but misses. |
| 19.1 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, FOUR! Poor ball and hit in the gap! Short and on middle, Shakib goes back and hits it hard through mid-wicket. Short boundary and the ball races away to the fence. They need a lot more of these. |
| 19.2 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Shakib uses his feet and works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 19.3 : A Rashid to M Rahim, The batsman has played it to the point region. One run added to the total. |
| 19.4 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Flatter and on off, Shakib pushes it mid off. |
| 19.5 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Flighted ball on middle, Shakib hits it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 19.6 : A Rashid to M Rahim, The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. |
| Mark Wood is back! |
| 20.1 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on the pads, Shakib flicks it to mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 20.2 : M Wood to M Rahim, On middle and leg, Rahim tucks it to the on side and gets a single. |
| 20.3 : M Wood to Al Hasan, In the air....but safe. Full on middle and off, Shakib swings his bat at it, he ends up getting a top edge which flies towards backward point and they take a couple. |
| 20.4 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on off, Shakib pushes it to the man at cover. |
| 20.5 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Full on leg, Shakib flicks it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 20.6 : M Wood to M Rahim, Short on off, Rahim pulls it to deep square leg once again and keeps the strike with a single. |
| 21.1 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Tossed up ball on off, Rahim comes down the track and hits it to long off for a single. |
| 21.2 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, FOUR! Good shot this! Floated on off, Shakib creams his drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 21.3 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Short on off, Shakib punches it to long off and gets to the other end. |
| 21.4 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Leg spinner pitching on off, Rahim looks to cut but misses. |
| 21.5 : A Rashid to M Rahim, This time Mushfiqur is able to cut it to deep point for a single. |
| 21.6 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Floated on the pads, Shakib tucks it to mid-wicket and keeps the strike. |
| 22.1 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Bouncer! It is a well directed one, close to the body. Shakib looks to pull but it goes off the helmet towards third man for a leg bye. |
| 22.2 : M Wood to M Rahim, Good length ball on the pads, Mushfiqur flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 22.3 : M Wood to Al Hasan, FOUR! Shakib is putting his foot on the gas here. Back of a length ball on off, Shakib uppercuts it wide of Adil Rashid at third man for a boundary. |
| 22.4 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Now follows it up with a singlg by pushing the ball towards cover. |
| 22.5 : M Wood to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, Rahim blocks it. |
| 22.6 : M Wood to M Rahim, Length ball on off, Mushfiqur nudges it towards cover and keeps the strike with one. |
| 23.1 : A Rashid to M Rahim, DROPPED! That would have been a stunner had Morgan hung onto that one. A flighted leg spinner outside off, Rahim dances down the track and looks to hit it over extra cover but does not get the elevation needed. Eoin there leaps and gets his right hand to the ball but he cannot hold on. That would have been a brilliant catch but these are the ones that have to stick. |
| 23.2 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. |
| 23.3 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Shakib sweeps this away for a single to deeps quare leg. |
| 23.4 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Driven through mid off for a single by Rahim for a run. |
| 23.5 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Kept out with a defensive push by Shakib on the back foot now. |
| 23.6 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Wide! Wide down the leg side, No trouble at all for the batsman. The umpire has signalled a wide. |
| A Rashid to Al Hasan, FOUR! Straight as an arrow. Flighted ball on middle, Shakib hits it straight back past the bowler and times it as clean as a whistle. Beats long on with ease! Good end to the over for Bangladesh. |
| 24.1 : M Wood to M Rahim, In the air but safe. Back of a length ball on off, Rahim cuts it over point and gets a single. |
| 24.2 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on off, Shakib shuffles away and turns it to fine leg for a single. |
| 24.3 : M Wood to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, Mushfiqur taps it towards cover and takes a run. |
| 24.4 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Play and a miss. Length delivery outside off, Shakib looks to cut but misses. |
| 24.5 : M Wood to Al Hasan, What was that? Had he hit that it would have been some shot. Short ball on off, Shakib had premeditated his ramp shot. He goes through with it but misses. |
| 24.6 : M Wood to Al Hasan, Good length ball on off, Shakib guides it down to third man for a single. |
| 25.1 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, FOUR! Nicely played! Goes down on one knee and then swipes it past mid-wicket and into the fence. Good start to the over. |
| 25.2 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Now eases it down to long on and takes one. |
| 25.3 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Well bowled! Sees Rahim come down the track and bowls it shorter, it is also the googly. Rahim looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. |
| 25.4 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Now plays the reverse sweep but hits it straight to short third man. |
| 25.5 : A Rashid to M Rahim, FOUR! Up and over! Uses his feet and gets to the pitch of the ball. He lofts it over mid on and it goes for a one bounce boundary. |
| 25.6 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Shorter and outside off, Rahim goes back and slaps it through covers for one. |
| 26.1 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, In the air... just short! Short and outside off, Rahim looks to cut but then is surprised by the extra bounce. It hits the top edge and lobs towards third man but falls short. One taken. |
| 26.2 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On the shorter side and on the body, this is helped on its way down to fine leg for one. |
| 26.3 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, A little too straight and this is flicked down to fine leg for one. |
| 26.4 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Leading edge but safe! On the pads, Shakib looks to flick but closes the face of the ba early. He gets a soft leading edge towards the bowler. |
| 26.5 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, This is way too short outside off, Shakib hops and looks to cut but misses. He looks at the square leg umpire but no wide signaled. He is not happy and rightly so. |
| 26.6 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, Good length and on off, Shakib guides it down to third man for one. |
| 27.1 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Flighted on the pads, Shakib flicks it to fine leg for a single. |
| 27.2 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Loopy delivery on off and middle, Rahim drags his pull over mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 27.3 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Flighted on off, Mushfiqur strokes it to long off for an easy single. |
| 27.4 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Tossed up on the pads, Shakib flicks it to fine leg for a single. |
| 27.5 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Nicely flighted leg spinner on off, Mushfiqur looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge which goes towards the third man region for a couple. |
| 27.6 : A Rashid to M Rahim, Tossed up on off, Rahim comes down the track and hits it to the right of the fielder at sweeper cover. The batsmen get two. |
| 28.1 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, A little too straight, it is worked through mid-wicket for one. The 100-run stand comes up. Another handy stand between the two. They are ensuring Bangladesh are not out of the game. |
| 28.2 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Back of a length on off, this is guided to point. |
| 28.3 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, Nicely played! Shuffles across and then paddles it over short fine leg for a brace. |
| 28.4 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, FOUR! NAILED! Short and on middle, Shakib goes back and hammers the pull over mid-wicket for a boundary. Shakib is into the 90s. |
| 28.5 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On the pads, this is worked towards fine leg for a single. |
| 28.6 : L Plunkett to M Rahim, OUT! Leading edge and taken! End of the stand which was keeping Bangladesh in the game! Plunkett gets his first. A length ball around middle, it comes off slow of the surface. Rahim looks to flick but closes the face of the bat early. A leading edge is induced and it flies towards Roy at point who does not drop many. End of a brilliant stand between Mushfiqur and Shakib but Bangladesh needed much more from them. |
| The new man in is Mohammad Mithun. |
| 29.1 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, The slider and outside off, Shakib guides it towards point for one. |
| 29.2 : A Rashid to M Mithun, Floats it on off, this is driven to mid off. |
| 29.3 : A Rashid to M Mithun, OUT! What a catch by Bairstow! Two wickets in quick succession for England. Another failure for Mithun. He comes down the track and looks to go big but is not to the pitch of it. He still goes ahead with the shot but it turns away. Takes a big edge and goes to the right of Bairstow who moves his hands quickly and the ball stays in. |
| Mahmudullah walks out to bat next. |
| 29.4 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Tosses it up on off, Mahmudullah lunges and keeps it out. |
| 29.5 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, This is flatter and on the pads, it is worked through square leg for one. |
| 29.6 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Flatter and on off, this is guided to point. |
| 30.1 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On off, it is pushed to covers. |
| 30.2 : L Plunkett to Al Hasan, On the pads, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 30.3 : L Plunkett to Mahmudullah, On the stumps, it is defended. |
| 30.4 : L Plunkett to Mahmudullah, Shortish and outside off, Mahmudullah cuts it towards point where Roy makes a good stop. |
| 30.5 : L Plunkett to Mahmudullah, Back of a length on off, this is guided to point. |
| 30.6 : L Plunkett to Mahmudullah, The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. One run added to the total. |
| 31.1 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Flatter on middle, pushed back to the bowler by Mahmdullah. |
| 31.2 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, This is darted in quick on leg, the batsman tries to push it to cover but the ball goes off the inside edge and to square leg for a single. |
| 31.3 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Lands this one outside leg, the batsman tried to sweep that one but missed it and was hit on the pads. |
| 31.4 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Rank full toss on the pads, Shakib pulls this away through square leg for a run. |
| 31.5 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, The batsman plays the square-ut. One run added to the total. |
| 31.6 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Flatter on the pads, worked away through square leg for a single by Shakib. |
| 32.1 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Slower ball and down the leg side, it is flicked fine towards fine leg for one. |
| 32.2 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, Outside off, Mahmudullah plays at it away from his body. He gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls towards the off side and a single is taken by the batters. |
| 32.3 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Hundred for Shakib! A very good ton from a top class player! He has had a brilliant tournament so far! He gets there by stroking it through covers for one. He would love to keep batting and if not take Bangladesh over the line, take them close England's score. |
| 32.4 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, On the stumps, defended. |
| 32.5 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 32.6 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Shortish and outside off, Shakib upper cuts it towards third man for two. |
| 33.1 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. |
| 33.2 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Flighted ball on off, it is hit to cover. |
| 33.3 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Flatter and on off, this is guided down towards short third man for one. |
| 33.4 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Slower through the air on middle, it is kept out. |
| 33.5 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Daces down the track but ends up yorking himself, he jams it out to the bowler. |
| 33.6 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, This is eased through mid off for one. |
| 34.1 : J Archer to Al Hasan, Short outside off, cut away to third man for a single by Shakib as he gets to the other end. |
| 34.2 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, Back of a length on off, kept out towards point by Mahmudullah. |
| 34.3 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, Bouncer! The batsman ducks under it and lets the ball go through to the keeper. |
| 34.4 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, On the pads, Mahmudullah looks to work it on the leg side but gets a soft leading edge back towards the bowler. |
| 34.5 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, On the pads, Mahmudullah looks to work it on the leg side but gets a soft leading edge back towards the bowler. |
| 34.6 : J Archer to Al Hasan, A good short one on middle, Shakib does well to evade it. |
| Drinks Break! Bangladesh need 201 off just 90 balls and one would feel that the game is out of their grasp. England have bowled really well here on this flat track and are on the cusp of winning this. For Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan is still batting out in the middle. He has looked very good with the willow. |
| 35.1 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Flighted on middle and off, Mahmudullah looks to defend but gets an inside edge which goes to backward square. |
| 35.2 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Floated on off, Mahmudullah pushes it towards cover and gets a single. |
| 35.3 : A Rashid to Al Hasan, Tossed up on off, Shakib drags it to deep mid-wicket with his sweep for a single. |
| 35.4 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Floated on off, Mahmudullah blocks it. |
| 35.5 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, WIDE! Rashid misses his line and bowls it down the leg side. Mahmudullah looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled. |
| A Rashid to Mahmudullah, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 35.6 : A Rashid to Mahmudullah, SIX! What a hit! Rashid tosses it up on off, Mahmudullah comes down the track and smokes it straight into the sightscreen for a maximum. That was the last ball of his spell. Adil Rashid finishes with the figures of 10-0-64-1. |
| 36.1 : J Archer to Al Hasan, A fuller one on middle, Shakib keeps the ball out by bringing his bat down in the nick of time. |
| 36.2 : J Archer to Al Hasan, The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total. |
| 36.3 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, Pushed off the back foot wide of point for a run by Mahmudullah. |
| 36.4 : J Archer to Al Hasan, On a length outside off, Shakib has attempted to put bat on ball but fails. |
| 36.5 : J Archer to Al Hasan, FIVE WIDES! Bouncer gone too high. Shakib cannot put bat on ball as he looks to hook this but the ball bounces over the head of the keeper and to the fence for a boundary. The 200 comes up for the Tigers. |
| J Archer to Al Hasan, Driven through mid off by the southpaw. One run added to the total. |
| 36.6 : J Archer to Mahmudullah, Kept out by the batsman from the crease to end the over. |
| Ben Stokes into the attack for the first time in this game. |
| 37.1 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, On the shorter side on middle, Shakib mistimes the pull towards mid on. |
| 37.2 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, A short delivery which has been pulled away. |
| 37.3 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, Shakib makes room but Stokes bowls it outside off, Shakib offers no shot. |
| 37.4 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, On the stumps, defended. |
| 37.5 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, Looks to play the paddle this time but does not get bat to ball. |
| 37.6 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, A maiden! Short and on middle, Shakib looks to pull but misses. |
| Chris Woakes is back into the attack. |
| 38.1 : C Woakes to Mahmudullah, Shorter in length and on off, Mahmudullah guides it down to third man and a run is taken. |
| 38.2 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, FOUR! Just over! Length and on middle, Shakib lifts it just over the outstretched hand of Archer and into the long off fence. |
| 38.3 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Short and on middle, Shakib smashes it through mid-wicket this time and it races away. |
| 38.4 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, Slower one and this time it is on Shakib's body. He hits it to mid on. |
| 38.5 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, FOUR! Third boundary in the over! Short again and it is on middle, Shakib once again pulls it through mid-wicket and it races away. |
| 38.6 : C Woakes to Al Hasan, In the air... safe! Full and on off, Shakib looks to go over covers but ends it lobbing it very square on the off side. Lands in no man's land, a single taken. 14 from the over. Still below the runs they need per over though. |
| 39.1 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, DROPPED! Root has dropped a relatively easy catch here. Stokes hits the deck hard on length, Shakib looks to pull but ends up top edging it. The ball goes behind point. Root running behind gets to the ball but fails to hold onto it. |
| 39.2 : Ben Stokes to Mahmudullah, On the pads, Mahmudullah flicks it to fine leg for a single. |
| 39.3 : Ben Stokes to Al Hasan, OUT! The dropped catch has not cost England much. Stokes has impressed in his 1 and a half overs and got a well deserved wicket here. He bowls a perfect yorker on middle and leg, Shakib looks to jam it out but gets an inside edge onto his boot. The ball then goes onto disturb the off pole. End of an excellent innings from Shakib. He walks off to a standing ovation from the crowd. He raises his bat in appreciation. |
| Mosaddek Hossain is the new man in. |
| 39.4 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, FOUR! Edgy but Mosaddek won't mind. Good length ball on off, Mosaddek looks defend but it goes off the outside edge towards the third man region for a boundary. |
| 39.5 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, Good length ball on off, Mosaddek blocks it. |
| 39.6 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, Length ball outside off, Mosaddek runs it down to third man for a single. |
| Powerplay 3 has been signaled! Now 5 fielders can be placed outside the ring till the end of the game. |
| 40.1 : C Woakes to M Hossain, Good length and on off, this is hit to mid off. |
| 40.2 : C Woakes to M Hossain, Back of a length on middle, this is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 40.3 : C Woakes to Mahmudullah, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 40.4 : C Woakes to M Hossain, FOUR! Up and over! Comes down the track and lofts it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 40.5 : C Woakes to M Hossain, FOUR! Slapped! Shortish and on off, this one sits up to be hit. MH slaps it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 40.6 : C Woakes to M Hossain, Back of a length on middle, Hossain taps it towards point for a run. |
| 41.1 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, Good fielding! Slower delivery on back of a length, Mosaddek pulls it over mid-wicket. Roy runs to his right from deep mid-wicket and stops the ball with a dive. The batsmen take a couple. |
| 41.2 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, Good length ball on off, Hossain drives it wide of sweeper cover for a couple. |
| 41.3 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, Good length ball outside off, MH runs it down to third man for a single. |
| 41.4 : Ben Stokes to Mahmudullah, Bouncer! It is around the body, Mahmudullah ducks under it. |
| 41.5 : Ben Stokes to Mahmudullah, On the pads, Mahmudullah flicks it down to the on side and gets one. |
| 41.6 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, WIDE! Misses his line with his bouncer. It is on the leg side, Mosaddek leaves it alone. Wide signalled. |
| Ben Stokes to M Hossain, Outside off on a length, Mosaddek punches it to the man at cover. |
| 42.1 : C Woakes to Mahmudullah, FOUR! Poor ball from Woakes. He bowls this on the pads, Mahmudullah just helps it on its way fine down the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 42.2 : C Woakes to Mahmudullah, Good length ball on middle and leg, Mahmudullah flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 42.3 : C Woakes to M Hossain, Slower delivery on a length, Mosaddek flicks it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 42.4 : C Woakes to Mahmudullah, Back of a length ball on off, Mahmudullah pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 42.5 : C Woakes to M Hossain, FOUR! Woakes hits the length hard but Hossain flat-bats it over the bowler's head for a boundary. 250 comes up with that for Bangladesh. |
| 42.6 : C Woakes to M Hossain, Fuller now on middle and leg, Hossain nudges it to long on and keeps the strike. |
| 43.1 : Ben Stokes to M Hossain, OUT! Second wicket for Ben Stokes today. Stokes bends his back and bangs it in short, Mosaddek looks to pull but gets a top edge on it. The ball flies to the left of the fielder at fine leg. Jofra Archer runs to that side and takes a good tumbling catch. |
| 0.0 : Mohammad Saifuddin is the new man in. |
| 43.2 : Ben Stokes to Mahmudullah, Full on middle and off, Mahmudullah milks it to long on for one. |
| 43.3 : Ben Stokes to M Saifuddin, Stokes once again bowls a very good bouncer. Saifuddin looks to pull but ends up top edging it. The ball lobs towards square leg and they get a single. |
| 43.4 : Ben Stokes to Mahmudullah, Nice change of pace. Slower delivery outside off, Mahmudullah looks to pull but misses. |
| 43.5 : Ben Stokes to Mahmudullah, Good length ball on off, Mahmudullah strokes it to long on and gets a single. |
| 43.6 : Ben Stokes to M Saifuddin, Full outside off, Saifuddin tucks it to the left of Stokes. He gets there and finishes another good over. Just 3 runs and wicket off this over. |
| Mark Wood is back! |
| 44.1 : M Wood to Mahmudullah, Good length ball on middle and leg, Mahmudullah looks to hit it on the off side but it goes towards square leg off the inside edge and they get a single. |
| 44.2 : M Wood to M Saifuddin, On the pads, Saifuddin flicks it to fine leg for a single. |
| 44.3 : M Wood to Mahmudullah, Back of a length ball on off, Mahmudullah pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 44.4 : M Wood to M Saifuddin, Another short ball. Saifuddin comes down the track and looks to pull but misses. |
| 44.5 : M Wood to M Saifuddin, Slower bouncer now. It is closer to the body, Saifuddin pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 44.6 : M Wood to Mahmudullah, OUT! Wood gets his second off the game as well. Full ball on the pads, Mahmudullah looks to flick it but ends up getting a leading edge. The ball goes towards the fine leg region. Bairstow with the gloves runs to get there and takes an easy catch. He made it look easy. |
| The new man in is Mehedi Hasan. |
| 45.1 : Ben Stokes to M Hasan, Full on middle and leg, Hasan flicks it to the on side and gets a single. |
| 45.2 : Ben Stokes to M Saifuddin, Good length ball on the pads, Saifuddin flicks it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 45.3 : Ben Stokes to M Saifuddin, How many times have we seen the bails not coming off? It has happened once again here. Back of a length ball on the body, Saifuddin looks to pull but it hits his body and in the followthrough it hist his arm. The ball then hits the stumps but the bails stay intact. |
| 45.4 : Ben Stokes to M Saifuddin, OUT! No such luck for Saifuddin here. Fuller in length on middle and off, Saifuddin looks to flick but misses and the ball goes between his bat and pad onto the stumps. Third wicket for Stokes, he did not have a good day with the bat but he has certainly enjoyed his time with the ball. |
| Skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza walks out to bat next. |
| 45.5 : Ben Stokes to M Mortaza, Play and a miss. Length ball outside off, Mortaza looks to hit it on the off side but misses. |
| 45.6 : Ben Stokes to M Mortaza, Yorker outside off, Mashrafe jams it out to the fielder at point. |
| 46.1 : M Wood to M Hasan, Good length ball on off, Mehedi plays it to sweeper cover and gets a single. |
| 46.2 : M Wood to M Mortaza, Very well played and good effort in the field from Woakes. Back of a length ball on the body, Mortaza does well to get his bat on the way and guide it towards third man. Woakes runs to his left and pulls it back before the ropes. Just a run taken. |
| 46.3 : M Wood to M Hasan, FOUR! Short on the body, Mehedi pulls it over fine leg region and wide of the fielder there for a boundary. |
| 46.4 : M Wood to M Hasan, Follows it up with a single down to third man. |
| 46.5 : M Wood to M Mortaza, Length delivery outside off, Mortaza makes room and hits it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 46.6 : M Wood to M Hasan, FOUR! That was hit with some venom. Full on off, Mehedi hits it over the bowler's head. Wood stretches his arm out but does get it on time. |
| 47.1 : Ben Stokes to M Mortaza, Pushed off the back foot by Mortaza. |
| 47.2 : Ben Stokes to M Mortaza, A fuller length ball outside off, hit hard by Mashrafe towards cover. |
| 47.3 : Ben Stokes to M Mortaza, Run down to third man as this ball is well wide of off stump. A single is taken by the Bangladesh skipper. |
| 47.4 : Ben Stokes to M Hasan, Pushed away to deep cover for a run by the batsman now. |
| 47.5 : Ben Stokes to M Mortaza, Bowled really full on middle, Mortaza jams this ball away to deep cover for a run. He is backing away and is a contender for getting bowled. |
| 47.6 : Ben Stokes to M Hasan, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| Jofra Archer to bowl the penultimate over. |
| 48.1 : J Archer to M Mortaza, Good length ball on the pads, Mortaza looks to flick it but it goes off the thigh pad and they take a leg bye. |
| 48.2 : J Archer to M Hasan, OUT! Jofra strikes again. He too gets his second off the game along with Wood and Stokes. Archer hits the deck hard on a length outside off, Mehedi looks to hit it on the off side but gets a feather on it and Bairstow behind the stumps takes a simple catch. They put in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. |
| Mustafizur Rahman is the last man in for Bangladesh. |
| 48.3 : J Archer to M Rahman, Full on off, Mustafizur defends it to cover. |
| 48.4 : J Archer to M Rahman, Corker of a yorker this. It is on leg, Mustafizur does really well to get his bat down in time. |
| 48.5 : J Archer to M Rahman, OUT! That's it from this game. Jofra steams in and follows the yorker with a quick sharp bouncer. Mustafizur looks to duck but he is late and the ball hits him very high on the bat and lobs up to the right of Bairstow. He gets there and takes a simple catch. ENGLAND WIN BY 106 RUNS. |
| This has been a thrashing of sorts. Even though Bangladesh almost batted out their fifty overs, they have still been beaten by a huge margin of more than 100 runs. The hosts have shown here exactly why they are the favorites for this World Cup. Their power with the bat showed today and they have logged their second win of the tournament. |
| Set 387 to win, the Asian side was always going to be second favorite. They lost one of their openers early but Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal did consolidate. The former continued even as the latter departed and batted exceptionally to make a ton against all odds. He stitched valuable stands in the middle and was given support to some extent by Mushfiqur Rahim. That though would never be enough as there were too many runs on the board and the required run rate was always getting out of hand. D |
| Coming to the English bowling, they bowled with venom and pace early on in the innings. Jofra Archer especially was really hard to play. He bowled a lethal first spell but had only 1 wicket to show but he eventually got two more as he came back in the end. The other bowlers too were not so bad and with the cushion of runs behind them, they easily held on for a brilliant win. Ben Stokes was the last bowler to be introduced but he too picked up 3 wickets. A lovely victory for the Brits thus, they |
| For his brilliant knock of 153, Jason Roy has been named the MAN OF THE MATCH. Roy says that 100 in a winning contest means more. On his innings, he says they just built the innings well and gave themselves a good chance as they were not sure how the pitch will play. On their performance in the World Cup, Roy says that only 3 matches have been played but they have done well so far. He says that there has not been any such word from the skipper as he didand he further adds that he has had a good |
| Bangladesh skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza says 389 is too many and after the first 5 overs they took the game away from them completely. On how difficult it is to bowl to players like Roy, Mortaza says in such sort of wicket it is very difficult to bowl to them as they are used to playing in this wicket. He admits that looking back he would have made a different choice after winning the toss. He though insists that it was a good wicket to bat on in the second innings and believes that 320-330 would h |
| England skipper, Eoin Morgan says there were more positives to take out of this game, they took lessons from the Pakistan game and got it all right in this one. On Roy's performance, England skipper says it is great to see Jason Roy make a huge score and set the platform of which the lower order batsmen could take advantage of. On the opening stand, Morgan says he felt nice when the opening stand did well against the spin threat early on. Also reckons that their own bowlers are a huge threat as |
| So that's it from this game. England are back to winning ways after their loss against Pakistan. Bangladesh, on the other hand, have lost two games on the trot and will have their work cut out before their next game. Join us again on Sunday, 9th June as two of the heavyweights go head to head as India take on Australia at Kennington Oval. That game will begin at 1030 Local (0930 GMT). Join us for that one. Till then switch tabs to get updates on the game between Afghanistan and New Zealand. Till |
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