Bangladesh into WCup quarters as England exits
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MOHAMMAD Mahmudullah became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a World Cup century as woeful England crashed out of the tournament with a 15-run loss to the Tigers at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.
Mahmudullah scored 103 and brother-in-law Mushfiqur Rahim made 89 as the Tigers recovered from eight for two to post a challenging 275-7 after being sent in to bat in overcast conditions.
England, needing a win to stay afloat after winning just one of its previous four Pool A matches, was bowled out for 260 as seamer Rubel Hossain claimed four wickets and wicket-keeper Rahim held four catches.
Ian Bell made 63 but England slipped to 163-6 before Jos Buttler (65 off 52 balls) and Chris Woakes (42 not out) briefly revived its hopes with a 75-run stand for the seventh wicket.
But the dismissals of Buttler and Chris Jordan off successive balls in the 46th over turned the match Bangladesh’s way.
“It was pretty poor, to be knocked out of the World Cup is unbelievably disappointing,” said England captain Eoin Morgan, who was out for his fifth nought in his last 11 innings.
“I’m gutted, we’ve struggled and fallen away since we arrived here. We wanted to get to the quarterfinals and from there fight through three games.”
This was Bangladesh’s third win over England in their last four one-day internationals, including the two-wicket success in Chittagong during the previous World Cup four years ago.
“I feel very proud,” said Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza, who led his side superbly in the field.
“Mahmudullah scored his first hundred for Bangladesh, and Mushfiqur was also brilliant at the end.
“I think Rubel Hossain will be very happy now as he picked up four crucial wickets. I’m really happy for all those people back home who have wanted us to make it this far.
“We had a good combination today, especially with the seven batsmen. They showed their guts today, and the bowlers then did a very good job.”
Victory meant Bangladesh assured itself of a place in the knockout phase even before its last pool match against co-host New Zealand, only the second time in five tries it has moved beyond the first round, with the Tigers stunning India to move to the Super Eights at the 2007 edition in the Caribbean.
England will return home after its closing ‘dead’ league match against Afghanistan in Sydney on Friday.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, grabbed the last quarterfinal place from Pool A following Bangladesh’s qualification. “Bangladesh’s victory means Sri Lanka has secured the fourth and final spot from Pool A in the last eight stage of the tournament,” the International Cricket Council said.
New Zealand and Australia, the top two teams in the pool, had already secured their places in the quarterfinals. In Pool B, only holder India has secured its quarterfinal place so far, winning all four games.
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