England Bowl Out Bangladesh For 209 In First ODI

Just 24 hours had passed since the extraordinary conclusion of their test match against New Zealand, which was played 7,000 miles away, when England bowled Bangladesh out for 209 on a slowish surface with noticeable spin in the opening ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. Najmul Hossain Shanto, who had scored 210 runs in his first 15 ODI innings at the age of 14, maintained his remarkable Bangladesh Premier League form by reaching his first half-century from the third position and leading the team with an obstinate 82-ball 58. Nonetheless, despite just one 50-run partnership in Bangladesh's innings, England consistently grabbed wickets. Each of their six bowlers got one wicket, although none took more than two. Their three seamers and three spinners combined for five wickets. England will anticipate pursuing their goal easily, but Bangladesh played a full-strength bowling assault and have a great recent record in Mirpur. Since England's previous domestic visit in 2016, they have won their past seven bilateral ODI series. Harry Brook, Joe Root, the injured Jonny Bairstow, and Liam Livingstone were not on the England team, which was entirely different from the one that participated in the second Test. Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood, and Reece Topley were chosen to sit on the sidelines, although they want to rotate their seamers throughout this tour. Tamim decided to bat first, maybe anticipating that the Mirpur surface would get slower and lower as the day went on. He avoided an early opportunity when Chris Woakes turned down a chance to be caught and bowled in his first over, but Jofra Archer struggled to find his rhythm early in his stint, and he blasted four early boundaries. When Bangladesh sped to 33 for 0 after 4.4 overs, Litton Das, his opening partner, pulled Woakes for a six over square leg. But, he was out on the very next ball when he was caught on the top of the back pad, and the lbw judgement was maintained upon review.

The top run-scorer in the just finished Bangladesh Premier League, Shanto, was also granted an early respite when he sliced Archer to backward point, where Jason Roy threw himself to his right but was unable to hold onto a one-handed attempt. Woakes was smacked past cover by his next two balls, which scored four runs, sending him back down the field. On the final over of the opening powerplay, Mark Wood, who was taking the field for the first time since July 2021, hit with his third ball to dismiss Tamim. On his second ball, he broke the 90 mph (145 kph) barrier. His third ball, a back-of-a-length ball with a noticeable bounce, raced Tamim, and the captain of Bangladesh could only deflect it against his own stumps with his elbow. Bangladesh decided to consolidate after the first 10 overs when they were 54 for 2. The field spread allowed England's spinners to generate opportunities. Moeen Ali was slog-swept by Mushfiqur Rahim to deep midwicket, where Phil Salt attempted to throw a boundary catch back to himself but held onto the ball for too long. Meanwhile, the TV umpire rejected Roy's assertion that he had taken a low catch off Shanto at midwicket. Soon after, Rashid dismissed Mushfiqur for a laborious 34-ball 16, catching him at deep midwicket on the slog sweep. Then, when Moeen's offbreak removed Shakib Al Hasan, heaving past the line to leave Bangladesh 106 for 4, the fanatical home crowd fell quiet. After Shanto tucked his 67th ball off, he reached his first ODI half-century as he continued to score runs.the hip for an individual. Rashid was reverse-swept for four runs, but after that, he launched a googly straight to Roy, who clung to a good opportunity in close at short midwicket. As Mahmudullah choked Wood down the leg side after he fell for 58, Bangladesh was in danger of being bowled out.

Will Jacks was in New Zealand six days ago as a member of the England team travelling there for the Wellington Test. But, after being overlooked, he travelled to Dhaka to fill in for injured England Lions player Tom Abell. On Wednesday morning, Surrey colleague Jason Roy gave him his ODI cap. He bowled five accurate overs, one of which resulted in a wicket when Afif Hossain softly pulled to mid-on. Mehidy Hasan, the hero of Bangladesh's most recent series victory over India, edged behind for 7 off Archer, and it appeared that Bangladesh might fall short of 200 when Taskin Ahmed was trapped on the pad by Rashid. But after a review, the judgement was reversed because ball monitoring indicated the ball would bounce over. Taskin celebrated his victory by slog-sweeping Rashid for six and then guiding him for four. the top of the stumps. Although his 26-run stand for the ninth wicket with Taijul Islam helped Bangladesh set something like a challenging goal on a difficult surface, it did not take him long to strangle Archer down the leg side. With 16 balls still unplayed, Taijuan Walker skied a return catch to Moeen to finish the inning.