LIVE England vs Bangladesh, ICC World Cup 2023 Warm Up Match Score Updates: Rain stops play, covers on ground, Ban 153/5

Bangladesh

Mehidy Hasan 60

Towhid Hridoy 5

England bowling

Reece Topley 2/18 (3)

Sam Curran 0/14 (3)

David Willey 0/18 (4)

Chris Woakes 0/25 (5)

Mark Wood 1/9 (3)

Gus Atkinson 0/18 (3)

Adil Rashid 0/27 (5)

Liam Livingstone 0/17 (2)

Moeen Ali 0/7 (2)

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: And the rains are here. The grounds men have covered the ground and it seems to take a while for match to resume 

Bangladesh

Mehidy Hasan 58

Towhid Hridoy 4

England bowling

Reece Topley 2/18 (3)

Sam Curran 0/14 (3)

David Willey 0/18 (4)

Chris Woakes 0/25 (5)

Mark Wood 1/9 (3)

Gus Atkinson 0/18 (3)

Adil Rashid 0/27 (5)

Liam Livingstone 0/17 (2)

Moeen Ali 0/4 (1)

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Another all rounder Moeen Ali has taken the command of the bowling. Bangladesh really needs a partnership to take the game forward

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: As the Bangladesh batters attempt to increase the run rate, Mahmudullah attempts a big shot but its a easy catch in Liam Livingstone’s hands. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: This 50 from Mahidy Hasan is coming at the right time as the team was in stressful situation. Bangaldesh have increased the run rate from past few overs. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Nice FOUR by Mehidy Hasan and he is inching closer to his half-century 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: England skipper Jos Buttler is using the warm up match rightly as he is giving chance to all bolwers to hone their skills 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: With little bit of help from the pitch, spinner Adil Rashid is keeping the Bangladesh batters under tight leash. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Mahmudullah is the new batsman on crease and England is keeping the bowling tight to increase the pressure on Bangladesh.

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: What a beauty by Adil Rashid. The ball got the right turn and Mushfiqur Rahim is dismissed. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Mehidy Hasan smashed a skillful FOUR against Adil Rashid and the Bangladesh team has crossed 100 run mark

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: 

Bangladesh

Mehidy Hasan 31

Mushfiqur Rahim 7

England bowling

Reece Topley 2/18 (3)

Sam Curran 0/14 (3)

David Willey 0/18 (4)

Chris Woakes 0/21 (4)

Mark Wood 1/9 (3)

Gus Atkinson 0/18 (3)

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Okay this seems to be a thing now, as Mushfiqur Rahim is also opening his arms and smashed another FOUR. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Mehidy Hasan just smashed a FOUR after a while in the match. The scoreboard has slowed down further after the dismissal of Tanzid Hasan. 

Bangladesh

Mehidy Hasan 22

Mushfiqur Rahim 0

England bowling

Reece Topley 2/18 (3)

Sam Curran 0/14 (3)

David Willey 0/18 (4)

Chris Woakes 0/11 (2)

Mark Wood 1/9 (3)

Gus Atkinson 0/12 (2)

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: What a bowl by Mark Wood and it just took out the middle stump. Tanzid Hasan is walking back to pavilion on a score of 45.  

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Tanzid Hasan and Mehidy Hasan have completed the build a 50 run partnership for Bangladesh which is going to be crucial for their innings. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: The English bowlers have kept the bowling tight and grabbed two wickets also. In 14 overs, Bangladesh is at 69/2 and the batting side needs to push up the run rate in order to achieve a fightable score. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Opener Tanzid Hasan and Mehidy Hasan are stablizing the innings after Bangladesh lost early wickets. Bangladesh at 66/2 after 13 overs. 

Eng vs Ban LIVE Score: Just 5 runs, very well first over from pacer Mark Wood, Bangladesh at 59/2

Tanzid Hasan 35 (32)

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 7 (19)

Bangladesh goes past 50 runs after a boundary by Tanzid Hasan while pressure builds up on Mehidy Hasan Miraz hasn’t been able to get set at the crease. 

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 6 (15) 

Tanzid Hasan 30 (30)

Chris Woakes 0/11

Another miserly over for England, Chris Woakes gives away just two runs including a wide, building more pressure on Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Tanzid Hasan 30 (28) 

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5 (9)

David Wiley 0-4 

David Wiley bowls a maiden over to Tanzid Hasan after the opener opened his arms and hit Chris Woakes for two boundaries in the last over.

Tanzid Hasan 21 (18) 

Mehndi Hasan Miraz 5 (8) 

David Willey 0-4 

English bowlers have kept the pressure on the Bangladeshi batters after two wickets by Topley. Tanzid who was aggressive at the start hasn’t got many opportunities to free his arms thereafter

Bangladesh have lost two early wickets after an explosive start in the first over. Reece Topley gets his second wicket, Shanto falls to the trap carefully set up by the English pacer. Topley pushed the Bangladeshi captain on the backfoot with back-of-a-length deliveries and then took the ball fuller making Shanto play a risky shot which eventually cost him his wicket.

Tanzid Hasan 14 (10) 

Shanto 1 (4) 

Topley 1-18

Topley redeems himself after a costly first over where he gave away 13 runs including 2 no balls. In his second over, however, Topley just gave away 5 runs while taking the wicket of dangerous Litton Das

Bangladesh 18/0

Tanzid Hasan 10 (8) 

Litton Das 5 (5) 

Sam Curran 0-5 

Curran bowls an economical over giving away just 5 runs after a costly start by Reece Topley. Topley gave away 13 runs in the first over including 2 no balls.

Tanzid  Hasan, Litton Das come out to bat in the second warm up match against the bowling might of Reece Topley. 
Topley makes a shaky start with two back to back no balls and gets the treatment from in-form Tanzid Hasan.

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said at the toss that Shakib al Hasan is likely to be fully fit for the World Cup 2023 opening match against Afghanistan on September 7 at Dharamsala. 

Najmul Hossain Shanto, captain for the day, has won the toss and decided to bat first. English captain Jos Buttler said he is happy with the decision and would have decided to bowl first as well in lieu of the rain prediction for later in the day. 

In terms of ODI matches, England and Bangladesh have faced each other 24 times with the English side coming out victorious on 19 occasions while 5 matches were won by the Bangladeshi side.

During the last World Cup held in England, Eoin Morgan’s side had handed a comfortable defeat to Bangladesh by 106 runs Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

Much like the previous game in Guwahati, rain is likely to play spoilsport in the England vs Bangladesh warm-up match today. According to AccuWeather, there is 87% chance of rain and 52% probability of thunderstorms in Guwahati today.

The temperature is expected to range between 26 degrees to 34 degrees Celsius and winds are expected to blow from the northeast at the speed of around 9 km/hr.

According to a report by Revsportz, Bangladesh skipper Shakib al Hasan is likely to miss out both the warm-up matches and the World Cup 2023 opening game against Afghanistan match at Dharamsala on October 7. Notably, multiple news outlets reported that Shakib had sustained injury while training in the nets last week but there has been no official confirmation on the injury so far. 

Jos Buttler (c & wk), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes

Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed , Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

The India vs England warm-up match will air live on Indian television via Star Sports channels. Indian viewers can also enjoy free live streaming of these matches on the Disney+Hotstar app and website. The match starts at 2 PM.

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