27/10Result
20th Match, Group 1, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi, Oct 27 2021
England won by 8 wkts (35b rem)
Player of the Match
Jason Roy
Jason RoyEngland
27/10Result
20th Match, Group 1, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi, Oct 27 2021
England won by 8 wkts (35b rem)
Player of the Match
Jason Roy
Jason RoyEngland

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | BAN: 124/9 | RR: 6.20

  • Nasum Ahmed19 (9b)
  • Tymal Mills4-0-27-3
  • Adil Rashid4-0-35-0

3.45pm: Well, that was a struggle. Only one Bangladesh batter made it into the 20s, despite the ball seeming to come on pretty nicely, and they managed just five 10+ run overs. You'd think England will be pretty happy chasing 125, although there's more than an element of intrigue about how they will go against Bangladesh's cohort of spinners - and remember, this is the team's first T20I encounter. Runs on the board, particularly in a World Cup game, always count for something. Stick with Debayan for the reply in 15

Here's Chris Woakes: "I think we bowled nicely there, wickets in the Powerplay are crucial. To get some early and squeeze them through the middle, we're pleased. Warm-up games didn't feel too good, but it's going better the more I play. As a unit we bowled well today. Think the wicket's a bit two-paced, a bit tired and if you hit the length hard, you get that bit of variable bounce. That's the plan but have to execute. [Rashid catch to remove Shakib] Great catch from Adil, over the shoulder is never easy. They can change T20 games."

19.6
W
Mills to Mustafizur Rahman, OUT, bowled him! Mills hits the poles to finish things. Another slower delivery, the Fizz backing away to expose his stumps and got nowhere near making contact. Dips and skids to hit leg, giving Big T excellent figures of 3 for 27

Mustafizur Rahman b Mills 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Sadly, Nurul walks off without me being able to use Debayan's excellent "don't mess with the Sohan" gag... Out comes Mustafiz for the final ball

"Morgan missed a trick by giving the over to Rashid instead of Mo Ali or Livi." Quite possibly, Babar. A 17-run 19th in a close game could come back to bite

19.5
W
Mills to Nurul Hasan, OUT, banged in short, plenty of heat on this, Nurul swings and misses. England have actually reviewed this, but are already heading back to their positions before the TV ump has had access to UltraEdge. Hang on, not so fast, lads! There's a small spike as the ball passes the glove, and Rod Tucker has overturned the not-out decision!

Nurul Hasan c †Buttler b Mills 16 (38m 18b 0x4 0x6) SR: 88.88

19.4
2
Mills to Nurul Hasan, 2 runs, steps across his stumps, flubs a slower ball towards long-on... and there should be a run-out at the bowler's end, only for Mills to miss the ball completely! Nasum was nowhere in the picture coming back for two
19.3
0
Mills to Nurul Hasan, no run, short with pace on, cut hard but picks out backward point
19.2
0
Mills to Nurul Hasan, no run, round the wicket, slower ball into the tramlines... but Nurul had shifted across early, so umpire Langton Rusere doesn't signal wide
19.2
2w
Mills to Nasum Ahmed, 2 wides, gets this wrong, back-of-the-hander but it spins away wide of the tramlines - and they pinch a run, too

"Is the size of ground any factor to this below par performance or credit to bowlers?" It's a big ground, KK, so harder to hit boundaries. But no batter has really managed to get in and make a score

19.1
1
Mills to Nurul Hasan, 1 run, round the wicket, slower delivery in the channel, Nurul connects well with a drive but will only get one to mid-off

Mills to close out

END OF OVER:
19 | 17 Runs | BAN: 119/7 | RR: 6.26

  • Nasum Ahmed19 (9b)
  • Nurul Hasan13 (13b)
  • Adil Rashid4-0-35-0
  • Tymal Mills3-0-22-1

BD fan: "If BD can score over 120 still I think we can see a close match." Well, they should get to 120 now

18.6
4
Rashid to Nasum Ahmed, FOUR, fired outside off, this time Nasum opens the face, squirts a late cut through backward point! A late rally from the No. 9, giving the strong BD contingent in the stands something to shout about
18.5
6
Rashid to Nasum Ahmed, SIX, drops short, carted over the ropes again! He was back and across early, looking to target the shorter leg-side boundary, and gets a good chunk of bat on it
18.4
0
Rashid to Nasum Ahmed, no run, now a quicker ball, slider out the front of the hand, into the keeper's gloves
18.3
0
Rashid to Nasum Ahmed, no run, another googly but pushes the line wider, swings and misses this time
18.2
6
Rashid to Nasum Ahmed, SIX, slaughtered over deep backward square! Finally someone hits a six! Looked like a wrong'un from Rashid but it turned nicely into the middle of Nasum's bat as he unleashed a slog-sweep
18.1
1
Rashid to Nurul Hasan, 1 run, hacked leg side, but doesn't carry again! Miscued off the inside half of the bat, but bounces a few yards in front of deep midwicket

Rashid to bowl the penultimate over of the innings

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 102/7 | RR: 5.66

  • Nasum Ahmed3 (4b)
  • Nurul Hasan12 (12b)
  • Tymal Mills3-0-22-1
  • Adil Rashid3-0-18-0

"Is the pitch difficult to bat on or the Batsmen of BD playing poorly?" The batters haven't covered themselves in glory, Salman Khan - but England have bowled well here

17.6
0
Mills to Nasum Ahmed, no run, pace off again, 118kph/74mph wide of off stump, Nasum can't lay bat on it again
17.5
0
Mills to Nasum Ahmed, no run, slower ball in the channel, big ole swing and miss from Nasum
17.4
2
Mills to Nasum Ahmed, 2 runs, short and top-edged, Woakes can't get to it at third! A real back-away-and-hoick, went pretty high but the boundaries are big here and he couldn't get a hand under it running in
17.3
1
Mills to Nurul Hasan, 1 run, round the wicket, pace off and flipped through backward square leg, brings up the BD 100
17.2
1
Mills to Nasum Ahmed, 1 run, shortish and poked through the off side

Nasum Ahmed is next in

17.1
W
Mills to Mahedi Hasan, OUT, round the wicket, full but with pace off, scooped straight to short fine leg! Smiles all round for Mills and Morgan, England maintain their boa constrictor hold on this Bangladesh innings. Back of the hand again, couldn't manufacture the pace to clear the ring. Superbly executed by Mills

Mahedi Hasan c Woakes b Mills 11 (13m 10b 2x4 0x6) SR: 110.00

"Nice to see England use the traditional Pakistan attack: fast man and leggie." Yes, James, and Pakistan are also deploying that formula pretty well themselves in the UAE

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs | BAN: 98/6 | RR: 5.76

  • Mahedi Hasan11 (9b)
  • Nurul Hasan11 (11b)
  • Adil Rashid3-0-18-0
  • Tymal Mills2-0-18-0
16.6
1
Rashid to Mahedi Hasan, 1 run, pushed through and clipped off the pads through square leg

"I see that Mahedi's profile lists his role as a 'Top Order Batter'," notes Jabba. "Time to live up to the description?" That lofted drive was a touch of class

16.5
0
Rashid to Mahedi Hasan, no run, flighted legbreak, very full and defended warily on off
16.4
4
Rashid to Mahedi Hasan, FOUR, goes in to out and smokes four! Tossed up and he's down the pitch to crunch a vital boundary up and over
16.3
1
Rashid to Nurul Hasan, 1 run, googly, skidding through and tapped to leg, Rashid gives chase off his own bowling
16.2
1
Rashid to Mahedi Hasan, 1 run, length delivery, 86kph/53mph and Mahedi comes down to shovel one off his pads

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