Bangla thrash English pride

Jul 12, 2010 |

Bristol (England), July 11: Bangladesh won for the first time in 25 matches and enjoyed their first victory over England in any format with a stunning five-run success in the second ODI here on Saturday.

They defended a seemingly below par total of 236 to bowl England out for 231 with three balls to spare.

Bangladesh had lost 24 matches in all formats since beating Zimbabwe by one wicket in an ODI in Chittagong in November and came into this match on the back of Thursday’s six-wicket series-opening loss at Trent Bridge.

But now they can dream of winning the three-match campaign 2-1 in the concluding match at Edgbaston on Monday.

“After 24 matches losing in a row, this dressing room had not really been happy,” said Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza, the man of the match after scoring 22 and taking two for 42.

“The dressing room is happy now. We have been working hard in the nets and we hoped that it would come.”

Jamie Siddons, Bangladesh’s coach, said he was stunned by a win which came against an England side who’d recently beaten world champions Australia 3-2 in a one-day series.

“It’s hard to keep getting beaten and keep getting them up. Now I think they (the Bangladesh players) realise they can beat anyone,” he added after a win that gave them at least one victory against all of cricket’s leading nations.

He added: “It’s unbelievable. I would have thought England were on top of the world and capable of beating everyone. So to beat them at home.. it’s a brilliant win.”

Brief Scores: Bangladesh 236/7 (Imrul Kayes 76) beat England 231 (Jonathan Trott 94; Mashrafe Mortaza 2/42).

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