England receive shocking defeat from Bangladesh
In a nail biting finisher, Bangladesh stunned England to register a two-wicket victory in the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Friday night.
Chasing 226 for victory, Bangladesh kept on loosing wickets at regular intervals.
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At a point the Bangladesh scorecard read 169 for the loss of eight wickets and the winning target seemed too far away for the men in green.
Since then, Mahmudullah (21*) and Shafiul Islam (24*) played brilliantly till the end to ensure their team a memorable victory.
Bangladesh reached the winning score of 227 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 49 overs, a dramatic turnaround for a team that was bowled out for 58 runs by West Indies in their last match at Mirpur and even were at the verge of defeat on Fridays encounter against England.
Imrul Kayes remained the highest scorer in the Bangladesh innings with his brilliant knock of 60 runs.
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan (32) and opener Tamim Iqbal (38) contributed well with their willow.
The English bowlers on the other hand failed to maintain the pressure over the opponents till the end of the match as all their front line bowlers struggling at the end of the match.
Batting first England had posed a total of 225 runs for the loss of all wickets in 49.4 overs.
Trott remained the top scorer in the innings with 67 runs.
E Morgan on the other hand contributed with 63 runs with his willow.
Imrul Kayes of Bangladesh was named the man of the match in the end.
Earlier, the English team had received a shocking defeat from Ireland.
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