The 4 wicket win in Chittagong, was testament to an ever growing squad of fantastic strong talent in English cricket at the moment, something no one could see coming after the 2015 world cup in Australia.
England’s tour of Bangladesh hasn’t been without hiccups. Due to safety issues around the country, two of England’s stars pulled out of the tour. Eoin Morgain, the one day skipper and Nottinghamshire opener, Alex Hales, who’s record breaking innings against Pakistan put him in the headlines, both withdrew to concerns surrounding the issue.
Captain for the one-day series was thrown to Lancashire player, Jos Buttler, who, immediately made an impact in only his second game as skipper. With the first one dayer in the bag, England were bowled out for 204 chasing a series victory in the 2nd one. But, during the run chase, tempers flared, when video evidence gave Buttler out LBW.
Bangladesh players, realising what a key wicket it was, celebrated in Buttler’s face, leading to the new captain for the this tour, being held back by umpires, as he looked to remonstrate with some of the team. He has since being charged by the International Cricket Council for the incident.
No such problem, in the third and final international though. England with spin twins Adil Rashid and Moen Ali, both bowled spells which got wickets at key stages in the match. Rashid took 4 wickets, to limit the hosts to under 300 runs. With Rahim’s 67 getting the total up to 277, it was down to England’s re-jigged batting line-up to chase victory and, in the process, deny Bangladesh their sixth successive home one-day series win.
James Vince, who having come into the England’s middle order in test matches and struggled, came into the opener’s position in this series, with Surrey star, Jason Roy out and with Hales out, Kent’s middle order hit machine, Sam Billings, opened a new partnership for England. And they didn’t fail.
Vince, looked comfortable, in his innings of 32, but Billings took his chance to impress the selectors.
Having been part of the squad and not making it in the final 11, Billings played a fantastic knock of 62 and with him and fellow Lions and cricketer of the year, Ben Duckett, hitting a half century, the pair took Bangladesh’s bowling attack apart.
By the time the pair departed, it was left to Buttler, Stokes and Woakes to calm the English nerves and guide England to another overseas success in the one-day arena.
Afterwards a delighted coach Trevor Bayliss praised the team for the winning performances in this part of the world. “Bangladesh are putting together a good young team and are difficult to beat on home turf. We played some good cricket. Our two most inexperienced batters top-scored and batted very, very well. For a young team to come away with a win is fantastic.”
With the one-day series over, Alistair Cook leads the Test team in action at the end of the month.
The 4 wicket win in Chittagong, was testament to an ever growing squad of fantastic strong talent in English cricket at the moment, something no one see coming after the 2015 world cup in Australia.
England’s tour of Bangladesh hasn’t been without hiccups. Due to safety issues around the country, two of England’s stars pulled out of the tour. Eoin Morgain, the one day skipper and Nottinghamshire opener, Alex Hales, who’s record breaking innings against Pakistan put him in the headlines, both withdrew to concerns surrounding the issue.
Captain for the one-day series was thrown to Lancashire player, Jos Buttler, who, immediately made an impact in only his second game as skipper. With the first one dayer in the bag, England were bowled out for 204 chasing a series victory in the 2nd one. But, during the run chase, tempers flared, when video evidence gave Buttler out LBW.
Bangladesh players, realising what a key wicket it was, celebrated in Buttler’s face, leading to the new captain for the this tour, being held back by umpires, as he looked to remonstrate with some of the team. He has since being charged by the International Cricket Council for the incident.
No such problem, in the third and final international though. England with spin twins Adil Rashid and Moen Ali, both bowled spells which got wickets at key stages in the match. Rashid took 4 wickets, to limit the hosts to under 300 runs. With Rahim’s 67 getting the total up to 277, it was down to England’s re-jigged batting line-up to chase victory and, in the process, deny Bangladesh their sixth successive home one-day series win.
James Vince, who having come into the England’s middle order in test matches and struggled, came into the opener’s position in this series, with Surrey star, Jason Roy out and with Hales out, Kent’s middle order hit machine, Sam Billings, opened a new partnership for England. And they didn’t fail.
Vince, looked comfortable, in his innings of 32, but Billings took his chance to impress the selectors.
Having been part of the squad and not making it in the final 11, Billings played a fantastic knock of 62 and with him and fellow Lions and cricketer of the year, Ben Duckett, hitting a half century, the pair took Bangladesh’s bowling attack apart.
By the time the pair departed, it was left to Buttler, Stokes and Woakes to calm the English nerves and guide England to another overseas success in the one-day arena.
Afterwards a delighted coach Trevor Bayliss praised the team for the winning performances in this part of the world. “Bangladesh are putting together a good young team and are difficult to beat on home turf. We played some good cricket. Our two most inexperienced batters top-scored and batted very, very well. For a young team to come away with a win is fantastic.”
With the one-day series over, Alistair Cook leads the Test team in action at the end of the month.
