ICC World Cup Cricket Match 2007
England vs Bangladesh
Super 8, Match 14, ENG vs BAN: England beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets
Apr 11, 2007
England produced a hugely disappointing batting performance as they struggled to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh.
Chasing a target of only 144, they made heavy weather of their task after losing opener Ian Bell for a duck.
Michael Vaughan (30) and Andrew Flintoff (23) again looked well below their best but England eventually wrapped things up in the 45th over.
Reported Earlier: Fast bowler Sajid Mahmood and left arm spinner Monty Panesar bagged three wickets apiece to bowl out Bangladesh for just 143 in the crucial Super 8 match at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday.
England required just 37.2 overs to skittle out their rivals as seamers enjoyed the bounce of the Barbados wicket, which was being use for the first time in the World Cup.
It was evident that Bangladesh were ill-equipped to cope with quality of the English attack and Panesar removed the tail-enders after the top order had been blow away.
Reported Earlier: England skipper Michael Vaughan won the toss and opted to field first in their crucial Super Eight game aginst giant killers Bangladesh.
Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar had lost the toss even against the South Africans and was asked to bat first much to their delight. Bangladesh would be expecting a similar performance against an out of form England who are set to crash out of the World Cup
Bangladesh hope their spin king trio can bamboozle England, just like they did South Africa, and boost their bid for a World Cup semi-final place on Wednesday.
England team: M P Vaughan, I R Bell, A J Strauss, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, R S Bopara, P A Nixon, S I Mahmood, M S Panesar, J M Anderson
Bangladesh team: Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Habibul Bashar, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel
World Cup Super 8, Match 14, Barbados: England 147-6 (44.5 overs) beat Bangladesh 143 all out (37.2 overs) by 4 wickets
Super 8, Match 14, ENG vs BAN: Bangladesh could snap England in a super eight game in Barbados
Apr 11, 2007
A rejuvenated Bangaldesh, who shocked South Africa in their last match meet England is a Super Eight match of the World Cup at Barbados on Wednesday.
Defeat by Australia has left England with an uphill task of reaching the semi-finals while the Tigers will be looking to add another upset to their growing list.
England's bowling attack has been performing reasonably well and the chief concern at the moment is the lack of runs from skipper Michael Vaughan and allrounder Andrew Flintoff.
Vaughan is averaging only 13 in the tournament, and coach Duncan Fletcher said: "He probably just puts pressure on himself, knowing as captain he has to go out there and get runs.
"I believe he is a good one-day batsman, but he has got to get back to realising his true potential, Fletcher was quoted as saying to BBC.
Mohammad Rafique and Abdur Razzak are a threat for Bangladesh as their off spinners could create doubt in the minds of English batsmen.
"The English team has some good players but they are not playing well at the World Cup, so it will not be impossible to beat them," Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar said on the eve of the match.
"If we can get the same kind of wicket as we had in Guyana, our spinners can repeat that [performance], but England also have some pretty good players who score runs against spinners," he added.
England team (from): M Vaughan (capt), I Bell, A Strauss, K Pietersen, P Collingwood, A Flintoff, R Bopara, P Nixon (wkt), S Mahmood, M Panesar, J Anderson, E Joyce, L Plunkett, J Dalrymple, S Broad.
Bangladesh team (from): Habibul Bashar (capt), Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful, Saqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt) Mashrafe bin Mortaza, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Shahriar Nafees, Farhad Reza, Rajin Saleh, Shahadat Hossain.
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England vs Bangladesh Scorecard
England won the toss and decided to field
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143 all out (37.2 overs)
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147 for 6 (44.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Tamim Iqbal |
c P D Collingwood |
b S I Mahmood |
8 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| Shahriar Nafees |
c A J Strauss |
b S I Mahmood |
9 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
| Habibul Bashar |
run out |
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4 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim |
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b A Flintoff |
7 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
| Saqibul Hasan |
not out |
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57 |
95 |
6 |
1 |
| Mohammad Ashraful |
c P A Nixon |
b J M Anderson |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Aftab Ahmed |
c P A Nixon |
b J M Anderson |
10 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza |
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b M S Panesar |
13 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
| Mohammad Rafique |
c A J Strauss |
b M S Panesar |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Abdur Razzak |
c P D Collingwood |
b M S Panesar |
15 |
17 |
3 |
0 |
| Syed Rasel |
c A Flintoff |
b S I Mahmood |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Extras |
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2nb 10w 3lb |
15 |
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| Total |
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all out |
143 |
(37.2 ovs) |
Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| J M Anderson |
8.0 |
0 |
30 |
2 |
| S I Mahmood |
8.2 |
0 |
27 |
3 |
| A Flintoff |
8.0 |
0 |
38 |
1 |
| M S Panesar |
7.0 |
2 |
25 |
3 |
| P D Collingwood |
4.0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
| R S Bopara |
2.0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 9 |
Tamim Iqbal |
| 23 |
Habibul Bashar |
| 26 |
Shahriar Nafees |
| 40 |
Mushfiqur Rahim |
| 47 |
Mohammad Ashraful |
| 65 |
Aftab Ahmed |
| 112 |
Mashrafe Mortaza |
| 113 |
Mohammad Rafique |
| 137 |
Abdur Razzak |
| 143 |
Syed Rasel |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| I R Bell |
c Aftab Ahmed |
b Syed Rasel |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| M P Vaughan |
c Habibul Bashar |
b Abdur Razzak |
30 |
59 |
3 |
0 |
| A J Strauss |
lbw |
b Syed Rasel |
23 |
36 |
2 |
1 |
| K P Pietersen |
c sub |
b Abdur Razzak |
10 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
| P D Collingwood |
not out |
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23 |
74 |
1 |
0 |
| A Flintoff |
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b Mohammad Rafique |
23 |
21 |
3 |
1 |
| R S Bopara |
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b Mohammad Rafique |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| P A Nixon |
not out |
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20 |
39 |
1 |
1 |
| Extras |
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6w 4b 8lb |
18 |
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| Total |
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for 6 |
147 |
(44.5 ovs) |
Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Mashrafe Mortaza |
8.5 |
3 |
28 |
0 |
| Syed Rasel |
10.0 |
3 |
25 |
2 |
| Abdur Razzak |
10.0 |
1 |
30 |
2 |
| Mohammad Rafique |
10.0 |
3 |
33 |
2 |
| Saqibul Hasan |
6.0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 7 |
I R Bell |
| 48 |
A J Strauss |
| 70 |
M P Vaughan |
| 79 |
K P Pietersen |
| 110 |
A Flintoff |
| 110 |
R S Bopara |
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Umpires: S A Bucknor, S J A Taufel
England: M P Vaughan, I R Bell, A J Strauss, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, R S Bopara, P A Nixon, S I Mahmood, M S Panesar, J M Anderson
Bangladesh: Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Habibul Bashar, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel
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