Key events
35th over: Bangladesh 163-4 ( Shakib 18, Mahmudullah 2) A chassé down the pitch and a swing of the bat brings Mahmudullah a huge six – the first of the innings. Two balls later, he is trudging back.
WICKET! Mahmudullah b Rashid 8 (Bangladesh 163-5)
Shaped to play for the spin but it was a Rashid top spinner, and the stumps are laid to rest.
34th over: Bangladesh 156-4 ( Shakib 18, Mahmudullah 2) A little less than a handful, a little more than a sprinkling of spectators now in the ground, as Archer runs in. Throws a bouncer into the mix alongside the fuller balls.
We see another replay of the possible run-out last over, and after all that Shakib’s bat was in.
33rd over: Bangladesh 153-4 ( Shakib 17, Mahmudullah 0 ) Beautifully done by Rashid, who sets the trap with a wide, loopy legbreak, then sends down the killer googly. Mushfiqur drops to sweep and is utterly beaten. Bangladesh now need to accelerate without their two in place batters. Nearly a second wicket in the over as the umpiress call for the camera’s eye to see if Rashid got his boot on the ball before it cannons into the stump from a Mahmudullah drive. The answer is no.
WICKET! Mushfiqur b Rashid 70 (Bangladesh 153-4)
The end of a smashing little innings as Mushfiqur, eager to sweep, is utterly upturned by a googly.
32nd over: Bangladesh 152-3 (Mushfiqur 70, Shakib 16) Shakib goes for a meaty swing and is done by a slower ball, then Jofra finishes the over by sending down a quicker ball which looks as if it raps Mushfiqur on the body and he winces in pain. Just a couple from the over.
Reece Topley walks slowly round the ground .
31st over: Bangladesh 150-3 (Mushfiqur 69, Shakib 15) Rashid’s run-up is the longest, most fluent, approach of all England’s spinners. Bangladesh knock off four singles than a lovely little nudge behind by Shakib brings two.
30th over: Bangladesh 144-3 (Mushfiqur 67, Shakib 11) Moeen’s spell comes to an end and Buttler plumps for Jofra to complement Rashid. He starts his run-up but just jogs through the crease as Shakib waves him away. Jofra gives the white ball a stern examination, but it drifts legside and Mushfiqur turns him off his pads for four.
29th over: Bangladesh 137-3 (Mushfiqur 63, Shakib 8) Adil time, as Buttler gives Rehan a rest after a spell of six overs for 33. Nicely done. Shakib launches into a dramatic pull but only picks up one.
28th over: Bangladesh 133-3 (Mushfiqur 61, Shakib 6) Bangladesh haven’t been paralyzed by the loss of Shanto, are keeping the singles ticking over. Shakib nearly loses his stumps via an arm ball that he just prods away in time. We now have some music to jee up the crowd, which has perhaps built up a smidgen.
27th over: Bangladesh 127-3 (Mushfiqur 57, Shakib 5) Rehan is mullered down the ground as Mushfiqur stands and delivers at a short full toss. Buttler walks the length of the pitch to hand out a little pep talk.
26th over: Bangladesh 119-3 (Mushfiqur 51, Shakib 2) Moeen hauls Bangladesh back to the stables, just a single from the over.
Fifty for Mushfiqur!
25th over: Bangladesh 118-3 (Mushfiqur 50, Shakib 2) Do you sense a soupcon of chagrin as Mushfiqur celebrates his fifty?
WICKET! Shanto run out (Buttler/Rehan) 53 (Bangladesh 115-2)
Calamity, calamity, a disconsolant Shanto pulls off his helmet, shouts in frustration and hangs his head as he trudges off – the end of a super little innings and a rebuilding partnership of 98. He swept the ball, hesitated, then found his partner nearly polishing his shoes. He sprinted down the pitch, flung himself desperately at the ground but was beaten by Buttler’s calm throw and out by a foot.
Fifty for Shanto!
24th over: Bangladesh 114-2 (Mushfiqur 48, Shanto 53) Moeen proving fairly easy fodder for Bangladesh. They’re now running superbly between the wickets, one of which brings Shanto his second ODI fifty, and his second of the series! The BPL star proving his worth. A fantastic stop and roll on the rope by Adil Rashid (mind that knee!) prevents three becoming four.
23rd over: Bangladesh 107-2 (Mushfiqur 45, Shanto 49) A bottom handed drive for four off Rehan feels like a million dollars but only brings a single, but they scamper two from the final ball, as Buttler appeals for an lbw but is declined. Tick tock, this partnership now worth 90.
22nd over: Bangladesh 101-2 (Mushfiqur 42, Shanto 46) Another beautifully played reverse-sweep for four, as Shanto nails the shot off Moeen, and Bangladesh sweep into three figures.
21st over: Bangladesh 93-2 (Mushfiqur 37, Shanto 38) A beauty of a googly from Rehan pitches and hits Shanto on the pad as he drops to sweep. Buttler goes for the review – wonder if he was influenced by the desire to boost his young charge’s confidence – but the ball is just missing off.
Not a bad roll call:
20th over: Bangladesh 88-2 (Mushfiqur 37, Shanto 38) Moeen rattling through his over, but these two are growing in confidence, picking up singles with relative ease.
19th over: Bangladesh 84-2 (Mushfiqur 35, Shanto 36) Rehan Ahmed again. Mushfiqur reverses neatly, just over the top of a leaping Woakes at short third, for a top knotch four. Rehan, chewing gum, replies with a topspinner which Mushfiqur defends carefully away. Next door the kettle comes on and I’m hoping for coffee..
18th over: Bangladesh 77-2 (Mushfiqur 29, Shanto 28) A beauty from Moeen, the ball drifting in, then squirting suddenly away past Shanto’s outside edge. But the next is reverse swept with soft hands for four.
Rehan Ahmed’s maiden over
17th over: Bangladesh 70-2 (Mushfiqur 29, Shanto 28) Number 53 on the back of his navy blue shirt. His first ball is a legbreak, punted away for a single. He looks eager, an easy, four step run up, bouncy in his follow-through, directing his field. Three from the over.
Simon Burnton
16th over: Bangladesh 67-2 (Mushfiqur 28, Shanto 26) Time for spin, as Moeen Ali replaces Archer. Another handy collection of singles in hte purse, then Vince beaten on the rope again, this time by a ball nicely swept by Shanto that spins back on itself as he shapes to collect.
“The roof of the media centre here at ZACS, up with the TV cameras, is a lovely spot to watch the game from. Partly because it’s also one of the only parts of the ground with a roof – though the photo makes it look cloudy that’s just the smog, and despite the breeze it is hot on the sun. The crowd is extremely unimpressive – it might fill up later but it doesn’t help that the ground is right on the edge of town and it’s a long way to go to bake in the sun. When I asked someone from the BCB last week what ticket sales were like for this game, he said they hadn’t gone on sale yet!”
15th over: Bangladesh 59-2 (Mushfiqur 26, Shanto 20) The last over of the power play, Woakes looks rather hot, squinting into the sun as he walk back to his mark. Five singles from the over, as Shanto and Mushfiqur rotate the strike.
14th over: Bangladesh 54-2 (Mushfiqur 23, Shanto 18) Mushfiqur fends at a sudden short one from Jofra Archer, gets a top edge that flies over the keeper for four.
13th over: Bangladesh 47-2 (Mushfiqur 17, Shanto 17) Four singles off Woakes, this innings is in danger of slipping away from Bangladesh.
Some interesting stuff from Jarrod Kimber on Talksport on why the ground is so empty. It is miles away from the centre of town, then a walk from the bus stop in the heat. The facilities are bad, especially the toilets, it is midweek and a dead rubber.
12th over: Bangladesh 43-2 (Mushfiqur 15, Shanto 15) What Alan Hansen would have called sloppy fielding by Vince in the deep, who casually picks up and throws, but in doing so steps on the marker.
An awful story from a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh:
11th over: Bangladesh 36-2 (Mushfiqur 14, Shanto 9) Woakes rotates back into the mix, directs his field with a flick of the hand . Shanto loses patience, dances down the pitch, has a huge swing – but misses a Woakes slower ball. Tries again next ball, but can only pick up a single to mid-off. Next to me on the sofa, the dog groans and tries to climb onto my electric throw.
10th over: Bangladesh 34-2 (Mushfiqur 13, Shanto 8) Ten overs done as Archer runs in with that leisurely approach that suddenly unleashes 86mph balls. I don’t think he’s hit 90mph today – though I haven’t caught every balls. Mishfiqur has a lazy swing but can only reach the edge of the circle.
9th over: Bangladesh 32-2 (Mushfiqur 12, Shanto 7) I think Bangladesh must be putting their hopes in milking the new boy, Rehan Ahmed. Not much happening at no great speed with the bat at the moment. And as I write that, a wide from Curran is followed by Mushfiqur plonking his green boot down the pitch and sending the ball screaming to the rope with a square drive.
8th over: Bangladesh 27-2 (Mushfiqur 8, Shanto 7) Jofra time! Balls in the 80-86mph bracket. Shanto watches cautiously. A maiden.
Sky flick up scoring rates in different phases of the game during this series. England are slightly slower than Bangladesh in the first ten overs, but faster in the middle thirty and pull away completely in the last ten.
7th over: Bangladesh 27-2 (Mushfiqur 8, Shanto 7) A series of nearly balls from Curran, as Mushfiqur dances down the pitch and misses, pancakes the ball just past mid-on and gets a leading edge just short of him. Finally he finds the boundary, flicking off his legs nicely. A frustrated Curran mutters to himself.
I take back my comments about an empty ground, the cameras have found a few spectators – though they look British rather than Bangladeshi.
6th over: Bangladesh 21-2 (Mushfiqur 2, Shanto 7) Woakes continues to hold on tightly to the purse strings, just a couple leak through the field. A nice looking cut by Shanto off the last ball is picked up at point for no run.
5th over: Bangladesh 19-2 (Mushfiqur 1, Shanto 6) Mushfiqur survives the last ball coming across him temptingly, and that’s a maiden from Curran. The camera pans away and we can see the starkly yellow cut pitches in the centre of the dry grass. The ground, much of it in full midday sun, looks practically deserted.
4th over: Bangladesh 19-2 (Mushfiqur 1, Shanto 6) Just a couple off Woakes as Bangladesh reset.
3rd over: Bangladesh 17-2 (Mushfiqur 0, Shanto 5) A lot packed into this over! Thirteen off the first three balls, as first Tamim smartly drives an overpitched ball down the ground. Then a Keystone Kops moment as both Archer and Malan don banana skin boots in the field as a ball thrown in by Phil Salt riccochets off Tamim’s bat and goes for four. and then a stylish wristy flick from Shanto tonks the ball across the lighting fast outfield to the rope. Finally, a second wicket for Curran as Tamim loses his balance mid shot.
WICKET! Tamim c Vince b Curran 11 (Bangladesh 17-2)
Tamim trips over his own laces and sends a leading edge to Vince who catches on the slide at backward point.
2nd over: Bangladesh 3-1 (Tamim 2, Shanto 0) Archer being held back in these opening overs, as the immaculate Chris Woakes runs in, thick blue wristband on his left wrist. He’s immediately on song, and Bangladesh pick up just a single.
News from our man at the ground, Simon Burnton: “Hello from Chattogram! It’s a lovely, quite breezy day for a game of cricket. The England team just posed for a tour photograph on the outfield, moments before the start of play. Will Jacks is here today, despite being ruled out for the remainder of the series, with his homeward journey due to start tomorrow. This is famed as the country’s best batting track – and India scored 409-8 here in December – so fireworks are anticipated.”
Thanks Simon, and scrub my earlier entry about Will Jacks being on the way home.
1st over: Bangladesh 2-1 (Tamim 1, Shanto 0) Just the start Bangladesh didn’t want as Sam Curran pockets a wicket in his first over once more. A nice bit of swing from Curran there, not a shot Litton will be collecting for his greatest hits medley.
WICKET! Litton c Buttler b S Curran 0 (Bangladesh 1-1)
Litton limply tries to prop up an old stick and guides the ball behind
Right here we go, Sam Curran does high velocity tuck jumps at the top of his mark.
England are playing two legspinners today, master and pupil with Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed. Rashid hands over the England cap in Chattogram (Chittagong).
Poor Will Jacks, meanwhile, is on his way home after sustaining a thigh injury.
Very interesting from Steven Finn on Sam Curran and the information overload that can happen in these data times. “Certainly, I fell foul of that at times. You only need to let one poor piece of information in to sidetrack you. Sam Curran needs to be able to sift through the rubbish, and there is a lot of rubbish when you’re playing for five, six teams in a year. I think he is able to do that.”
Morning! Small boundaries, fast outfield, a dry surface – Bangladesh need to bountiful runs here to try and prevent a clean sweep for England. Grab yourself a coffee and hunker down, this chilly March dawn. Do send me an email with your Monday morning thoughts.
Bangladesh team
Bangladesh XI: Tamim Iqbal (c), Liton Das, Najmul Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Asif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman.
One change, Ebadot replaces Taskin.
18 year old Rehan Ahmed makes his England ODI debut!
England XI: Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, James Vince, Sam Curran, Jos Butler (c, wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Rehan Ahmed, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer.
Three changes: Jofra Archer, Chris Woakes return, Rehan Ahmed makes his debut – at 18 years 206 days, the youngest male ODI cricketer for England.
Bangladesh win the toss and will bat!
It should be a spinning pitch at hot and humid Chattogram. Tamim Iqbal says he thinks the pitch looks dry and will spin a bit in the second innings.
Preamble
Good morning! The series won, the silverwear polished, Bangladesh’s hard-fought home record shredded. But there seems little chance of England dialling it in at Chattogram. This third and final ODI is a trial of sorts – a last chance for fringe World Cup players to shake their tail feathers until the autumn.
Today’s game is the final ODI England’s white-ball squad will play until September, when New Zealand fly in for a World Cup warmup just days before the ICC deadline for World Cup squads. Points, therefore, mean prizes.
As for Bangladesh, beaten in a home series for the first time in nearly seven years, England’s visit has been an eye-opener as to just where they stand against the top-ranked ODI team in the world, to be on the receiving end of Jason Roy, Jos Buttler and Sam Curran in full flow.
Play begins at 6am (GMT). See you there!
