Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

JJ Roy
JJ Roy
61(38) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 18 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
0 15 3 10 3 6 20 4
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mushfiqur Rahim
29(30) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 7 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
15 0 3 1 3 1 4 2

Best performances - Bowlers

TS Mills
TS Mills
O4
M0
R27
W3
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
O3
M0
R15
W2
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Alan Gardner

2.15pm: Time to hear from the captains, starting with Mahmudullah: "Definitely, we were disappointed with the batting, it was a good wicket but we didn't start well and didn't have any partnerships in the middle either. We've been lacking a good start, on these wickets it gets difficult later on. We are more skilled hitters than power hitters, we don't want to change that because we believe we can post good totals. We need to reassess and come up with a good plan."

England skipper Eoin Morgan: "The bowlers have started the tournament exceptionally well, they've adapted really well again today, very disciplined and backed up with good catching and ground fielding. It's a huge compliment to how far our white-ball cricket in general has come along, a lot of players involved in the 2019 World Cup success and that's lent itself to T20 cricket as well. [Roy] It's nice for him and Dawid to get some time at the wicket. The way Jason plays is so imposing, makes it difficult to set fields, so great to see him in good touch."

Right, that'll do. Andrew Miller is tapping up his final report, and we've already started our build-up to Namibia vs Scotland, the evening fixture in Abu Dhabi. As ever, thanks for your contribs. From myself, Debayan and Chandan, it's cheerio for now. Bye!

2.05pm: Wrapped like shawarma, England take the points and can go seek a shady spot. They weren't made to sweat (at least figuratively) by a below-par Bangladesh batting display, and now sit on a very healthy NRR as well as two wins from two in Group 1. Things seem to be coming together nicely, despite the niggles for Mark Wood and Tom Curran. Moeen has embraced his role with the new ball, Mills looked during the death overs, and then Roy played the perfect innings at top, helping to silence some of the doubts about England's abilities against spin

Jason Roy is named Player of the Match after making 61 off 38 in his 50th T20I: "Very special match for us, we had to back up our last performance and came out firing with the ball. A lot of credit to our bowlers again. [Game changed over years?] You grow up a tiny bit, at the start of my career it was sporadic T20s here and there, nice to get into more of a routine now. Want to get off to as good a start as possible, but these pitches can be quite hard to do so. Today I hit a few gaps but it's definitely a case of keeping wickets in hand and then powering through the back end. [Facing spin] It's a part of my game that's improved a lot, today was a big test, so I had to use all the skills I've learned."

14.1
4
Shoriful Islam to Bairstow, FOUR, and there's the hit, pulled smoothly for four, Bairstow slots it through midwicket and England win by eight wickets. A stroll in the afternoon sunshine

England a hit away...

END OF OVER:
14 | 8 Runs | ENG: 122/2 (3 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.71, RRR: 0.50)

  • Jonny Bairstow4 (3b)
  • Dawid Malan28 (25b)
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-23-0
  • Shoriful Islam3-0-22-1

Mohsin: "Surely Stokes can play in place of Malan, He can bat at 4 or 5 and Bairstow can move up a batting order. He can bat bowl and field. A true 3D player." You say that, Mohsin (and I sort of agree), but dropping Malan is harder than it looks!

13.6
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Bairstow, 1 run, fullish with pace off and nudged to square leg
13.5
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Malan, 1 run, another legcutter, 106kph/66mph and steered towards backward point, it squirms away from Mahedi and they take one
13.4
4
Mustafizur Rahman to Malan, FOUR, short and slapped to the cover rope! Just an extension of the arms, Malan pings it over the infield and away
13.3
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Bairstow, 1 run, cutter into the surface, 114kph and tapped down leg side for one

"From the matches gone, I guess Eng and Aus from Group 1 and Pak and either of India/NZ from Group 2 will make it to the last 4," says Juzer. "Any other thoughts?" Don't rule out SL (on form) and Afghanistan (unpredictability), I reckon

13.2
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Malan, 1 run, length ball out the side of the hand, 135kph/84mph and heading leg side, nudged off the pads

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st39JJ RoyJC Buttler
2nd73DJ MalanJJ Roy
3rd14DJ MalanJM Bairstow