DUBAI (Reuters) – England continued their march in the direction of the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup with their second successive victory, an eight-wicket romp towards Bangladesh in a Group I match in Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday.
England spinner Moeen Ali (2-18) struck within the powerplay and Tymal Mills (3-27) dominated the death-overs to limit Bangladesh to a below-par 124-9 on the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Opener Jason Roy smashed 61 off 38 balls as England, bidding to turn into the primary workforce to carry the 50-overs and 20-overs World Cups on the identical time, chased down the goal with 5.5 overs to take care of their prime spot within the six-team group.
Earlier, Bangladesh gained the toss and elected to bat on what their skipper Mahmudullah described as a “belter” on the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Mahmudullah was quickly left to rue that call as England dominated the powerplay lowering Bangladesh to 27-3 after the primary six overs.
Moeen has loved working with the brand new ball in current instances and the off-spinner as soon as once more was within the thick of issues eradicating each the openers within the third over.
Liton Das provided a top-edge at backward sq. leg and Mohammad Naim despatched the subsequent ball straight to the mid-on fielder and Bangladesh’s powerplay woes weren’t over but.
Adil Rashid took a tumbling catch working backwards at quick tremendous leg to dismiss Bangladesh’s talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for 4.
Mushfiqur Rahim made a run-a-ball 29 earlier than attempting to reverse-sweep Liam Livingstone and getting trapped lbw within the course of.
Bangladesh needed to wait till the penultimate over for his or her first six of their innings when Nasum Ahmed smashed a few them towards Rashid although they nonetheless fell wanting the 125-mark.
England started their chase briskly to snuff out any prospects of an upset within the first ever 20-overs contest between the perimeters.
Jos Buttler fell for 18 however Roy killed off the competition along with his whirlwind knock that included three sixes.
England fielded the identical XI which had outplayed https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-cricket-t20worldcup-eng-win-idUKKBN2HD0ES defending champions West Indies on Saturday.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Dubai; enhancing by Christian Radnedge)
