Sooner rather than later, Bangladesh will kick England at cricket. Eventually, since the countrys passion for the sport, and Englands disappearing capability to furnish home-grown cricketers of sufficient quality, Bangladesh will turn a some-more manly force full stop. But not yet.
It indispensable the luminosity of an Irishman to say Englands dominant jot down opposite the home group on Tuesday and to keep their honour intact.
Eoin Morgan, who became the initial batsman in story to measure a one-day general hundred for opposite countries, played one of the great one-day innings for his adopted nation a ideally paced, hideously cool 110 not out off 104 balls, but that England would positively have lost.
Before Morgan asserted himself in association with Matt Prior, it was probable to suppose a rather opposite unfolding than the one in that Alastair Cook picked up his initial precious metal as England captain. The tip sequence had been dismissed, together with Kevin Pietersen to an additional delayed left-armer of medium peculiarity and Craig Kieswetter to his second ball, and a spin-inspired tourniquet was tightening.
Related LinksTredwell creates England entrance in second ODINo place for Cook in World Twenty20 squadEngland men on approach to IPL as fears easeThen, after the partnership of 90 in between Prior and Morgan had been broken, Englands presumably low batting choice imploded with perfect panic, so that James Tredwell marched out on his entrance to stick on Morgan with 32 still indispensable from twenty-six balls and the last man, Stuart Broad, nursing a behind aria in the dugout. Defeat was that close and, had it come, critical questions would have been asked of Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann, all of whom played shots that they would wish to forget.
Instead, Morgan took England quietly to feat with 7 balls to spare, with a multiple of perceptibly plausible strokes, so that his hundred and the impulse of feat were greeted with dumbfounded overpower from the home crowd. And in that silence, each cadence came off Morgans knife edge with what sounded similar to a sonic boom.
He unequivocally did fool around a little unimaginable shots: the retreat strike that went to the cover range in the 47th over, and the 3 bounds in the subsequent and what valid to be the last, each delivered with inhuman power, pleasantness of those Popeye forearms. He accomplished the compare with a 6 over block leg, and not for one impulse did it see as if it was anything alternative than planned.
Until Morgans heist, the throng had sensed that this was their countrys Ramadhin and Valentine impulse and their joyous expectancy was a pleasure to behold. No doubt, Bangladeshs homogeneous of Lord Kitchener was relaxation his outspoken cords and twitching his strumming fingers in expectation of a winning sing-song around the outfield.
Bangladesh might feel depressed that Morgan transient dual transparent leg-before decisions opposite Mahmudullah, the off spinner, and that Prior, too, should have been since out leg-before, unconditional at the left-arm turn of Abdur Razzaq. But such moments start in each game. Ultimately, an softened opening though this was, Bangladesh were not utterly great sufficient to win.
Only Cook, of Englands tip order, contributed and his half-century, the fastest of the match, referred to again that he should be deliberate severely for the World Cup in this piece of the universe in a years time. Other than his form, though, and the precious metal he collected, he will know that his group showed worrying frailties.
The misadventure list will be of a little concern, too. Ryan Sidebottom, who probably would have done approach for Tredwell in any case, done the selectors pursuit that most simpler when he pulled out with an damage to his right thigh. Broad, receiving the new round in Sidebottoms absence, was singular to 6 overs, and Graham Onions is struggling with a knee injury.
It equates to that Englands fast-bowling pot are dangerously thin, nonetheless Liam Plunkett and Ajmal Shahzad should safeguard that they do not have to drop in to the home ensure only yet. Sidebottom is sure to miss the last one-day general in Chittagong on Friday and will be reassessed for the Test series.
Even if he is spoken fit, his new damage jot down does not enthuse most confidence. He is apropos a liability.
BangladeshTamim Iqbal c Cook b Broad 30Imrul Kayes c Collingwood b Swann 63Aftab Ahmed b Bresnan 4†Mushfiqur Rahim c Wright b Bresnan 76*Shakib Al Hasan c and b Swann 14Mahmudullah b Bresnan 27Naeem Islam not out 18Suhrawadi Shuvo not out 14Extras (b 5, lb 2, w Seven) 14Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 260Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain did not bat.Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-56, 3-146, 4-166, 5-211, 6-235.Bowling: Bresnan 10-0-51-3; Broad 6-0-34-1; Swann 10-0-52-2; Wright 9-0-38-0; Tredwell 10-0-52-0; Collingwood 5-0-26-0.
England*A N Cook c Rahim b Al Hasan 60C Kieswetter c Kayes b Shafiul 4K P Pietersen lbw b Razzak 18P D Collingwood lbw b Razzak 7E J G Morgan not out 110†M J Prior lbw b Razzak 42L J Wright b Al Hasan 7T T Bresnan lbw b Mahmudullah 0G P Swann b Al Hasan 2J C Tredwell not out 2Extras (b 4, lb 3, w Two) 9Total (8 wkts, 48.5 overs) 261S C J Broad did not bat.Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-52, 3-68, 4-108, 5-198, 6-223, 7-224, 8-229.Bowling: Shafiul 6.5-0-55-1; Hossain 6-0-30-0; Razzak 10-0-52-3; Naeem 6-0-41-0; Al Hasan 10-2-32-3; Mahmudullah 7-0-30-1; Shuvo 3-0-14-0.Umpires: Nadir Shah and R J Tucker (Australia).Man of the match: Morgan.
Series details: First one-day international: England won by 6 wickets (in Dhaka). Third: Friday (in Chittagong).
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