full on the stumps, Ball slogs it up into the Dhaka night sky... taken running in off the boundary! Bangladesh have sealed the deal! Nasir held his nerve to swallow the chance, it was a cutter and too good for Ball. Captain Mashrafe punches the air, he's been the man with bat and ball today
Bangladesh vs England, 2nd ODI at Dhaka, Oct 09 2016 - Match Result
10.30pm: Right, it's been fun and frolics, as always. The Tigers have roared and have a chance to maintain their unbeaten home record when the teams head to Chittagong. David Hopps' report should be your next stop and we'll be back for more on Wednesday... Joins us then. Thanks for your comments, cheerio!
10.20pm: Time for the presentations, starting with England captain Jos Buttler: "I don't know what disappoints me the most, I think we were a bit tentative about it as a side, we wanted to come out on the front foot and take it on. We thought that was chaseable, we bowled well up front but it was a good wicket and 240 was attainable. It wasn't easy batting early on, we bowled fantastically, a really good bowling performance. [Reaction to dismissal?] I was just disappointed in the way they celebrated, it's an emotional game. We backed up the bowling today, with only one day in between. It's been tough, we had high hopes of winning and going 2-0. [Conditions?] The guys stuck at it and there've been no complaints."
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is unsurprisingly named Man of the Match: "Congratulations to the boys, it wasn't much of a total but we could defend. If you look at the the other match, to come back was really professional. [Batting?] I just slog but it helps the team. I'm more happy that I got some wickets. The wicket was not gripping much and I just tried to play my natural shots and it came off the right areas of the bat. If you can take early wickets, it's always going to be tough [to chase]. Mahmuddulah's played really well over the last year and a half, Nasir came back in and did well today. [Series level] Sets it up nicely for us, let's see what happens."
10.15pm: Bangladesh level the series at 1-1, setting things up nicely for the decider on Wednesday. Looks like there were some comments exchanged again at the end there, Ben Stokes in discussion with Tamim Iqbal from the looks of it; whatever happened during that Buttler dismissal has definitely irked England. But that aside, this was Mashrafe's match, a blunderbuss 44 from 29 lifting Bangladesh to a winning score and following that up with 4 for 29, his second-best ODI figures. Having lost such in such a demoralising way on Friday, and then being inserted on a slow pitch when they wanted to bowl, this was quite a comeback.
"Thanks Ram for jinxing it," chortles Ruhul, "see you again next match :D"
length on the stumps and worked away through backward square leg for one
"Cricinfo keeps ignoring my comment," whispers Ram. "I was confident about an English win even while Shakib and Imrul were batting. Again today BD is going to lose. Mark my words"
good length, Rashid tries to roll his wrists on it, sends it back to the bowler
full, possibly a cutter, Rashid leans out to block
Mashrafe Mortaza brings himself back on... Skipper needs to keep cool and finish this off
The asking rate is exactly a run a ball... And Gnasher reports that Jake Ball is only the third England No. 11 to pass 20 in ODIs
fired in full on off stump and this time blocked towards point
slips in the yorker, full on off and Ball drops the bat, squeezes an outside edge past the keeper! Taskin has his hands on his head, he was beginning to appeal for lbw but it's four more!
They couldn't, could they?
slower ball from Taskin, does the batsman... but Ball just whacks through the line and sends it back down the ground, almost goes all the way!
full outside off, Rashid carves through cover point coming forwards
shortish and rising to jam the glove against the bat handle, punched down into the leg side
slightly back of a length outside off, Ball swings and misses
Taskin Ahmed back on now
"This now England's 2nd highest partnership for this match," notes George. [Ed's note: correct]
pushed through flat and wide of the stumps, Ball slaps it through point for one more
tossed up on the stumps, worked through backward square leg
"Ball did it with the ball in the last game," wonders Sohail. "Can he do it with the bat this time?"
darted wide of the tramlines on the off side
tossed up wide of the stumps and Ball broom-handles it through point
floated up and he carts the ball to leg this time, firmly struck and although it was stopped in front of the boundary, he then stepped on the rope to concede four
pushed through, did that take the edge? Yes, a big enough deflection to send it past Mushfiqur's gloves and running away for a couple
tossed up and worked against the turn through mid-on
and that's why! Not quite all the way but Ball uses those long levers to send a meaty swat over extra cover, one-bounce four
"Ball's cricinfo profile states that he has a 'penchant for six-hitting'," reports Abhu. This could still get interesting then...
full outside off, slower ball, mistimed on the drive to cover
well-directed bouncer, at the throat as Ball limbos underneath
1W | ||||
1W | 1W | |||
1W | ||||
2W | 1W | |||
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | |
Toss | England, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2016/17 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
Match number | ODI no. 3793 |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15 |
Match days | 9 October 2016 - daynight (50-over match) |
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