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Summary In another upset of the World Cup 2011, Bangladesh defeated England by 2 wickets.
Chasing a target of 226 runs, Tamim Iqbal and Kayes provided a solid start. Tamim scored 38 while Kayes made 60 crucial runs at Chittagong stadium on Friday. Mehmudullah and Shafiul Islam’s 50-plus partnership took Bangladesh to the brink. Bangladesh survived a minor collapse from 155-3 to 169-8 to bounce back in style from last weeks humiliating nine-wicket loss to the West Indies. Shahzad picked three wickets and Swann took 2 wickets.Earlier, England gave 226 runs target to co-host Bangladesh in a Group B match. After winning the toss at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, captain of the Bangladesh cricket team, Shakib Al Hasan elected to field first, a decision which proved to a right one as they succeeded to restrict England at 225. Only Trott (67) and Morgan (63) resisted the Bangladeshi bowling. No other batsman cross the twenties.
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