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28-Feb-2010 15:25:00 GMT
Bangladesh v England, 1st ODI, Dhaka

Cook - Collingwood Helps England to a Facile Win

Dhaka: Cook and Collingwood's half-centuries sealing the victory with four overs to spare. England go one-nil up in the one-day series with a six-wicket win.

Comfortable victory for England. After winning the toss and inviting the hosts to bat, they did not start well conceding 63 runs in the first 9 overs. But they came back well and put the brakes on Bangladesh, especially Swann and Collingwood, who conceded just 71 runs in 17 overs amongst themselves with 3 wickets.

The hosts tried to fight back with a late middle order partnership but werwe eventually bowled out for 228 with 26 balls to spare. Tamim Iqbal played a fabulous knock of 125 after being dropped on 10 by Eoin Morgan. Swann was the pick of the bowlers with 3-32.

In reply, the English openers started off well adding 73 for the opening wicket, but a little bit of a stutter caused some nervousness but Morgan and Collingwood added a brilliant 88 for the fourth wicket, sealing any hopes of a Bangladeshi victory.

Collingwood played a typical Collingwood innings, 75 unbeaten of a 100 balls, picking up singles and twos and hitting the occasional boundary, keeping the scoreboard ticking. The Bangladeshi spinners tried to make use of the slow track, but a Collingwood master-class came in their way. Naeem Islam was the best bowler, picking up 3/49 in 10 overs.

Tamim is named Man of the Match for his hundred, but that will provide little succour to him after the nature of this defeat.

Earlier, Tamim Iqbal cracked an impressive century to help Bangladesh post a competitive 228 against England in the opening one-day international on Sunday.

The left-handed opener made the tourists pay dearly for letting him off early in his innings, hitting three sixes and 13 fours in a 120-ball 125 for his third one-day century.

Iqbal, who was on 10 when dropped by Eoin Morgan in the covers off paceman Ryan Sidebottom, paced his innings remarkably well on a slow pitch before becoming the ninth man to be dismissed, bowled by fast bowler Stuart Broad.

He was involved in two useful stands, adding 63 for the opening wicket with Imrul Kayes (15) and as many runs for the seventh with Naeem Islam (25).

England did well to restrict the hosts despite Iqbal's century, with off-spinner Graeme Swann being the most impressive bowler with 3-32 off 10 tight overs.

Sidebottom, giving away 21 runs in his opening three overs, was replaced with Broad who was also punished by the Bangladeshi opener in his first spell.

Iqbal smashed Broad for two successive fours and then a six over mid-wicket in the same over before racing to his half-century off just 32 balls.

England broke the opening-wicket stand when seamer Tim Bresnan deceived Kayes with a slower ball, with Luke Wright holding the leading edge at mid-on.

Broad had Junaid Siddiqui caught by debutant Craig Kieswetter at square-leg for no score before Kevin Pietersen ran Aftab Ahmed out, hitting the stumps at the non-striker's end from mid-on.

Mushfiqur Rahim (22) looked like steadying the innings with Iqbal, but was run out just when his team needed a big partnership to boost their hopes of setting a stiff target in the day-night match.

Brief scores
Bangladesh:
228 (Tamim Iqbal 125, Swann 3-32, Broad 2-46)
England: 229 for 4 (Collingwood 75*, Cook 64, Naeem Islam 3-49)
Result: England won by six wickets
MOM: Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)


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