England vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket World Cup 2023 result and reaction as Jos Buttler’s side bounce back
England look to bounce back from opening day defeat against Bangladesh
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England put their opening-day defeat against New Zealand firmly behind them when they beat Bangladesh by 137 runs in the Cricket World Cup in Dharamshala.
The defending champions were utterly humbled by the Kiwis in a nine-wicket defeat that left viewers stunned, and even more problematically, dealt a significant blow to the side’s net run rate.
The Himalayan foothills provided a stunning backdrop to the occasion, and despite pre-match discussions being dominated by concerns around the nature of the pitch, it did not have any significant effect on the performance. Speaking to reporters on the eve of the clash, Jos Buttler described the pitch as “poor”, claiming it was different to the one used when he played at the same ground during the IPL, but England emerged victorious and having boosted their net run rate.
The pitch was also a cause for concern when Afghanistan played against Bangladesh there, as Mujeeb Ur Rahman jarred his knee in the sandy turf diving for a ball, and head coach and former England batter Jonathan Trott said players were “unsure” over their footing.
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Wicket! Livingstone out for 0! bowled Shoriful, England 307-5
That was a beautiful delivery from Shoriful, just rolled the fingers over it, it beat the bat and went straight into the top of off stump.
There will be no big knock from Livingstone, despite his feats at the same ground during this year’s IPL.
He has gone first ball!
Wicket! Root out for 82! England 307-4
England will want to push this up towards 400, if not reach the milestone, but with the decision to bring in Reece Topley for Moeen Ali, their batting has taken a hit.
Livingstone is in next, but then it’s Sam Curran and Chris Woakes, so not quite the depth as they had in the first match.
Root cannot reach his century, he has runs to his name but not quite the big milestone.
A knuckle ball, Root doesn’t pick it up and top-edges it high, with the wicketkeeper able to get there in plenty of time.
England 342-3 (41) Root 81, Brook 5, Mustafizur 0-59 (9)
The 300 is up for England, Livingstone is shadow-batting as he prepares to come in next.
Root is able to manipulate the field with a clever dab down towards third man.
Six runs from the over.
England 298-3 (40) Root 80, Brook 1, Shoriful 1-54 (6)
Brook is off the mark with a single, he is also an attacking player, but might be slightly more measured than his captain as he looks to make an impact at this tournament having been preferred to Jason Roy.
Wicket! Buttler out for 20! bowled Shoriful, England 296-3
Buttler goes up and over again and has another boundary, his bat and hand speed is just incredible, has to be one of the quickest in the game.
This pair are running so hard between the wickets.
But Buttler goes at one too many! Buttler expected another yorker, and it was a knuckle-ball that he just chopped on to his own stumps.
His innings comes to an end on 20 from 10.
England 290-2 (39) Root 78, Buttler 14, Mustafizur 0-54 (8)
Buttler completely miss-times the ball, it loops up but lands directly between two fielders, it was clever bowling, a good slower ball but it lands perfectly between them and the England captain has got away with one.
The England captain has gone hard at these deliveries and running quickly between the wickets, but there’s still a lot of overs to go in this innings.
Root hits another for four, and England are close to 300.
England 279-2 (38) Buttler 9, Root 73, Mahedi 1-49 (5)
And Buttler wastes no time when he comes to the crease, the second ball has flown away for six!
Just a few balls later he has another! A strong show of intent from the England captain, if aided slightly by the thinner air at the altitude of the stadium.
Wicket! Malan out for 140, bowled Mahedi, England 266-2
Malan goes for another heave and completely misses it! It brings an end to what was a stunning innings from the England opener.
England 262-1 (37) Root 69, Malan 136, Taskin 0-33 (5)
Malan has another six, a front foot pull has flown several rows deep into the crowd and been caught by a fan one-handed!
The rest of the over is comfortably knocked around for singles.
England 251-1 (36) Root 67, Malan 128, Shoriful 0-46 (5)
Root whips the ball away for four, any length ball is being punished - whether that’s seam or spin and that ball was no different.
England have their 28th four of the match.
Root has the most runs for England in ICC men’s cricket world cups, he really is the performer on the biggest stage!
Although just after that he has gone for a reverse-sweep and been struck on the back.
The next ball is hit down the ground for four however.
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