Bangladesh take a 1-0 lead but both teams continued to breathe life into the ODI format and entertained a vociferous crowd in Chelmsford. The game was curtailed and it went overtime but delivered top-quality cricket that signal exciting times ahead. We'll do this all over again in a couple of days, see you then. Goodbye for now from me, Ekanth, my co-commentator, S Sudarshanan, and our scorers, Binoy George and Chandan Duorah.
Najmul Hossain Shanto, POTM: I feel very happy, it was nice. I think Hridoy batted well. His intent helped me. It's pretty cold but we can't control conditions. We just focus on our game. We didn't feel we were outside Bangladesh, thanks to the crowd. Hopefully they can come in the next match as well. He later thanks the crowd for coming in Bangla, his native tongue.
Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh Captain: The support is unbelievable when we played in England. I remember our crowd outnumbered England in 2017, it's special. Due to the ground dimensions and the wicket, we thought it was chaseable. It's not a ground where you need to look for a boundary all the time, they will come. Kudos to Shanto. If Towhid keeps performing the way he does, he will be gold.
Andy Balbirnie, Ireland Captain: Hard one to pinpoint, will sit down tomorrow and look at it. It's a tough ground to defend, credit to them for the chase. We can take a lot of confidence. When you have a good score, you're in the game. Can't fault batters. Shoutout to Tector. I wouldn't look too much into him making tons in losing causes. He'll score more in wins. Bangladesh have a great team. We were good but not enough. We entertained the crowd, hope to do it on Sunday.
nzbsz: "10 points and Bangladesh moved to the third position in the point table. Another 10 won't change it much but the morale will be high. "
8:50pm And so, a long, never-ending match has finished in a thriller! And it was down to the experienced Mushfiqur to get them over the line. It never seemed as if his heroics would be needed when Shanto was going out all guns blazing along with Hridoy. The pair never let the required run rate go out of hand and kept Bangladesh in the game. But once they both fell - with Shanto having scored a fantastic, maiden ODI ton - the game was open. Ireland squeezed in some economical overs and took it to the last over. Adair almost did it by dismissing Mushfiqur, only for it to be a waist-high no-ball. And rest, as they say, is history. Bangladesh are 1-0 up with a game to go. Presentations soon.
Shovik: "I'm loving Mushfiqur in this finisher's role. A few heartbreaks in the past have moulded him into a commendable finisher, really clinical. "
Free hit. And Mushfiqur is on strike, too. Four balls, four runs needed. The field won't change since it is the same batter on strike.
