Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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"

44.4
W
Mashrafe Mortaza to Ball, OUT, 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

JT Ball c Nasir Hossain b Mashrafe Mortaza 28 (24m 22b 5x4 0x6) SR: 127.27

44.3
1
Mashrafe Mortaza to Rashid, 1 run, 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"

44.2
0
Mashrafe Mortaza to Rashid, no run, good length, Rashid tries to roll his wrists on it, sends it back to the bowler
44.1
0
Mashrafe Mortaza to Rashid, no run, full, possibly a cutter, Rashid leans out to block

Mashrafe Mortaza brings himself back on... Skipper needs to keep cool and finish this off

END OF OVER:
44 | 10 Runs | ENG: 203/9 (36 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 4.61, RRR: 6.00)

  • Jake Ball28 (21b)
  • Adil Rashid32 (41b)
  • Taskin Ahmed8-0-47-3
  • Shakib Al Hasan9-0-50-1

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

43.6
0
Taskin Ahmed to Ball, no run, fired in full on off stump and this time blocked towards point
43.5
4
Taskin Ahmed to Ball, FOUR, 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?

43.4
4
Taskin Ahmed to Ball, FOUR, 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!
43.3
1
Taskin Ahmed to Rashid, 1 run, full outside off, Rashid carves through cover point coming forwards
43.2
1
Taskin Ahmed to Ball, 1 run, shortish and rising to jam the glove against the bat handle, punched down into the leg side
43.1
0
Taskin Ahmed to Ball, no run, 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]

END OF OVER:
43 | 11 Runs | ENG: 193/9 (46 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 4.48, RRR: 6.57)

  • Jake Ball19 (16b)
  • Adil Rashid31 (40b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan9-0-50-1
  • Shafiul Islam8-0-37-0
42.6
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Ball, 1 run, pushed through flat and wide of the stumps, Ball slaps it through point for one more
42.5
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Rashid, 1 run, 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?"

42.5
1w
Shakib Al Hasan to Rashid, 1 wide, darted wide of the tramlines on the off side
42.4
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Ball, 1 run, tossed up wide of the stumps and Ball broom-handles it through point
42.3
4
Shakib Al Hasan to Ball, FOUR, 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
42.2
2
Shakib Al Hasan to Ball, 2 runs, 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
42.1
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Rashid, 1 run, tossed up and worked against the turn through mid-on

END OF OVER:
42 | 9 Runs | ENG: 182/9 (57 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 4.33, RRR: 7.12)

  • Jake Ball11 (12b)
  • Adil Rashid29 (38b)
  • Shafiul Islam8-0-37-0
  • Shakib Al Hasan8-0-39-1
41.6
4
Shafiul Islam to Ball, FOUR, 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...

41.5
0
Shafiul Islam to Ball, no run, full outside off, slower ball, mistimed on the drive to cover
41.4
0
Shafiul Islam to Ball, no run, well-directed bouncer, at the throat as Ball limbos underneath
41.3
4
Shafiul Islam to Ball, FOUR, pitched up and Ball gets hold of this, spanked back down the ground in the old-fashioned style for four
41.2
0
Shafiul Islam to Ball, no run, dug in short, over the vertical blade as Ball swings across the line
41.1
1
Shafiul Islam to Rashid, 1 run, Rashid drops back and slides one more off the bat face to third man

END OF OVER:
41 | 11 Runs | ENG: 173/9 (66 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 4.21, RRR: 7.33)

  • Jake Ball3 (7b)
  • Adil Rashid28 (37b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan8-0-39-1
  • Shafiul Islam7-0-28-0

Here's Hassan: "Ball has highest score of 49 not out in first class." And it's hard to talk him up much more than that... Especially after those last three balls

40.6
2
Shakib Al Hasan to Ball, 2 runs, big swing again and this time he under-edges between Mushfiq's legs for a couple

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England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12JM VinceJJ Roy
2nd2JJ RoyBM Duckett
3rd10JM BairstowJJ Roy
4th2JM BairstowBA Stokes
5th79JM BairstowJC Buttler
6th15MM AliJC Buttler
7th3CR WoakesJC Buttler
8th9AU RashidCR Woakes
9th27AU RashidDJ Willey
10th45AU RashidJT Ball