England cruise to comfortable win
A Clinical English side bowled brilliantly restricting Bangladesh to 250 and followed it up by a classical batting performance as they thumped Bangladesh by 6 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series.
After opting to bat first on a beautiful deck, Bangladesh got off to a rollicking start as Tamim Iqbal went berserk from the word go. Once he departed, Bangladesh’s run-rate dropped considerably and they managed to score only 47 runs in the Quick Start Overs, followed by 25/1 in the Bowling Power Play. After that we witnessed two successive partnerships of 66 and 50 which brought Bangladesh in a comfortable position at 186/3 in the 40th over. But the wicket of Shakib Al Hasan at a crucial juncture started the downslide as the visitors scored 63/5 in the Extreme Performance Overs, of which just 28/4 came in Batting Power Play. Raqibul Hasan was the top scorer for Bangladesh, scoring 76, his 7th ODI Fifty, earning a Batting Momentum of 91 while Tim Bresnan who gave away just 40 runs in his 10 overs and picked up two wickets, finished with a Bowling Efficiency of 150 and though James Anderson claimed three wickets, he was on the expensive side.
Chasing 251 for a win, England got off to a splendid start with Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter sharing 75 runs for the opening wicket, thereby scoring 66 runs in the Quick Start Overs. But just when the partnership was looking threatening to take the game away, Strauss got run-out. Bangladesh took Bowling Power Play after this wicket and England managed to add only 23 runs during that period, losing Kieswetter. After that Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell joined forces and stitched a stand of 80-run for the third wicket to completely shut down the doors of any chance for Bangladesh to come back. England scored 33 runs in the Extreme Performance Overs. Ian Bell was the pick of the batsman for the hosts, scoring an unbeaten 84, earning a Batting Momentum of 104 while Shakib Al Hasan earned the best Bowling Efficiency of 171 as he took 2 wickets for 35 in his 10 overs.
Without any doubt, England overwhelmed Bangladesh with an overall Castrol Index of 178 in comparison to Bangladesh’s 125. Ian Bell bagged the Man-of-the-Match for his lovely unbeaten knock of 84, finishing with an Overall Castrol Index of 140. Bangladesh have to pick themselves up to try and level the series while England, on the other hand will be looking to take an unassailable 2-0 lead. Both the sides now collide on Saturday, the 10th of July, 2010, at Bristol at 0945 GMT for the second ODI.
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