Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2099dThe Bulletin by Sahil Dutta

Cook hundred takes England to 2-0 series win

What was at times a fluctuating contest turned into a comfortable victory for England as Alastair Cook finished his first tour in charge with a controlled, unbeaten 109

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

IR Bell
IR Bell
138(262) 15x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 32 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
6 8 14 14 19 3 33 41
AN Cook
AN Cook
109(156) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot on back foot
  • 30 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
9 3 12 13 26 9 4 33

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Tredwell
JC Tredwell
O34
M8
R82
W4
Eco2.41
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
GP Swann
O36.1
M5
R114
W4
Eco3.15
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Bangladesh , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

England won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30

Match days

20,21,22,23,24 March 2010 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorecard Summary

BANGLADESH 419(117.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 496(173.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

BANGLADESH 285(102 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ENGLAND 209/1(44 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
44 | 14 Runs | ENG: 209/1

  • Alastair Cook109 (156b)
  • Kevin Pietersen74 (79b)
  • Mahmudullah7-1-38-0
  • Naeem Islam4-0-19-0

With that shot, Cook seals a nine-wicket win for England, as well as a 100% success record on the tour. A tired-looking Bangladesh side trudge off the field and are met at the boundary by the England squad, shaking hands to bring an end to a tour in which Bangladesh have displayed moments and sessions of brilliance, but which England never allowed to slip out of their grasp.

Apart from the final session, Bangladesh have generally looked to be positive, to their credit, and with less to lose they were often much more willing to take risks to try and force the game out of England's hands. They've not had the best of luck, with a few freakish dismissals and the odd umpiring mistake, but they haven't backed down by any means in this series, and although England have won every game of the tour the hosts have made them work hard for every win.

That'll be all from your commentary team for this series - Andrew McGlashan, Sahil Dutta and Liam Brickhill - thanks for joining us and farewell, until next time. Sahil's final bulletin of the series is up, so be sure to check that out as it's a lyrical and emotive piece of cricket literature. Thanks for all the feedback, it's been tremendous for the whole five days of this Test, and has brightened up some very early, dark and chilly starts in the Cricinfo office.

Tamim Iqbal receives the award for most valued Bangladeshi player of the series, Shakib al Hasan gets the award for Man of the Match for his scores of 49 and 96, and his four wickets. Graeme Swann gets Man of the Series for his 16 wickets.

43.6
4
Mahmudullah to Cook, FOUR, and that's it, another full toss and Cook gets down to sweep the ball to the boundary.
43.5
0
Mahmudullah to Cook, no run, real loopy floater dished up, Cook taps it softly to point
43.4
1
Mahmudullah to Pietersen, 1 run, eased down behind square on the leg side for one
43.3
4
Mahmudullah to Pietersen, FOUR, plants the front foot down the track and sends the ball sailing back over the bowler, bouncing just inside the rope
43.2
4
Mahmudullah to Pietersen, FOUR, full toss from around the wicket, whipped powerfully away to deep midwicket

Shakib continues to tweak the field every now and then, but this match is grinding to a conclusion

43.1
1
Mahmudullah to Cook, 1 run, low, dipping full toss is hammered out to wide long on