Bangladesh slay England in nailbiter
March 11, 2011 10:25 pm
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s players finally gave their country reason to cheer Friday when they clinched a two-wicket win over England that keeps alive realistic hopes of the co-host reaching the quarterfinals.
After the spinners restricted England to 225 all out, Bangladesh survived a minor collapse from 155-3 to 169-8 to bounce back in style from last week’s humiliating nine-wicket loss to the West Indies.
Mahmuduallah Riad and Shafiul Islam put on an unbeaten 58 for the ninth wicket to steer their team to 227 and just a second ever win in 15 one-day internationals against England.
England may now need to beat the West Indies in Chennai next week to have a chance of advancing from Group B. (CP)
After the spinners restricted England to 225 all out, Bangladesh survived a minor collapse from 155-3 to 169-8 to bounce back in style from last week’s humiliating nine-wicket loss to the West Indies.
Mahmuduallah Riad and Shafiul Islam put on an unbeaten 58 for the ninth wicket to steer their team to 227 and just a second ever win in 15 one-day internationals against England.
England may now need to beat the West Indies in Chennai next week to have a chance of advancing from Group B. (CP)
