Ireland vs Bangladesh, 2nd ODI at Chelmsford, , May 12 2023 - Match Result

Bangladesh take a 1-0 lead but both teams continued to breathe life into the ODI format and entertained a vociferous crowd in Chelmsford. The game was curtailed and it went overtime but delivered top-quality cricket that signal exciting times ahead. We'll do this all over again in a couple of days, see you then. Goodbye for now from me, Ekanth, my co-commentator, S Sudarshanan, and our scorers, Binoy George and Chandan Duorah.

Najmul Hossain Shanto, POTM: I feel very happy, it was nice. I think Hridoy batted well. His intent helped me. It's pretty cold but we can't control conditions. We just focus on our game. We didn't feel we were outside Bangladesh, thanks to the crowd. Hopefully they can come in the next match as well. He later thanks the crowd for coming in Bangla, his native tongue.

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh Captain: The support is unbelievable when we played in England. I remember our crowd outnumbered England in 2017, it's special. Due to the ground dimensions and the wicket, we thought it was chaseable. It's not a ground where you need to look for a boundary all the time, they will come. Kudos to Shanto. If Towhid keeps performing the way he does, he will be gold.

Andy Balbirnie, Ireland Captain: Hard one to pinpoint, will sit down tomorrow and look at it. It's a tough ground to defend, credit to them for the chase. We can take a lot of confidence. When you have a good score, you're in the game. Can't fault batters. Shoutout to Tector. I wouldn't look too much into him making tons in losing causes. He'll score more in wins. Bangladesh have a great team. We were good but not enough. We entertained the crowd, hope to do it on Sunday.

nzbsz: "10 points and Bangladesh moved to the third position in the point table. Another 10 won't change it much but the morale will be high. "

8:50pm And so, a long, never-ending match has finished in a thriller! And it was down to the experienced Mushfiqur to get them over the line. It never seemed as if his heroics would be needed when Shanto was going out all guns blazing along with Hridoy. The pair never let the required run rate go out of hand and kept Bangladesh in the game. But once they both fell - with Shanto having scored a fantastic, maiden ODI ton - the game was open. Ireland squeezed in some economical overs and took it to the last over. Adair almost did it by dismissing Mushfiqur, only for it to be a waist-high no-ball. And rest, as they say, is history. Bangladesh are 1-0 up with a game to go. Presentations soon.

Shovik: "I'm loving Mushfiqur in this finisher's role. A few heartbreaks in the past have moulded him into a commendable finisher, really clinical. "

Free hit. And Mushfiqur is on strike, too. Four balls, four runs needed. The field won't change since it is the same batter on strike.

Mushfiqur is caught at deep backward square leg, but is it a high full toss?

Now long-off in place, third comes in.

Five needed off six. More importantly for Bangladesh, Mushfiqur is on strike. Adair has the ball in hand. Third in, mid-on out, mid-off in. Around the stumps

Boby: "Whenever I am seeing "Little to Mushfiqur", my brain automatically reading it "Little Mushfiqur". What a Little Master Bangladesh have produced! "

Mid-on goes back, deep midwicket comes in.

Shoriful Islam is the new batter in. 11 needed off 10

asQ: "Will there be super over, if TIE?" Yes.

A run-a-ball 12 needed. Mushfiqur on strike. Little to bowl the penultimate over of this lonnnggg game. Left-arm round.

Adair brings third in. square leg goes out. Long-on in place too.

Around the stumps

Mark Adair is brought back.

Sertajur Rahman: "I am sensing a tie.That should be the perfect result for this nailbiting match.."

Stirling back at slip.

A chat between Dockrell and Balbirnie now.

A concussion check now. Looks to be alright.