England were sent packing from the Cricket World Cup following an embarrassing 15 run loss to Bangladesh. In the process, Bangladesh qualified for the knockout stages for the second time in their history and sent the nation into a state of total delirium. Whereas, England will be on the receiving end of some hefty criticism.
Day 23 Results
Bangladesh v England
It began so promisingly for England. They won the toss, the ball was swinging, James Anderson returned to form and took two early wickets and then they took their foot of the throat. From 9/2, Bangladesh were able to recover through the promising Sarkar and Mohammad Mahmudullah. The pair put on 8 to start the recovery, before Mahmudullah combined with captain, Mushfiqur, in the second signigficant partnership of the innings. Mahmudullah went on to became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a World Cup hundred with a frantic single, and Mushfiqur thumped 89 from 77 balls to help his side reach a defendable 275. The total was their best ever ODI effort against England and came without a notable contribution from Shakib.
If England’s bowling began promisingly, so too did their batting effort. Despite the early loss of Moeen Ali, England were handily placed at 121/2 with Ian Bell and Joe Root looking well-settled. However, a flurry of wickets instigated by the energetic Rubel Hossain took the wind from the sales and left the chase in tatters. 121/2 became 132/5 (and then 163/6) as the Bangladesh fielding and bowling unit created a cauldron type environment for the English to melt.
Asking too much of Jos Buttler (65) and Chris Woakes (42*), England fell 15 runs short to wrap up their most disappointing World Cup campaign of all time. Ruben took four wickets including the final wicket of James Anderson to book the quarterfinal spot, and book an early flight home for England.
Bangladesh 275 for 7 (Mahmudullah 103, Mushfiqur 89) beat England 260 (Buttler 65, Bell 63, Rubel 4-53) by 15 runs
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