England continued their dominant form into their second match against Bangladesh by beating them very convincingly.
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England continued their impressive start to the T20 World Cup with an inspired victory over Bangladesh at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. England destroyed West Indies in their opening fixture of the super 12 stage and continued their dominant form into their second match against Bangladesh by beating them with eight wickets.
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While Bangladesh’s total of 124 for 9 was a significant step-up from West Indies’ 55 all-out in Dubai on Friday, the manner of their downfall were all too familiar. Mahmudullah won the toss and decided to bat first on what he described as a “belter”, but his team then struggled around on the spin-and-seam combo of Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes, who bowled unchanged through the powerplay. The pair, throughout the powerplay, had figure of 3 for 27 which set the match for England.
Moeen continued his staggering start to his tournament. He has now bowled all seven of his overs straight off with the new ball in the two innings – four in a row against West Indies for 2 for 17, and a further three with 2 for 18 today. Liton Das tried briefly to hit him off his length with consecutive fours down the ground, but he scuffed the third one to deep-midwicket to depart for 9 from 8 balls before a rash swipe one ball later did for his fellow opener Mohammad Naim too.
At the other end, Woakes was kept the line tight from the other end, not allowing the Bangladeshi batsmen to settle in. He managed to extract the priceless scalp of Shakib Al Hasan – via a top-edged pull and a superb leaping take from Adil Rashid – there was little that Bangladesh’s other two senior statesman, Mahmudullah himself and Mushfiqur Rahim, fellow veterans of every T20 World Cup since 2007, could do to change the narrative.
Moeen’s impact at the top of England’s innings transformed the plans for Morgan through the middle overs. Particularly once it became apparent that the extra pace of Chris Jordan and Tymal Mills was offering a hint of a route back into the contest for Bangladesh. After conceding 12 and 11 runs respectively in their first overs, Morgan turned instead to the variations of Liam Livingstone, who skidded his third ball through Mushfiqur’s attempted reverse-sweep and extracted a crucial breakthrough on review. And his work was duly completed when Mahmudullah – Bangladesh’s last remaining hope – scuffed another ripping legbreak straight to point for 19 from 24.
England’s only drawback against West Indies was the slight tangle they got in while trying to rush to their 56-run target. They made no such errors this time around. Jason Roy marked his 50th T20I cap with a rampant knock of 61 from 38 balls, his five fours and three sixes including a massive straight strike off Nasum to bring up his half-century. In adding 39 for the first wicket in 28 balls of the powerplay, he and Jos Buttler ended any fears of a late twist in the tale.
Dawid Malan had been overlooked in that West Indies romp, but his reappearance at No. 3 resulted in another typically free flowing knock of 28 not out from 25, as he ticked along at a tempo that met the match requirements. Jonny Bairstow sealed the deal with a pull for four through midwicket with 35 balls left unused. The World No.1 T20I outfit are looking world-class in these early exchanges.
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