Rain was expected to jeopardise the match but the weather stayed fine England survive banana skin Woakes was dropped at slip with 21 still needed, but in between the errant strokes he played some masterful shots - none better than the majestic lofted drive that settled the contest. The powerhouse middle order of Stokes and skipper Jos Buttler looked to be guiding England to a comfortable victory with a stand of 48 in seven overs that prompted parts of the passionate crowd to head for the exits, but the captain was one of two wickets to fall in 12 balls. There was also judicious use of the improvisational, but a delicate leg flick was superbly snaffled by a diving Mushfiqur with 99 still needed. He also used his feet to excellent effect to play straight down the ground and reached 60 for the second time in his maiden international series.
Northants left-hander Duckett, 21, the first player to win the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards in the same year, reined in his natural inclination for the reverse sweep.
Vince (32) played fluently once again but it was the kind of promising, yet unsubstantial, innings that cost him his Test place.īillings, however, scored all around the wicket with some cleanly struck shots and the tourists were 10 runs ahead of Bangladesh at the same point when the Kent batsman picked out deep square-leg in the 25th over. Reaction - Stokes targets top of ODI rankingsĢnd ODI, Dhaka: Bangladesh won by 34 runsģrd ODI, Chittagong: England won by four wicketsĪ new opening partnership of James Vince and Billings quickly put England ahead of the rate in their chase under the floodlights.
The tourists now turn their attention to Test cricket, with back-to-back two-day warm-up matches this week before the first Test begins on 20 October. It was an impressive chase from England, whose top three had a mere 14 appearances between them, compared to the 250 between Bangladesh's top three. Spinner Adil Rashid claimed an ODI-best 4-43 in Bangladesh's 277-6, inspired by Mushfiqur Rahim's unbeaten 67. Opener Sam Billings impressed with 62 and Ben Duckett hit four fours and a six in his 63.
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