(TOI)
CHITGAON. Lion-hearted Bangladesh stunned England by two wickets on Friday to keep alive their World Cup quarterfinal hopes and set-up a nail-biting race to qualify from Group B.
On a rollercoaster night in Chittagong, Bangladesh, chasing just 226 to win, were cruising at 155/3 when opener Imrul Kayes, on 60, attempted a second run off Paul Collingwood but was beaten by a flat, sharp throw from Ajmal Shahzad.
That precipitated a collapse to 169/8, but tailenders Shafiul Islam (24) and Mohammad Mahmudullah (21) put on 58 for the ninth wicket to win with six balls to spare.
If England had won, they would have gone into the last eight along with group leaders India.
India can make sure of their place with victory over South Africa in Bangalore on Saturday while England have a tough clash with West Indies in Chennai on next Thursday that could decide their fate.
"We wanted to win this game and win it well," said England skipper Andrew Strauss.
"We struggled a little bit with the bat although I thought 225 was a competitive total. We needed to bowl and field well but didn't do that as well as we would have liked.
"We got ourselves in a great position to win the game but in the end we couldn't take those final two wickets."
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan praised his unlikely match-winners.
"I thought Mahmudullah and Shafiul batted exceptionally well. At one stage we thought we'd lost the game but they showed their character, how tough they are and how hard-working," said Shakib.
India have seven points at the head of Group B with the West Indies on six after seeing off Ireland in Mohali.
England are third with five points from five games, one ahead of South Africa (four points in three games) and Bangladesh (four points in four).
Earlier, Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan defied Bangladesh's spinners with half-centuries as England were bowled out for 225.
Trott hit 67 and left-hander Morgan, who arrived in Chittagong on Tuesday to replace the injured Kevin Pietersen, hit a fluent 63 off 72 balls.
The duo put on 109 for the fourth wicket after England, sent in to bat on a sluggish pitch at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium, slipped to 53-3 in the 17th over.
In Mohali, big-hitting Kieron Pollard nudged West Indies closer to the quarterfinals as his side defeated Ireland by 44 runs.
Pollard hammered 94 off just 55 balls and shared an 88-run stand with Devon Smith (107), who hit a maiden one-day century, as West Indies posted 275 before bowling out the Irish for 231.
Ed Joyce, ho played for England in the 2007 World Cup, made a 106-ball 84, containing nine fours and put on 109 for the fourth wicket with Gary Wilson (61).
"We batted, bowled and fielded pretty well, but Pollard struck the ball pretty clean. It was a good innings and it got them some good momentum," said Ireland captain William Porterfield.
Pollard said he was happy to keep proving his critics wrong.
"This innings is for the people who have supported me. What's been said about me (as a Twenty20 specialist), that's just history for me. I go out there and do my best."
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score card
| England innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| AJ Strauss* | c Junaid Siddique b Naeem Islam | 18 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 58.06 |
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| 10.3 143.9 kph, what a catch from Siddique! What a catch! Strauss went back to flash a cut, it rocketed towards slip at shoulder height and Siddique was rock solid snaffling the chance. Crowd have gone ballistic 39/2
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| MJ Prior† | st †Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 |
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| 7.1 130.9 kph, gone! What a bizzare dismissal, Prior has had a brain fade. It drifted down the leg side, Prior missed it and drags his back foot. Rahim takes off the bails and Prior is just safe, but then he stays out of his crease and Rahim shows brilliant awareness to pull the stump out of the ground to complete the stumping a second time. Brainless from Prior, superb from Rahim 32/1
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| IJL Trott | c Junaid Siddique b Shakib Al Hasan | 67 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 67.67 |
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| 43.4 140.9 kph, gone! That was on the cards...pressure building, Trott tried to go straight down the ground but could only pick out long off. Well bowled and reward for keeping the runs down 182/5
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| IR Bell | c Naeem Islam b Mahmudullah | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.73 |
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| 16.4 81.0 kph, Bangladesh alive again! What a soft dismissal. Bell chipping a length ball from around off stump gently to midwicket. He walks off shaking his head, doesn't make good viewing. Return to the bad days of Bell but dream start for Bangladesh 53/3
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| EJG Morgan | c Imrul Kayes b Naeem Islam | 63 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 87.50 |
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| 38.4 85.0 kph, magic for Bangladesh! Brilliant catch has brought them back into the game. Imrul Kayes running in from deep fine leg and diving to scoop the ball inches from the turf. Morgan got just too much top-edge on a sweep and it was enough to end a mighty comeback innings 162/4
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| RS Bopara | c Naeem Islam b Abdur Razzak | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 |
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| 44.5 81.3 kph, another goes in the Powerplay...Bopara's struggle is over as he backs away and slaps it straight to cover. He couldn't play the finishing role today 195/6
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| GP Swann | c & b Shakib Al Hasan | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 150.00 |
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| 46.4 gone...Swann's reverse hit brings his downfall as he skies it very high and Shakib steadies himself underneath the catch 209/7
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| PD Collingwood | run out (Mahmudullah) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 107.69 |
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| 49.4 from Rubel Hossain, gone...all out, England don't see out 50 overs. A low full toss is pulled into midwicket, the fielder races it and with a strong throw hits direct 225/10
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| TT Bresnan | c Shafiul Islam b Rubel Hossain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| 47.3 134.5 kph, gone! England falling away at the end as Bresnan swings at a low full toss and sends a simple catch to backward point. Bresnan waited to see if it was above waist height but it's fine 215/8
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| A Shahzad | b Shafiul Islam | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
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| 48.1 gone! full, straight, Shahzad had a swing and missed. Superb finish to the innings for Bangladesh. Not very clever from Shahzad 217/9
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| JM Anderson | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
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| Extras | (lb 2, w 8) | 10 |
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| Total | (all out; 49.4 overs) | 225 | (4.53 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-32 (Prior, 7.0 ov), 2-39 (Strauss, 10.3 ov), 3-53 (Bell, 16.4 ov), 4-162 (Morgan, 38.4 ov), 5-182 (Trott, 43.4 ov), 6-195 (Bopara, 44.5 ov), 7-209 (Swann, 46.4 ov), 8-215 (Bresnan, 47.3 ov), 9-217 (Shahzad, 48.1 ov), 10-225 (Collingwood, 49.4 ov) |
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| Shafiul Islam | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 5.37 | (2w) |
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| 48.1 to Shahzad, gone! full, straight, Shahzad had a swing and missed. Superb finish to the innings for Bangladesh. Not very clever from Shahzad 217/9
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| Rubel Hossain | 8.4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4.61 | (1w) |
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| 47.3 to Bresnan, 134.5 kph, gone! England falling away at the end as Bresnan swings at a low full toss and sends a simple catch to backward point. Bresnan waited to see if it was above waist height but it's fine 215/8
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| Naeem Islam | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3.62 |
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| 10.3 to Strauss, 143.9 kph, what a catch from Siddique! What a catch! Strauss went back to flash a cut, it rocketed towards slip at shoulder height and Siddique was rock solid snaffling the chance. Crowd have gone ballistic 39/2
38.4 to Morgan, 85.0 kph, magic for Bangladesh! Brilliant catch has brought them back into the game. Imrul Kayes running in from deep fine leg and diving to scoop the ball inches from the turf. Morgan got just too much top-edge on a sweep and it was enough to end a mighty comeback innings 162/4
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| Abdur Razzak | 10 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 3.20 | (3w) |
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| 7.1 to Prior, 130.9 kph, gone! What a bizzare dismissal, Prior has had a brain fade. It drifted down the leg side, Prior missed it and drags his back foot. Rahim takes off the bails and Prior is just safe, but then he stays out of his crease and Rahim shows brilliant awareness to pull the stump out of the ground to complete the stumping a second time. Brainless from Prior, superb from Rahim 32/1
44.5 to Bopara, 81.3 kph, another goes in the Powerplay...Bopara's struggle is over as he backs away and slaps it straight to cover. He couldn't play the finishing role today 195/6
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| Mahmudullah | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6.00 |
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| 16.4 to Bell, 81.0 kph, Bangladesh alive again! What a soft dismissal. Bell chipping a length ball from around off stump gently to midwicket. He walks off shaking his head, doesn't make good viewing. Return to the bad days of Bell but dream start for Bangladesh 53/3
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| Shakib Al Hasan | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 4.90 |
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| 43.4 to Trott, 140.9 kph, gone! That was on the cards...pressure building, Trott tried to go straight down the ground but could only pick out long off. Well bowled and reward for keeping the runs down 182/5
46.4 to Swann, gone...Swann's reverse hit brings his downfall as he skies it very high and Shakib steadies himself underneath the catch 209/7
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| Bangladesh innings (target: 226 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| Tamim Iqbal | b Bresnan | 38 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 146.15 |
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| 8.4 139.1 kph, silence in Chittagong! Crowd dumb struck as Bresnan strikes! Fullish length but Tamim was hanging back and just played across the ball a touch. It burst through and onto the stumps 52/1
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| Imrul Kayes | run out (†Prior/Shahzad) | 60 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 60.00 |
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| 30.6 from Collingwood, What's happened here?! Kayes gifted his wicket. They've gone upstairs for the run out but he looks well short. Oh dear, that's not what Bangladesh needed. Shahzad sent in a rocket throw from deep square, but there was no need to even chance the second. 155/4
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| Junaid Siddique | run out (Anderson) | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| 12.2 from Bresnan, Is this gone?! Excellent fielding from Anderson who hits direct at the non-striker's end with a swivel and throw. This is mighty close. One angle is more clear than the other and Siddique seems short of the crease. Indeed he's gone. He played the ball into the leg side but was late responding to Kayes' call, while Anderson produced a pin-point throw 70/2
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| Raqibul Hasan | b Shahzad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 13.4 134.9 kph, gone! That's a beauty from Shahzad. You can't play them. Pitched on off, held its line to beat the edge and ripped out off stump. Unplayable. 73/3
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| Shakib Al Hasan* | b Swann | 32 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 55.17 |
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| 35.6 84.6 kph, gone! There's the breakthrough, pressure tells and the captain goes. Shakib tries to sweep from well outside off and gets a bottom edge into off stump 162/5
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| Mushfiqur Rahim† | c †Prior b Shahzad | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 |
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| 36.2 133.0 kph, gone! Maybe he won't. Shahzad strikes with another beauty. Like the ball to get Raqibul this one just straightens outside off to find the edge and Prior takes a fine low catch diving to his right 166/6
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| Mahmudullah | not out | 21 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| Naeem Islam | b Shahzad | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 38.1 138.5 kph, another gone! Beauty No.3 from Shahzad and it's an action replay of the others as it nips away late from Naeem who plays down the line. This time the off stump takes another blow 166/7
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| Abdur Razzak | c Bresnan b Swann | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
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| 39.4 82.6 kph, gone! England have held a blinder, it's Bresnan at long on. Razzak tried to swing it high over midwicket, the ball went miles into the night sky and Bresnan tracked it all the way before diving full length to hold the chance. 169/8
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| Shafiul Islam | not out | 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 |
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| Extras | (b 1, lb 9, w 23) | 33 |
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| Total | (8 wickets; 49 overs) | 227 | (4.63 runs per over) |
| Did not bat Rubel Hossain |
| Fall of wickets1-52 (Tamim Iqbal, 8.4 ov), 2-70 (Junaid Siddique, 12.2 ov), 3-73 (Raqibul Hasan, 13.4 ov), 4-155 (Imrul Kayes, 30.6 ov), 5-162 (Shakib Al Hasan, 35.6 ov), 6-166 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 36.2 ov), 7-166 (Naeem Islam, 38.1 ov), 8-169 (Abdur Razzak, 39.4 ov) |
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| JM Anderson | 9 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 6.00 | (3w) |
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| A Shahzad | 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 4.30 | (5w) |
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| 13.4 to Raqibul Hasan, 134.9 kph, gone! That's a beauty from Shahzad. You can't play them. Pitched on off, held its line to beat the edge and ripped out off stump. Unplayable. 73/3
36.2 to Mushfiqur Rahim, 133.0 kph, gone! Maybe he won't. Shahzad strikes with another beauty. Like the ball to get Raqibul this one just straightens outside off to find the edge and Prior takes a fine low catch diving to his right 166/6
38.1 to Naeem Islam, 138.5 kph, another gone! Beauty No.3 from Shahzad and it's an action replay of the others as it nips away late from Naeem who plays down the line. This time the off stump takes another blow 166/7
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| TT Bresnan | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | (1w) |
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| 8.4 to Tamim Iqbal, 139.1 kph, silence in Chittagong! Crowd dumb struck as Bresnan strikes! Fullish length but Tamim was hanging back and just played across the ball a touch. It burst through and onto the stumps 52/1
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| GP Swann | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | (2w) |
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| 35.6 to Shakib Al Hasan, 84.6 kph, gone! There's the breakthrough, pressure tells and the captain goes. Shakib tries to sweep from well outside off and gets a bottom edge into off stump 162/5
39.4 to Abdur Razzak, 82.6 kph, gone! England have held a blinder, it's Bresnan at long on. Razzak tried to swing it high over midwicket, the ball went miles into the night sky and Bresnan tracked it all the way before diving full length to hold the chance. 169/8
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| RS Bopara | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | (3w) |
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| PD Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3.42 |
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