BANGLADESH beat England by five runs in the second one-day international at Bristol to record their first-ever win over Andrew Strauss’s side.
Bangladesh, plagued by injuries and without a win in 2010, came into the match having lost all 20 of their previous meetings with England but left as worthy victors.
England can point to the fact Ian Bell was unable to bat until number 11 after fracturing his metatarsal but it was a combination of gutsy bowling and dreadful shot selection that saw the hosts fall short of a modest target of 237.
Jonathan Trott top-scored with a 130-ball 94 before he was last man out with three balls to go.
England got off to a swift start but as soon as Rubel Hossain entered the attack things changed. The paceman banged one in short to have Andrew Strauss caught behind for 33 and three balls later found Craig Kieswetter’s edge with a fuller swinging ball.
Paul Collingwood was given out lbw to Abdur Razzak off an inside edge for 10 and Razzak was again successful when he rapped Eoin Morgan (one) on the pads with the first ball of his next over, Asad Rauf correct to raise his finger this time.
Michael Yardy lost his middle stump to Shakib Al Hasan and Luke Wright’s adventure got the better of him in the 35th over when he aimed a big drive at Shafiul Islam, only for Junaid Siddique to collect at slip at the second attempt.
Ajmal Shahzad was bowled for five, slogging wildly at Shakib and Stuart Broad (21) fell to Mashrafe Mortaza with 28 still needed.
Trott took 13 off the 49th but Shafiul Islam ended proceedings when Trott edged the next to Jahurul.
Imrul Kayes’s 76 off 111 balls was the mainstay of the Bangladesh innings.
BANGLADESH innings
T. Iqbal c Kieswetter b Shahzad 18
I. Kayes c Collingwood b Shahzad 76
J. Siddique c Kieswetter b Broad 21
J. Islam c Kieswetter b Shahzad 40
S. Al Hasan b Collingwood 1
M. Ashraful run-out 14
Mahmudullah not out 24
M. Mortaza run-out 22
A. Razzak not out 1
Extras: (nb-3, lb-4, w-12) 19
Total: (seven wickets, 50 overs) 236
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-65, 3-148, 4-149, 5-174, 6-196, 7-233.
Bowling: Anderson 9-0-46-0 (w-1), Shahzad 10-0-41-3 (w-2), Broad 10-0-60-1 (nb-3, w-2), Wright 6-0-30-0 (w-2), Yardy 10-0-39-0 (w-3), Collingwood 5-0-16-1.
ENGLAND innings
A. Strauss c J. Islam b R. Hossain 33
C. Kieswetter c J. Islam b R. Hossain 20
J. Trott c J. Islam b S. Islam 94
P. Collingwood lbw b Razzak 10
E. Morgan lbw b Razzak 1
M. Yardy b Al Hasan 10
L. Wright c Siddique b S. Islam 15
A. Shahzad b Al Hasan 5
S. Broad c Al Hasan b Mortaza 21
J. Anderson c & b Mortaza 2
I. Bell not out 0
Extras: (lb-7, w-13) 20
Total: (all out, 49.3 overs) 231
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-58, 3-86, 4-90, 5-115, 6-146, 7-166, 8-209, 9-227.
Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 10-0-42-2, Abdur Razzak 10-0-43-2 (w-1), Shafiul Islam 9.3-3-38-2 (w-2), Rubel Hossain 9-0-52-2 (w-2), Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-40-2 (w-3), Mohammad Ashraful 1-0-9-0.