Key occasions
thirty second over: England 164-3 (Buttler 30, Roy 102) A crackin’ supply from Taijul almost rattles the off stump after ripping by means of Roy. Three runs off the over – time for a drink.
Century for Jason Roy!
A pull to deep sq. leg for one takes Jason Roy to his twelfth ODI hundred – prime stuff from the England opener. He discovered it robust towards the brand new ball however has been glorious in the course of the second half of his innings, the employment of the reverse sweep towards spin notably good.
thirty first over: England 162-3 (Buttler 29, Roy 100)
thirtieth over: England 157-3 (Roy 97, Buttler 27) Roy sweeps Mehidy exhausting for one after which WALLOPS the spinner straight down the bottom for six. After all of the deftness of his sweeps, that was a little bit of old-school energy from the England opener. Nervous nineties? Get outta right here.
twenty ninth over: England 147-3 (Buttler 25, Roy 90) Top stroke from Jos Buttler as he lets the duvet drive free towards a Mustafizur slower ball for 4.
twenty eighth over: England 141-3 (Roy 89, Buttler 20) Mehidy goes up in enchantment as Roy tries a traditional sweep, and after the umpire says no Bangladesh go up in overview. The ball is full and out of the entrance of the hand – a pleasant change-up – and there’s clearly no bat on it. But it’s umpire’s name on affect after Roy hopped to the off facet to play the shot, with the ball clipping the stumps. Just keep on with the reverse, Jason.
twenty seventh over: England 133-3 (Buttler 17, Roy 88) Taskin continues and England’s pair in the center need to settle with operating exhausting between the wickets.
Tom V d Gucht writes in along with his ideas on what England’s World Cup XI ought to appear to be:
“I was in the process of writing an email about how Engkand have lost their way in the short forms of the game of late before I remembered that they won the world T20’s and have played their last two series with whats effectively a B team.
“I tried to work out my team, but couldn’t do it… Perhaps something along the lines of…
Malan
Bairstow
Root
Brook
Ducket
Buttler
Ali / Livingstone
Curran / Woakes
Archer
Wood / Topley
Rashid
“Root and Malan’s computations and accumulation may be more effective than crash bang wallop… but there’s still a decent amount of firepower.”
Does Roy getting runs in the present day change something for you?
twenty sixth over: England 128-3 (Buttler 13, Roy 87) The Roy Reverse returns as Taijul is swatted behind level for 4 extra. He’s loving that shot in the present day.
twenty fifth over: England 122-3 (Buttler 12, Roy 82) Taskin returns and concedes three singles as we attain the midway mark of the innings.
I’ve been a bit late on checking my correspondence, apologies. “Always wish him well but it does rather feel that James Vince holds a golden season ticket to the last chance saloon,” mentioned Brian Withington half an hour in the past. “Let’s hope he can make the most of it.”
And then simply minutes later…
“Well that aged well…”
twenty fourth over: England 119-3 (Buttler 11, Roy 80) Roy strikes down the pitch to show a Shakib supply right into a full toss and flick it by means of midwicket for 4.
twenty third over: England 113-3 (Buttler 10, Roy 75) Another reverse sweep from Roy brings one. Three extra singles comply with in the over as Taijul retains issues tidy.
twenty second over: England 109-3 (Roy 73, Buttler 8) The reverse sweep continues to be productive for Roy as he collects a boundary off Shakib. And then, almost an enormous mix-up. Buttler punches the ball into the covers and appears to be operating by means of for a single – Roy doesn’t appear to be too in it and Buttler has to dive again in on the keeper’s finish to avoid wasting himself.
twenty first over: England 103-3 (Roy 68, Buttler 7) Buttler has his first runs with a reverse sweep for 4. A delicate lap sweep follows from the very subsequent supply, giving the England captain three.
WICKET! Vince c Mushfiqur b Taijul 5 (England 96-3)
Vince goes! Tossed up from Taijul, Vince pushes on the turning ball exterior off and feathers a nick to the watchful Mushfiqur.
twentieth over: England 96-2 (Vince 5, Roy 68) Roy brings out the reverse sweep as soon as once more, this time only for a single. Vince faucets Mehidy into the leg facet and after a little bit of hesitation, sprints to the opposite finish to get off strike.
nineteenth over: England 92-2 (Vince 3, Roy 66) The runs have gone quiet in the previous few overs, with Mehidy and Taijul racing by means of their units and proving troublesome to get away.
18th over: England 89-2 (Roy 64, Vince 2) Mehidy retains Vince tied down, fizzing in his turning off-breaks whereas threatening to skid one straight by means of.
Here’s a query for anybody on the market who fancies it: what’s your England XI for the primary sport of the World Cup later this yr?
seventeenth over: England 88-2 (Roy 63, Vince 2) Taijul provides Vince lots to consider, getting the ball to grip and spin previous the right-hander’s prod ahead.
sixteenth over: England 85-2 (Roy 61, Vince 1) A prime first over from Mehidy. James Vince, by the way in which, is the brand new man on the crease.
WICKET! Malan lbw Mehidy 11 (England 83-2)
Malan tries to pummel Mehidy by means of the overs but it surely’s an excellent cease from Shanto at cowl, who almost has the left-hander run out on the non-striker’s finish. A ripping supply from Mehidy does the job, although – he turns one sharply from across the wicket to have Malan plumb lbw. That’s an easy resolution for umps.
fifteenth over: England 81-1 (Malan 10, Roy 59) Taijul turns the ball previous Malan’s leg stump and Mushfiqur can’t get to it – that’ll be 5 wides. Roy chips into the off facet for a pair to deliver up his half-century – he was streaky to start with however has settled into his work now. And it exhibits once more as he comes down the observe to loft the left-armer to long-on for 4. And then one other boundary, as Roy will get a maintain of the reverse sweep. England are, impulsively, racing.
14th over: England 65-1 (Malan 9, Roy 49) Mustafizur closes the over with a slower ball and Roy watches it effectively to nail a thump over mid-off for 4.
thirteenth over: England 59-1 (Roy 44, Malan 8) Roy nearly loses his stability however manages to nail a reverse sweep off Taijul for 4 to maneuver into the 40’s. He then comes down the observe to try to whip the ball by means of midwicket however as a substitute produces a forefront. Doesn’t carry, so no trouble.
twelfth over: England 52-1 (Roy 39, Malan 6) 1 1 2 1 – Malan and Roy hold knocking it about earlier than The Fizz strikes again, beating the left-hander exterior off stump and launching into an lbw enchantment after delivering a cutter.
eleventh over: England 47-1 (Roy 36, Malan 5) Taskin launches a stirring enchantment – however Roy was struck on the pads effectively exterior off stump. A cracking shot follows as Roy drives by means of mid-on for 4 – there’s no want for a flourish in the follow-through as a result of the timing was excellent.
tenth over: England 40-1 (Roy 29, Malan 4) Mustafizur runs in to check Malan and shut the Poweplay. England have needed to keep watchful: there’s sharp flip in this floor and Taskin’s tempo has triggered some points too.
ninth over: England 36-1 (Malan 1, Roy 28) Roy will get fortunate as soon as once more, inside-edging Taskin to fantastic leg for 4. The subsequent supply then explodes off the floor to leap previous Roy and into the keeper’s gloves. He’s nibbling away exterior off stump is Taskin, freely giving nothing free. Malan drops the ball into the off facet to run by means of for a fast single and get his rating transferring.
eighth over: England 30-1 (Roy 23, Malan 0) Too brief from Shakib and Roy will get to launch a little bit of stress, slicing by means of the covers for 4.
seventh over: England 25-1 (Malan 0, Roy 18) Taskin presents an immaculate seam to beat the in-form Malan exterior off. He’s bowling in the 140s (kph) and looking out relentless – England’s job gained’t simply be to deal with the spin.
WICKET! Salt c Shanto b Taskin 7 (England 25-1)
It’s been coming – Taskin has seemed sharp and he strikes early. Salt pushed at a supply in the channel and guided the ball into the fingers of Shanto at slip. It’s a prime seize, taken low after the ball flew at respectable tempo.
sixth over: England 24-0 (Salt 7, Roy 17) Roy holds again from making an attempt to overpower Shakib, chipping over cowl for a pair. The left-armer then produces a stunning supply that turns sharply to beat the batter’s ahead prod – the off stump in some way survives. Both openers are nonetheless feeling their means into this innings.
fifth over: England 20-0 (Salt 6, Roy 14) Taskin Ahmed is on for the primary sight of tempo in the present day – and Roy will get away with one. He tried to drive by means of the off facet and obtained a wholesome edge, however the ball flew to the best of slip, operating away for 4.
Simon Burnton is our man on the bottom – and he might do with one other layer.
“Hello from Dhaka! Big change in the press box since the first game – yesterday a brief and extraordinarily boring video of the small group of English journalists working on Wednesday with a fan in the background, coupled with a tirade against the BCB for constructing a lavish new media facility without adequate air conditioning, went viral on local Facebook – 1.8 million views and counting – and when we came in this morning two new air conditioning units had been installed. The power of social media in action! It is bloody freezing.”
Have a watch of that terribly boring video right here.
4th over: England 16-0 (Salt 6, Roy 10) Taijul is getting the ball to correctly rip now, beating the half-hearted waft from Salt exterior off. Roy will get a tossed-up supply that he doesn’t get a critical maintain of – however his chip drops over level for 2.
third over: England 12-0 (Salt 5, Roy 7) Salt tries his finest to discover a hole in the off facet however has to accept a single to long-off after three dots on the bounce.
2nd over: England 10-0 (Roy 6, Salt 4) More left-arm spin as Taijul checks in. He drops in a long-hop to start with and Roy smashes the ball by means of midwicket for 4. The spinner subsequently finds his radar, getting some respectable grip off the floor as Roy closes the over with a single.
1st over: England 5-0 (Roy 1, Salt 4) Shakib skips in to unleash his flighty left-arm twirlers. Roy will get off strike instantly and Salt rocks again to punch exhausting by means of the covers for 4.
OK, let’s roll. Jason Roy and Phil Salt are on the market, and Shakib Al Hasan has the ball. Two slips in for Roy…
Good to see Saqib Mahmood again for England after a protracted stretch on the sidelines. This’ll be his first international because the third Test towards the West Indies final March. So much has modified in English cricket since then.
Bangladesh XI:
Tamim Iqbal (c), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam
England XI:
Bangladesh win the toss and we’ll bat first 🏏
Just two modifications from Wednesday’s win…
Saqib Mahmood 🔁 Jofra Archer
Sam Curran 🔁 Chris WoakesLET’S GO! 👊
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) March 3, 2023
Bangladesh win the toss and select to bowl first
A few modifications for England as Saqib Mahmood and Sam Curran substitute Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes. Bangladesh keep on with the identical facet from the collection opener.
Elsewhere, Australia have overwhelmed India by 9 wickets in the third Test at Indore. They can’t win the collection however that’s a terrific outcome for the Aussies after two horrid losses. That’s additionally simply India’s third Test defeat at residence in the final decade. Angus Fontaine has obtained his eyes on that.
Preamble
Morning people, and welcome to the OBO for the second ODI between Bangladesh and England in Dhaka!
The guests went 1-0 up in the collection on Wednesday after Dawid Malan hit a really spectacular century in a low-scorer to construct on his very spectacular ODI report. That’s 4 tons of and three half-centuries now in his first 16 innings for England in this format, and he’s constructing a really sturdy case to make it to the World Cup later this yr. Such are the choices at Jos Buttler’s disposal, although, you nonetheless marvel if he makes that first-choice XI.
Anyway, England have the possibility to win an ODI collection in the present day, one thing they haven’t achieved since they beat the Netherlands final yr. So yeah, it’s been some time. Bangladesh, however, haven’t misplaced a bilateral ODI collection at residence since 2016. This’ll be a powerful achievement by England in the event that they pull it off.
The motion will get underway at 6am (GMT) – I’ll be right here to maintain you firm earlier than James Wallace takes over on the interval. Go effectively!
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