England [386/6] defeat Bangladesh [280] by 106 runs in the 12th match of the 2019 World Cup

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England are continuing to break ground in the ICC Men’s World Cup, but Jonny Bairstow thinks their winning performances are founded on old-fashioned values.

Bairstow had the perfect view of both aspects against Bangladesh, partnering Jason Roy in an opening stand of 128 in 19.1 overs before taking the wicketkeeping gloves as Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Liam Plunkett all pushed 140 kmh and above.

Victory by 106 runs was the perfect comeback after the loss to Pakistan on Monday, with England’s total of 386/6 their highest in World Cup history and Roy within five runs of equaling the highest individual tournament score for the country.

Although much has been made of their transformation in the 50-over format since the 2015 tournament, Bairstow does not believe that England have ripped up convention along the way.

“We were 15 off five overs so I would not say we were going off at the start,” he said. “We then caught up, but it wasn’t a case of running down the pitch and slogging. We played good cricket shots. Nothing really has changed with that mentality.

“Jason’s game has developed, that’s evolution with playing against different teams in different competitions around the world. Having opened the batting for a longer period for England, his confidence will be very high and it will be great for him to score 153 in the World Cup.

“At the other end I’m hoping I can score runs as well. It is good to have somebody at the other end who is destructive, but at the same time if you can work the partnership out, consistently grind out those hundred stands, it does set you up.”

Being an established Test wicket-keeper, Bairstow was unfazed when Jos Buttler’s hip injury forced England to hand over the gloves to him.

“There was a glare off the sightscreen which wasn’t very handy in the first few overs from Jofra’s end,” he said. “But to have three guys touching 90 miles an hour and Chris Woakes at 87 or 88 was good. All the lads are firing and that is strong for competition.

“You have seen that pace for a period of time with other nations: Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada for South Africa, Patrick Cummins and Mitchell Starc then Josh Hazlewood for Australia. But if you haven’t got the skill of execution, it doesn’t matter how fast you are.”

Bairstow is confident that Buttler will recover quickly and was satisfied with an improved team performance – while acknowledging that England can still improve.

“Everyone was saying our fielding [against Pakistan] wasn’t good, but that was just down to the standards we have set for the past two years,” he said. “It is good this time to put on a show, score over 380 and win by 106 runs.”

 

[MenInG]

Shakib Al Hasan is in fine form with the bat this World Cup, but the all-rounder knows it is with the ball that Bangladesh came unstuck against England in Cardiff.

Bangladesh had no answer to the England onslaught, despite having won the toss and having opted to put the hosts into bat.

Opener Jason Roy smashed 153 while Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler both made half-centuries as England ended up on 386/6 – their highest ever total at an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, also the highest score of the tournament to date. That total always looked beyond Bangladesh – who have now lost two in a row following their impressive opening win over South Africa.

Shakib hit 121 in response – and admitted his side had paid the price for not making best use of the early conditions. “We are disappointed with the result, and the manner we actually bowled," he said. “I thought we bowled really, really well against South Africa and against New Zealand.

“We were expecting a better bowling performance in this match. But obviously England played brilliantly. Credit goes to their batsmen. The way their openers started, and the way Buttler finished the innings was the turning point of the match I think.

“That’s been their (England) pattern for the last two, three years, building up to this World Cup. So they are not going to change. We knew that it’s always going to be tough for us. We knew that we had to take wickets in regular intervals in order to keep the momentum down, which we couldn’t do today. I think that’s why we lost the match.”

Shakib has now passed 50 in all three matches of the tournament so far – and the promotion from number five to number three in the batting order is clearly paying dividends. The all-rounder – who also opened the bowling here – admits he had to convince everyone else in the squad he was worthy of the batting promotion.

“Yeah, (I needed to convince) everyone. Because if I don’t score runs in a single match, they would think he should be batting at number five he’s better down there. It is different. You need to face some different challenges. But I’m enjoying at this moment, but having said that, it’s just the start, I need to contribute as much as I can with both bat and ball,” he added.

“I thought (the promotion in the batting order) it was a better opportunity for me to contribute more with the bat. So at this moment, I’m enjoying, but having said that, there are plenty more matches in this tournament.

The twin threats of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood – who both bowled north of 90mph again for England – also gave Shakib a proper examination.

“They are quick,” admitted Shakib. “It was a difficult challenge, but I enjoyed it. Obviously they are the two quickest bowlers in this World Cup, so I knew that it’s going to be tough, but I felt very happy with the way I played them.”

 

[BDfanforever]

Minorities are 15-20% of the UK population. What does 'background' have to do with anything here? They are Brits playing for England. Their skin tone is immaterial. Jofra is a case of selection from afar - and if Bangladesh can attract such talent, we should!

Jason Roy is South African born buddy. Jofra Archer is West Indian. Today we lost basically to these guys. Again, although I like the Eng team, England is a complete chora team. I am pretty sure Australia/NZ is also multicultural but I wont say they are chora team lol.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Jason Roy is South African born buddy. Jofra Archer is West Indian. Today we lost basically to these guys. Again, although I like the Eng team, England is a complete chora team. I am pretty sure Australia/NZ is also multicultural but I wont say they are chora team lol.

This is because the average Joe doesn't have any interest in cricket.

 

[HitWicket]

Apologies, that's 33% of foreign born residents. Still, your 3% estimate is a massive underestimate.

2nd part of this comment is directed at [MENTION=9211]BDfanforever[/MENTION] and not yourself [MENTION=144456]bujhee kom[/MENTION].

 

[bujhee kom]

Apologies, that's 33% of foreign born residents. Still, your 3% estimate is a massive underestimate.

I didn't say 3%. BDforever did, I said 15-20%.

 

[Ellipsism]

Jason Roy is South African born buddy. Jofra Archer is West Indian. Today we lost basically to these guys. Again, although I like the Eng team, England is a complete chora team. I am pretty sure Australia/NZ is also multicultural but I wont say they are chora team lol.

Jofra has an English father, and Roy’s family moved to England when he was 10 or so. What’s your point?
Are they not English?

 

[BDfanforever]

I didn't say 3%. BDforever did, I said 15-20%.

I guessed that Ind/BD/Pak population would be around 2%.

So according to their 2011 Census, 13% population was foreign born. 8% population identified as Asian, and from those 8% how many you think would be from Ind/Pak/BD?

So yeah my estimate was spot on.

 

[BDfanforever]

The loss against Eng was inevitable even before the toss. I am glad we got valuable experience out of this game. The game provided that we need to drop some players. After the world cup, I would drop Tamim, Mithun, Mashrafe and revamp the team. Soumya and Liton should be groomed to open. Unfortunately I do not see any spot for Tamim in modern ODI.

 

[Mainul]

well, as bangladesh batted with the sole intention to save their net run rate from ball 1 which shows the minnow mentality ingrained in their mindset, I would say,"mission accomplished"

If the target of going to semi is minnow mentality then I have to say that you don't know the meaning of minnow mentality at all. It is called tactics.

 

[warcry]

If the target of going to semi is minnow mentality then I have to say that you don't know the meaning of minnow mentality at all. It is called tactics.

it is ONLY acceptable to play for net run rate, during the buisness end of the tournament, with a clear NRR target in mind.

No other team would be playing for NRR in the opening games of a tournament. could you imagine England, Australia or West Indies giving up in a chase of 400? nah, they would damn it all, and go for it.

 

[Robert]

Nasser thanks Bangladesh for changing England’s white ball fortunes by knocking them out of WC 2015. World has to thank BD for this. New England came about because of BD.

It was the NZ match according to Morgan - England felt furious that their ODI strategy was obsolete, and started picking batters who would smash it from ball one.

 

[DHONI183]

What can I say about this England batting line-up? Nothing really. Just another good day at the office. I went away to offer the Dhuhr Prayer when Roy had just got his century. I returned after 20 minutes to find out that he has actually been dismissed already for 153 - wow! I suppose, those were the few overs where Bangladesh were completely batted out of the match.

Well done England, congratulations!

 

[jewel1985]

Games like these prove that Bangladesh is still nowhere near teams like Pakistan despite the delusions of grandeur. Pakistan can be inconsistent but their ceiling and potential is far, far higher. Are we capable of the sort of performances that Pakistan produced in beating England? Answer is no.

Out of the remaining matches I can only see us beating Afghan and maybe Sri Lanka and even those are 50-50 IMO.

 

[DHONI183]

Bit of a disagreement at home with my father over Mortaza´s decision to bowl first. He reckons that it´s suicidal given England´s ability to easily post a 350 plus score. However, in my opinion, the best way to overcome this England team is to let them bat first as otherwise they can chase ANY given score with immense ease. Restricting them here to under 320 should be the aim here.

Let´s see who of us two was right at the end of the day.

The old wise man was right after all! He made sure to rub it in nicely. Trolled me over this twice yesterday and once today.

 

[HitWicket]

I guessed that Ind/BD/Pak population would be around 2%.

So according to their 2011 Census, 13% population was foreign born. 8% population identified as Asian, and from those 8% how many you think would be from Ind/Pak/BD?

So yeah my estimate was spot on.

But you said it in relation to Moeen and Rashid who are not foreign born...

 

[Mainul]

it is ONLY acceptable to play for net run rate, during the buisness end of the tournament, with a clear NRR target in mind.

No other team would be playing for NRR in the opening games of a tournament. could you imagine England, Australia or West Indies giving up in a chase of 400? nah, they would damn it all, and go for it.

Apart from England, India,Australia no team in this WC has ability to chase 386. Apart from these 3 if any team tries to chase this target, shall end up loosing it by a big margin hurting NRR big. Yesterday's match was decided at first half. We clearly don't have the ability to chase above 330. We know our limitations well. Doing heroics crossing limitations and doing it within ones limitation- the outcome shall be different. You may not like this strategy but it was the strategy of our team

 

[warcry]

Apart from England, India,Australia no team in this WC has ability to chase 386. Apart from these 3 if any team tries to chase this target, shall end up loosing it by a big margin hurting NRR big. Yesterday's match was decided at first half. We clearly don't have the ability to chase above 330. We know our limitations well. Doing heroics crossing limitations and doing it within ones limitation- the outcome shall be different. You may not like this strategy but it was the strategy of our team

this why bangladesh is extremely unlikeable as a cricket team. you can call bangladeshi batting pragmatic and realistic, i call it cowardice. and minnow mentality.

Pakistan was also set a target of 371 by england, which was almost chased down.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...land-vs-pakistan-2nd-odi-pakistan-in-eng-2019

You could say, that there is no NRR in a bilateral series. Having said that, as a neutral, i want to see both sides trying to win and playing good cricket, which i did not see.

and after all this talk on NRR, when you are low on points, NRR will have no use at all.