World Cup: Bangladesh beat England by two wickets

Chittagong: Bangladesh beat England by two wickets Friday to hand them their second 2011 World Cup upset.

Set to score 226, Bangladesh made 227/8 in 49 overs. England were earlier bowled out for 225 in 49.4 overs.

England had earlier lost to Ireland March 2.

Scoreboard

Following is the scoreboard of the World Cup Group B match between the two.

England:
Andrew Strauss c Junaid Siddique b Naeem Islam 18
Matt Prior st Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak 15
Jonathan Trott c Junaid Siddique b Shakib Al Hasan 67
Ian Bell c Naeem Islam b Mahmudullah 5
Eoin Morgan c Imrul Kayes b Naeem Islam 63
Ravi Bopara c Naeem Islam b Abdur Razzak 16
Grame Swann c & b Shakib Al Hasan 12
Paul Collingwood run out (Mahmudullah) 14
Tim Bresnan c Shafiul Islam b Rubel Hossain 2
Ajmal Shahzad b Shafiul Islam 1
James Anderson not out 2
Extras: (lb 2, w 8) 10
Total: (all out; 49.4 overs) 225

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Prior, 7.0 ), 2-39 (Strauss, 10.3 ), 3-53 (Bell, 16.4), 4-162 (Morgan, 38.4), 5-182 (Trott, 43.4), 6-195 (Bopara, 44.5), 7-209 (Swann, 46.4), 8-215 (Bresnan, 47.3), 9-217 (Shahzad, 48.1).

Bowling:
Shafiul Islam 8-0-43-1
Rubel Hossain 8.4-0-40-1
Naeem Islam 8-0-29-2
Abdur Razzak 10-2-32-2
Mahmudullah 5-0-30-1
Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-49-2

Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal b Bresnan 38
Imrul Kayes run out (Shahzad/Prior) 60
Junaid Siddique run out (Anderson) 12
Raqibul Hasan b Shahzad 0
Shakib Al Hasan b Swann 32
Mushfiqur Rahim c Prior b Shahzad 6
Mahmudullah not out 21
Naeem Islam b Shahzad 0
Abdur Razzak c Bresnan b Swann 1
Shafiul Islam not out 24
Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 23) 33
Total (for eight wickets in 49 overs) 227

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Tamim Iqbal, 8.4), 2-70 (Junaid Siddique, 12.2), 3-73 (Raqibul Hasan, 13.4), 4-155 (Imrul Kayes, 30.6), 5-162 (Shakib Al Hasan, 35.6), 6-166 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 36.2), 7-166 (Naeem Islam, 38.1), 8-169 (Abdur Razzak, 39.4)

Bowling:
James Anderson 9-0-54-0
Ahmed Shahzad 10-0-43-3
Tim Bresnan 10-1-35-1
Graeme Swann 10-1-42-2
Ravi Bopara 3-0-19-0
Paul Collingwood 7-0-24-0

Toss: Bangladesh and chose to field
Result: Bangladesh won by two wickets
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Australia) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
 

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