Wood, Archer, spinners limit Bangladesh to 209

Innings break Bangladesh 209 (Shanto 58, Wood 2-34, Archer 2-37) vs England

Najmul Hossain Shanto, who had made 210 runs at 14 in his first 15 ODI innings, continued his impressive Bangladesh Premier League form, compiling a maiden half-century from No. 3 and top-scoring with a determined, 82-ball 58.

But England took regular wickets, with a single 50-run partnership in Bangladesh’s innings. They were shared around evenly, with their three seamers and three spinners both accounting for five wickets; all six bowlers took one wicket, but none took more than two.

England will expect to chase their target comfortably, but Bangladesh have an excellent recent record in Mirpur and fielded a full-strength bowling attack. They have won their last seven bilateral ODI series on home soil, dating back to England’s last tour in 2016.

England fielded a completely separate side to the one that played in the second Test, meaning they were without the likes of Harry Brook and Joe Root – as well as the injured Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone. They opted to leave Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood and Reece Topley on the bench but are expected to rotate their seamers throughout this tour.

Tamim chose to bat first, perhaps in the belief that the Mirpur surface would get slower and lower throughout the day. He survived an early chance when Chris Woakes put down a caught-and-bowled opportunity in his first over, but hit four early boundaries as Jofra Archer struggled for rhythm early in his spell.

Litton Das, his opening partner, pulled Woakes for six over square leg as Bangladesh raced to 33 for 0 after 4.4 overs, but fell to the very next ball when he was trapped on the top of the back pad, with the lbw decision upheld on review.

Mark Wood, playing his first ODI since July 2021, bowled the final over of the initial powerplay and struck with his third ball to remove Tamim. He breached the 90mph/145kph mark with his second ball, then rushed Tamim with his third, a back-of-a-length ball which bounced appreciably; Bangladesh’s captain could only fend onto his own stumps, via his elbow.

54 for 2 after the first 10 overs, Bangladesh opted to consolidate. England’s spinners created chances with the field spread. Mushfiqur Rahim slog-swept Moeen Ali to deep midwicket, where Phil Salt attempted to throw a boundary catch back to himself but held onto the ball too long, while the TV umpire ruled against Roy as he claimed a low catch at midwicket off Shanto.

Rashid removed Mushfiqur for a scratchy, 34-ball 16 soon after, caught at deep midwicket on the slog-sweep, and the partisan home crowd fell silent when Moeen’s offbreak cleaned up Shakib Al Hasan, heaving across the line to leave Bangladesh 106 for 4.

Shanto continued to accumulate, bringing up his maiden ODI half-century when he tucked his 67th ball off the hip for a single. But, after reverse-sweeping Rashid for four, he heaved a googly straight to Roy, who clung onto a sharp chance in tight at short midwicket. He fell for 58, and when Mahmudullah strangled Wood down the leg side, Bangladesh were in danger of being bowled out.

Six days ago, Will Jacks was in New Zealand as part of England’s squad for the Wellington Test. But when he was left out, he flew to Dhaka as cover for Tom Abell – who was injured on England Lions’ tour to Sri Lanka – and was presented his ODI cap by Surrey team-mate Jason Roy on Wednesday morning. He bowled five tight overs, including a maiden wicket when Afif Hossain pulled tamely to mid-on.

Mehidy Hasan, the hero of Bangladesh’s recent series win against India, edged behind for 7 off Archer, and when Taskin Ahmed was trapped on the pad by Rashid, it looked as though Bangladesh would fall short of 200. But the decision was overturned on review – ball-tracking predicted the ball would bounce over the top of the stumps – and Taskin celebrated his reprieve by slog-sweeping Rashid for six, then steering him for four.

It did not take long for him to strangle Archer down the leg side, but his 26-run stand for the ninth wicket with Taijul Islam ensured Bangladesh set something approaching a competitive target on a tricky surface. Taijul skied a return catch to Moeen to end the innings with 16 balls unused.