Big image – England’s Super League ends
The Super League, the qualifying course of for the 2023 World Cup in India, launched in 2020 with the lofty, noble intention to “raise the stakes of bilateral 50-over games”, in response to the ICC on the time.
The concept was easy sufficient. World Cup qualification had usually been selected the opaque rankings system. Commercially-driven boards had no aggressive incentive to schedule ODI collection evenly, so high groups scheduled lengthy collection which have been largely devoid of context towards each other, hardly ever deigning to play rising nations.
For Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka – who, together with West Indies, are jostling to keep away from June’s qualification event in Zimbabwe by securing the ultimate automated World Cup spot – the ultimate months of the Super League symbolize a significant alternative.
“Since each point matters, there will be no dead rubbers and teams will always have to be at their very best,” the ICC stated in 2020. Monday’s sport in Chattogram is a direct refutation of that declare.
Form information
Bangladesh LLLWW (final 5 accomplished matches, most up-to-date first)
England WWWLL
In the highlight: Litton Das and Rehan Ahmed
Team news: Will Buttler relaxation himself?
Bangladesh (attainable): 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Litton Das, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Taijul Islam, 11 Ebadot Hossain/Hasan Mahmud.
Reece Topley is prone to play for the primary time within the collection, with England rotating their seam assault all through the tour. Will Jacks has been dominated out of the remainder of the tour with a quad damage; with no spare batter within the squad, England will change their stability considerably.
England (attainable): 1 Jason Roy, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 James Vince, 5 Jos Buttler (capt/wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid/Saqib Mahmood, 11 Reece Topley.
Pitch and situations: Expect it to spin once more
Stats and trivia
- Jason Roy’s hundred on Friday was his twelfth in ODIs, taking him joint-third in England’s all-time checklist. He is one behind Eoin Morgan, and 4 behind Joe Root.
- Shakib Al Hasan wants 4 wickets to achieve 300 in males’s ODIs. He could be the primary Bangladesh bowler to achieve that landmark, and the third left-arm spinner after Sanath Jayasuriya and Daniel Vettori.
- England have solely performed seven males’s fixtures throughout codecs in 2023 however have already used 27 gamers, the joint-most of any crew this yr.
- Friday’s victory noticed England leapfrog New Zealand on the high of the Super League desk. They may prolong their result in 15 factors on Sunday.
Quotes
“There’s nothing called an automatic choice. Nobody is an automatic choice. I will not be in the team if I am not performing regularly, even though I am the captain. A player’s performance graph will go up and down all the time, but we believe he will turn his form around.”
Tamim Iqbal has religion in Mustafizur Rahman regardless of his sluggish begin to the collection.
“He’s impressed everybody, not just me. The whole team have said how well he’s bowled. He’s bowling quickly, hitting good lengths. In the first game, he showed our seam-bowling group where to bowl, really.”
Mark Wood says that Taskin Ahmed has left a optimistic impression on England’s squad.
Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @mroller98
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com
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