England was seen to be registering its second straight win at the tournament in Abu Dhabi against Bangladesh yesterday.
Bangladesh opted to bat first after winning the toss but things didn’t go their way and were shocked by three early blows which collapsed the top batting order.
The English bowlers were seen to be dominating the game which restricted the Bangladeshi top order to play and thus settling to a low score of 124/9 after the end of 20 overs.
However, with 35 balls remaining in England’s one-sided win yesterday, it was Jonny Bairstow who scored the winning runs through midwicket, and England is two from two with a great net run-rate.
Now, we will be going through data and stats to analyze a few key aspects of the game.
Not the kind of start the Bangladeshi’s were expecting
Liton Das and Md. Naim started with the bat for Bangladesh but little could they do before some of the greatest bowling attacks by England. Both the Bangladeshi openers followed by the skipper Shakib Al Hasan settled with scores below 10 – a major setback for the Tigers.
Chris Woakes was very special with the new bowl yesterday. With his super-control with the bowl, his stats says he bowled some great spells with the ball by bowling 40% of his deliveries on good line and length. He dismissed the out-of-form Liton Das during the third over of the first innings. Although, Woakes took only one wicket while he conceded the bare minimum, just 12 runs from his four overs.
The Bangladeshi batsmen found it tough during the initial powerplay overs as they managed to score 27 runs while losing three wickets. The wickets stopped falling during the 7th to 10th over and the highest no. of runs came towards the end of the game with Mishfiqur Rahman scoring only 20 plus scores for his team.
He scored 29 runs from 30 deliveries and struck at a rate of just 96.6 – A sensible and responsible knock along with Nasum Ahmed’s unbeaten 19 runs that helped Bangladesh post a score of 124 but lost nine wickets at the end of 20 overs.
The English bowlers were superb with some of the most economic bowls bowled so far in the tournament. With so many options for Morgan to try out, it was Moeen Ali taking two wickets bowling just three overs with an economy of six while Livingstone is bowling the same no. of overs and taking two wickets with an economy of just five – therefore, some superb spin bowling as the pitches were responding to the left arms. Only Adil Rashid was particularly expensive with the bowl.
Also, Tymal Mills from England, after his four overs of extra-ordinary fast bowling took three wickets with a decent economy of 6.7.
The English ecstasy with the bat
Jason Roy and Jos Buttler started the chase for England quite decently with a partnership of 39 runs towards the end of five overs. Buttler was dismissed by Nasum Ahmad with the bowl.
Only Nasum Ahmad and Shoriful Islam from Bangladesh managed to get one wicket each for their team while others proved to be pretty expensive.
Post Buttler’s dismissal, Dawid Malan took on the responsibility with the bat and along with Jason Roy’s explosive batting managed to put on a crucial 73 runs partnership from just 43 balls, which almost did the job for England.
Jason Roy’s explosive batting performance consisted of three 6s and five 4s where he has scored 61 runs from just 31 bowls and struck at a rate as high as 160.52. He was seen to be hitting around the ground while most of his runs came towards the long-on region.
Post that Bairstow finished the show for England in just 14.1 overs and thus England cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in its Super 12 T20 World Cup match to register its second straight win of the tournament.