Bangladesh’s dwelling file beneath menace as England eye spectacular sequence win

Big image – Can the likes of Mushfiqur and Shakib arise?

Still, England used predominantly their seamers to assault and prohibit the house aspect. They bowled Bangladesh out for 209, earlier than Dawid Malan’s unbeaten century arrested their very own batting slide to seal the win. It was an important effort from a batter who had a stealthy native expertise: Malan has performed greater than 50 matches in Bangladesh within the final ten years.

Both groups will subsequently search for batting enhancements. Malan’s knock was the one innings of substance for England whereas Bangladesh wants their batters to make finest use of the begins. What would nevertheless encourage each side is their disciplined bowling. Taskin Ahmed and the Bangladesh spinners bowled their coronary heart out. They could not take the remaining three wickets, however they had been defending a fairly low whole.

England’s bowlers regarded to have understood the circumstances effectively too, significantly Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali who ensured Bangladesh’s scoring by no means went too far. The second ODI guarantees to be one other tight affair. The dwelling aspect would not wish to let go of their Dhaka dominance.

Form information

Bangladesh LLWWW (final 5 accomplished matches, most up-to-date first)

England WLWWW

In the highlight

It has taken Najmul Hossain Shanto 16 ODIs to achieve his first half-century within the format, the second-slowest Bangladeshi to the mark (Litton Das took 17 matches to achieve the milestone). It is a crucial stepping stone for Shanto, who has been making an attempt to determine himself in internationals for the final two years. Admittedly, it’s nonetheless early days however even Bangladesh’s all-time finest batters have taken time to determine themselves, so Shanto has some firm. Still, his dismissal for 58 within the first ODI may have been prevented with a bit extra focus.

What Shanto could not do, Dawid Malan did fairly effectively. He did not permit the low run-rate or falling wickets on the different finish get to him. Instead, Malan picked up essential boundaries, and fashioned small however significant partnerships to smother Bangladesh’s cost on Wednesday night. It was his second successive century, and fourth in 16 ODIs, however extra importantly, he handed England a troublesome win. Malan has accomplished so effectively in his quick ODI profession, that he’s now near locking his place within the World Cup squad later within the 12 months.

Team news

Ebadot Hossain and Hasan Mahmud are choices in the event that they really feel the Dhaka pitch is not suited to Mustafizur Rahman.

Bangladesh (possible): 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Litton Das, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Taijul Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

England began the sequence with Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Rehan Ahmed and Reece Topley on the bench. Rehan has been sick so seems unlikely to play however they’re anticipated to rotate their seamers all through the tour.

England (possible): 1 Jason Roy, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 James Vince, 5 Jos Buttler (capt, wk), 6 Will Jacks, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Saqib Mahmood/Jofra Archer, 11 Reece Topley/Mark Wood

Pitch and circumstances

Dew will immediate the crew successful the toss to bowl first. It will not be the worst determination in Dhaka because the ball will nonetheless have a little bit of variable bounce with flip within the day time. The climate stays dry, however it’s getting heat.

Stats and trivia

Quotes

“There was a lot of help for the spinners to be honest. But England possesses a world-class pace attack, which gave them a good combination. It was the same for us, as Taskin bowled well along with the spinners.”

Bangladesh batter Shanto when requested in regards to the pitch situation in Dhaka.

“I said to Jos at the time that it was close. He said he didn’t think so. The guard that I bat on, I thought it was bit outside the line or sliding on with the angle. It was bit closer than I thought, so thankfully he didn’t give it out.”

England batter Malan on surviving an lbw determination when he was on 32 within the first ODI.