England's struggle with the ball
ESPNcricinfo picks out the eye-catching statistics ahead of England v Bangladesh
Bishen Jeswant
08-Mar-2015
Tumbling out? England have struggled to contain with the ball and Steven Finn has been their most expensive bowler • Associated Press
13-2 England's win-loss record against Bangladesh in ODIs. But England have lost two of their last three ODIs against Bangladesh. The last meeting was in the 2011 World Cup. Bangladesh won that encounter by two wickets.
6.2 Economy rate of England's bowlers at this World Cup, the poorest for any Test nation and the second-poorest for any team at this tournament. Only Ireland's bowlers have a poorer economy rate (6.53). Also, the average (44.9) and strike rate (43.4) for England's bowlers are the worst for any top-eight team.
10 Number of balls per boundary for England during this World Cup, the second-worst ratio for any Test nation. The only team to score boundaries at a lesser rate are Pakistan, who have only hit a boundary every 12 balls during this World Cup.
0.94 England's win-loss ratio since the 1996 World Cup, the poorest for any top-eight team. England have 17 wins and 18 losses in World Cup games during this period. West Indies are the only other team with more loses than wins in this period. They have 18 wins and 19 losses.
5 Number of 50-plus partnerships for England in this World Cup, the fewest for any team. Ireland have ten such partnerships, the most for any team.
9.1 England's economy rate when bowling in the last ten overs of an innings during this World Cup, the second-worst for any top-eight team after West Indies (9.9). Over the last 10 years, England have been conceding about 7.3 runs per over during this stage of an ODI innings, the worst for any team.
8 Number of matches lost by England in their last 10 completed matches at the Adelaide Oval, winning only two. Bangladesh on the other hand have never played an ODI at this venue.
7.63 Bangladesh's run-rate in the last ten overs of an ODI innings since 2013. This is better than the run-rate of teams like Sri Lanka (7.58), England (7.57) and Pakistan (7.25).